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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...

The Department of Management Studies and the Mona School of Business at the University of the West Indies have merged to become the Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM). The single business school was officially launched on September 24, during a ceremony held at the Sir Alister McIntyre building at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus....

Students of the St. Andrew High School (SAHS) for girls are benefiting from the renovation and refurbishing of their school's science laboratory and the Fay Saunders Counselling Centre, valued at over $7.8 million. Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, was on hand to officially rededicate the lab and the counselling centre, during a blessing and rededication service at the...

Education Minister , Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, says  the government will be rolling out a diploma programme early next year for persons, who did not finish high school. He made the announcement yesterday (September 20), while addressing a special ceremony for over 100 persons, who  provided services during the recent Jamaica 50 celebrations and  cricket test match at Sabina...

The government will be increasing the early childhood education budget this year and providing more trained teachers, as it looks to improve outcomes at that level. Education Minister, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites, says less than four per cent of the education budget is spent on basic schools and "that cannot work." "We have to increase that. We are putting in...

The Wolmer's Girls' School on September 17 officially received 50 copies of a book on the institution’s history, which has been added to the school curriculum. The book, In the Light of the Sun: The Story of Wolmer's Girls' School, was written by five past students – Marguerite Curtin, Penelope Budhall, Karen Findlay, Marlene Hamilton and Sonia Mills. It captures...

Somara Mitchell was not surprised that he had aced his Caribbean Secondary Examination Certification (CSEC) examinations. Neither were his parents or his Denbigh High School community. In fact, the outstanding student, who comes from a long line of academic achievers, was expected to do well. "I knew I was going to get a lot of ones so it wasn’t really...

The Friendship Infant School, located in Strawberry, Westmoreland, was officially opened on Wednesday (Sept. 12), by Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites. The 100-student capacity school, constructed through $21 million in funding from the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund, boasts modern facilities, furniture and equipment. It is the first of 10 early childhood institutions being...

Candidates sitting the Caribbean Examinations Council's (CXC) regular and advanced level external examinations now have the benefit of the organization's newly published study guides, to boost their preparations. The CXC, in partnership with British publishing firm, Nelson Thornes, has published some 19 study guides this year, covering 11 subject titles in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC), and eight in...