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The Ministry of Education has endorsed the second staging of the annual Education Support Staff Achievement (ESSA) awards, which seeks to recognise the contributions of non-academic staff at primary schools across the island. An initiative of the Kingston Bookshop (KB), the competition aims to highlight the input of a wide cross section of employees in the school system, including clerks,...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, is pushing for a skills based education system, which he says is the way of the future. Addressing the Vision 2030 Jamaica National Development Plan Essay competition awards ceremony, held at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) on Wednesday, January 30, the Minister said education should be related to the needs of...

Students and staff of the Allman Town Basic School in Central Kingston, are benefitting from upgraded and better equipped facilities, following the official handing over of the rehabilitated institution, at a ceremony on Wednesday, January 30. The project was funded at a cost of $45.1 million by the European Union (EU), under its Poverty Reduction Programme II (PRP), which is...

Six students and two schools will walk away with trophies and other attractive prizes won in the recently held Vision 2030 Jamaica Secretariat’s Essay Competition, during the awards presentation ceremony slated for January 30 at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), New Kingston. Communications Specialist at the Secretariat, which falls under the PIOJ, Carmen Miller, told JIS News that the...

Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, says it is essential for young people to understand the foundations of literacy and numeracy, if they are going to do well in business. The Minister was addressing the Junior Achievement Company of Entrepreneurs (JACE) Annual General Meeting, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on January 23. “Too many of our...

Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has underscored the pivotal role, which preparatory schools play in advancing education in Jamaica. Speaking at Monday’s (January 21) commemorative ceremony at Holy Childhood Preparatory School, Half-Way-Tree, St. Andrew, to mark the institution’s 83rd anniversary, Rev. Thwaites noted that while Jamaica has some 800 primary schools, they were not sufficient to meet the...

Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, says Jamaicans must establish a set of principles, which will unite the nation, as it is this type of foundation that will keep the society together. The Minister emphasized that moral values are important to the development of the country, and that ethics, underpinned by principles, are critical. Rev. Thwaites was addressing the...

Beginning this year, the Ministry of Education will train select primary school teachers across the island to be deployed as special educators. They will be used to detect underlying challenges students may be experiencing, which are impeding their ability to learn. This was revealed by portfolio Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites who was addressing a Parent-Teachers’ Association (PTA) meeting...

The Government will be increasing provisions to the Student Loan Bureau (SLB) in the new financial year. Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, said that this will enable the organisation to provide more loan support to students, who wish to pursue tertiary education. “I believe that I can say that in the upcoming financial year, increased provision will be made...

Long-time educator and advisor to the Prime Minister, Ambassador Burchell Whiteman, has been honoured by the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ) for his pioneering work in the development of institutions across the island. He was one of four educators recognised at a function held on Wednesday (January 9), at the Jamaica Grande Hotel in Ocho Rios, St. Ann....

Community Colleges in tomorrow's society will demand the new skill sets needed to facilitate better collaborative and consultative work which can bring college and community into a unified system. The view was expressed by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller in an address Wednesday (January 09) to the 17th Conference of the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCJ) Conference 2013...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, is calling on Community Colleges to be more assertive, and to rescue the high percentage of the Jamaican workforce that has no certification. He added that many of the difficulties and challenges faced by community colleges result from inadequate literacy and numeracy among the applicants for entry into those institutions, and as...