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The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) has intensified its initiatives aimed at preventing drug use initiation among Jamaican youth, through implementation of a Resistance Education Against Drugs (READ) programme. The yearlong initiative will target 500 children, aged five to seven years, and is slated to be implemented in some 25 schools island-wide through grant funding of $5.2 million from...

Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has hinted at a possible review of the provisions of Jamaica’s Education Code of Regulations, commencing next year. The code outlines a series of procedures, which must be followed for disciplinary procedures, addressing issues such as natural justice, and the right of representation and appeal, for the process to be completed. Speaking at...

Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, says progress has been made in discussions between the Ministry and the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) on the proposed Jamaica Teaching Council Bill. The Bill, which the Minister is working to have tabled in the House of Representatives during the current 2012/13 parliamentary year, seeks to provide for the establishment of a governing...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has underscored the critical need for Jamaican students to be fluent in English Language, noting that this is critical for the country’s progress. He said that the English is the language of professionalism, scientific discovery, and commerce, and the Ministry in promoting literacy in the language. “There can absolutely be no compromise about this,...

Approximately 195 young people from four inner-city communities have successfully completed a one-year training programme conducted by Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU), which has empowered them with skills to acquire jobs and become ambassadors for their communities. There were broad smiles and cheers all around as the participants proudly walked up to collect their certificates of achievement at the closing ceremony...

Minister of Education, Rev the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has called on regional educators to be unwavering in the task of delivering quality education that can transform the societies in which they live. He was addressing the opening of the Latin America and Caribbean Conference on the teaching profession earlier on November 6, at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel in St....

For Jemima Miller Givans, the stipend earned from being a participant in the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), assisted her to complete her tertiary studies. “The programme has helped me to put more money together to help finish my final year at St. Joseph’s Teachers’ College," she informs JIS News. Like Us Facebook for More News and Information Ms. Miller...

The Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities will be staging an Economic Empowerment Seminar on Thursday, October 8, at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, 1F North Street, Kingston, beginning at 10:00 a.m. The workshop, which is held on a quarterly basis, will cater to forty-five persons with special needs, who have applied for a grant from the Council,...

The Ministry of Education will host the Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Conference on advancing the teaching profession starting tomorrow and ending on Thursday (November 6-8, 2012) at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James. The objective of the conference is to establish directions for the implementation of the mandate of the International Task Force on...

Parenting, while a rewarding and satisfying experience, is often an overwhelming, stressful and frustrating job, especially when caring for children with behavioural and disciplinary problems, or special needs. Though some would argue that this is a personal job, many parents would welcome some assistance with this very important role of shaping the future of the next generation. The Government, having...

WASHINGTON — The Chicago Concerned Jamaicans (CCJ) has contributed just over US$700,000 towards education in Jamaica over the past 25 years, providing books, computers and scholarships, and improving libraries.  President of the CCJ President, Ms. Valerie Richards, made the disclosure in Chicago, Illinois, on October 27, at a gala affair celebrating the organisation's 25th anniversary and Jamaica’s Golden Jubilee, at...

Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, is urging parents to be conscious of the critical role they play in molding the lives of their children. He said not only is good parenting important to the academic advancement of children, but also in enhancing their social development and improving their life expectancy. Mr. Thwaites was speaking during the official launch...