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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...

The St. Elizabeth Homecoming Foundation will launch its Students' Empowerment Week at the Newell High School on Monday, November 5, where it will run until November 15. Some 100 persons from different sectors of the society will share their experiences with students at all the schools in the parish during the period. The programme will seek to empower students to:...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, said the region needs to address the issue of quality assurance in the delivery of tertiary education. He noted that while there is a free market for higher education, it need not become a "flea market." “We operate in this region under a free market system and the free market extends to the realm...

The Bethlehem Moravian College in St. Elizabeth has introduced a course and a scholarship in Maroon Studies. The course is part of the institution’s four-year Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree programme in History and Social Studies.  Accompong resident, Rushelle Lennon, is the first recipient of the scholarship, which was officially presented at the Accompong Maroons 2012 Conference, held on Sunday...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is encouraging principals across the island to "get their schools in shape" so that they can reopen in the shortest possible time. The Minister was speaking to JIS News today (Oct. 25) while on a tour of the Donald Quarrie High School in Harbour View, Kingston. He informed that 80 per cent of shelters...

  The issue of climate change was the hot topic for scores of students from schools across the island who participated in the 37th United Nations Model Assembly, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston, today (October 22). The students, representing various countries, debated the moot, Be it resolved that: ‘Climate change poses the most serious threat to the...

Students and staff at St. Patrick’s Primary School on Bay Farm Road are now enjoying expanded classroom space and a new multi-purpose court. The $31. 27 million upgrading project was funded by the European Union (EU), through its Poverty Reduction Programme being implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). The scope of works included: construction of six classrooms to...

Parents are being advised to start saving for their child's education from as early as possible, to minimise the financial worries that arise when they are accepted to a university or college.   Canadian-based company, Heritage Education Funds International, has been helping families achieve this goal for almost 30 years. The agency, which is the distributor of the Heritage International...

MONTEGO BAY - Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has said that the National College in Educational Leadership is to commence the training of 30 school principals and vice principals by year end. Rev. Thwaites, said the Government's quest to develop school leadership is on track, noting that, "over 30 principals who are now serving, but who have...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, says a solution is in sight for students facing difficulties in financing their tertiary education. He made the announcement while addressing the opening session of the 20th Conference of the Association of Principal and Vice Principals held October 11, 2012, at the Bahia Principe hotel in Runaway Bay, St. Ann.    The development...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson, has expressed the need for students to be educated about the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and Jamaica’s role in the framing of the treaty. He said his Ministry is willing to partner with the Education Ministry on an initiative, which will raise...