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Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, is imploring parents to start saving now for their children's tertiary education.   He noted that as much as the government would like to, it simply cannot afford to provide tertiary financing to all students. "The state does not have an obligation and cannot assume an obligation to educate all of those who...

The Forestry Department will be planting some 50 trees at the Bridgeport Primary School in Portmore tomorrow (Oct. 5), as the agency observes National Tree Planting Day 2012. The activity, under the theme: Putting down Roots in our Communities,' gets underway at 10:00 a.m. Senior Manager for Public Relations and Corporate Communications at the Forestry Department, Stephanie Donaldson Francis, told...

Sixth form student of Clarendon College in Chapelton, Francina Francis, has topped 26 other fifth and sixth form students across the island to win the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade’s (MFAFT) 50th anniversary essay competition. For her victory, Francina will receive a one week all-expense paid trip to New York City, United States, to participate with the Jamaican...

Government Senator, Floyd Morris, is proposing that a levy of approximately five per cent is placed on all remittances entering the island as an additional source of funding for the education sector. "This is likely to yield US$100 million or JA$9 billion. The proceeds must be used to fund educational activities being implemented by the National Education Trust (NET)," he...

Hundreds of prospective tertiary students from western Jamaica, were informed  about the offerings of the University of Technology (UTech) on September 27, when the  university  staged an Open House at the Montego Bay Civic Centre, in St. James. Representatives of the eight faculties of the Kingston and Montego Bay campuses were on hand to guide students through career studies and...

Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has sought the support of members of the newly formed Jamaica Association of Private Tertiary Institutions (JAPTI), in implementing two new initiatives of the Ministry. These are the roll out of virtual education, and implementation of the alternate high school diploma for adults, who did not complete their secondary education. Speaking at JAPTI's...

Before the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) was launched early this year, persons could easily access the grounds of the St. Richard's Primary School in Kingston, as there were numerous "faults" with the perimeter wall. With  the implementation of the programme, students and staff of the institution, and parents, can now breathe a sigh of relief as the existing boundary...

Chairman of Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Ambassador the Hon. Burchell Whiteman, says that the ongoing pursuit of knowledge must be a way of life for every Jamaican. “Lifelong learning is not for the so called disadvantaged or deficient because we all have value and we all have deficiencies. Adult education, lifelong learning needs to be a way of life for...

The community of Long Hill and surrounding areas in Westmoreland now have a new school with modern facilities to serve children at the early childhood level. The King's Infant School, another project under Food for the Poor's (FFP) Jamaica 50 Campaign, was officially opened on Tuesday (Sept. 25). It replaces the Long Hill Basic School, which operated out of the...

Edwin Allen High School student, Sammar Reid, is singing high praises for the Alvin Day Scholarship programme. He tells JIS News that if it was not for the financial assistance he received through the programme in 2010, he would not be where he is today. Sammar recently attained nine subjects in the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC), with five distinctions....

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has praised the Hydel Group of Schools for the invaluable contribution it has made to the country's educational landscape. "Hydel follows a tradition, a history that has made the Jamaican education system proud," Minister Thwaites said, as he addressed the Hydel Group of Schools' 20th Anniversary Thanksgiving Ceremony, held on the school...

Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has urged administrators of local private tertiary institutions to ensure that the quality of their courses are of the highest standard. Speaking at the launch of the Jamaica Association of Private Tertiary Institutions (JAPTI), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, on Tuesday, September 25, Rev. Thwaites argued that the nation needs “every...