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Creating a quality education system that will equip Jamaicans with the skills and abilities to drive development and effectively compete in a community, has been a major focus of successive governments since Independence. Once a privilege for a select few, education has now become the right of every Jamaican, from every social, economic and ethnic background, at all levels of...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, says there must be renewed emphasis on literacy and numeracy by the society, going forward, to ensure greater advancement of, and enhanced productivity within the nation. "The deficit in our literacy scores has to be corrected as quickly as we can. Fifty and 60 per cent (of students) at Grade Four who...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has commended the First Regional Co-operative Credit Union for making unsecured loans available to parents and guardians to facilitate back-to-school preparations. He was speaking at a recent ceremony held at the Hibiscus Lodge Hotel in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, where the credit union awarded scholarships valued at $1.19 million to 15 students...

Following her attendance at the recent Global Youth Leaders Conference (GYLC) in New York and Washington, D.C., Alcia Patricia Gloreen Brown of St. Jago High School, in St. Catherine, has returned home. Alcia was featured earlier this year as the sixth former asking for corporate Jamaica's assistance with fees for her to attend the conference. After a week and a...

Beginning September, the Ministry of Education is requiring all students entering school at the early childhood level and grade 7 in high schools, to undergo a structured medical examination. The examination is aimed at assisting the Ministry to accurately identify students who are in need of medical intervention, and address some of the issues that may hinder their learning in...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, said that a comprehensive furniture repair programme will be undertaken before the start of the new school year on September 3. He said that an audit of all public schools was done to determine shortages, repair and disposal needs, and excesses, and the Ministry is hoping to supply furniture requirements as far...

General Manager of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Desmond Malcolm, has stated the corporation’s commitment to the advancement of education in Jamaica. Speaking at the UDC’s Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) awards luncheon held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston on August 8, Mr. Malcolm said the corporation has certainly played its part in developing Jamaica’s educational infrastructure since...

The Ministry of Education has started to disburse funds to schools across the island, in preparation for the beginning of the new school year on September 3. Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, said the funds are made available this early, as the Ministry wanted schools to carry out the necessary repairs and make the proper arrangements before...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, is reporting improvement in the regional pass rate for the 2012 Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE). He was addressing region one educators at a Back-To-School Conference held Wednesday August 8 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. He said that students across the region continue to do well as the CAPE level,...

Eight Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) students, whose parents are employed to the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, were awarded education grants totaling $120,000 on August 8, 2012. The award programme, now in its fifth year, is made possible through the efforts of the National Workers’ Union (NWU) Women’s Committee based at the hospital, and Member of Parliament for...

Twenty-two students, who sat the 2012 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), were honoured by the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) on August 8, for their outstanding performance. The students, whose parents are employed to the UDC, were presented with gift vouchers of $10,000 each during the award function held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. The awardees are: Dannasha Dixon;...

Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, said the re-introduction of civics in schools will give students a "new sense of responsibility and understanding of what it means to be a Jamaican." He was speaking on August 8, at the Urban Development Corporation's (UDC) Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) awards luncheon held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. The...