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Some 1,700 young people, who had dropped out of school, have benefited from interventions under the Steps-to-Work summer camps, to enable them to return to classes when school reopens next month. "This year, approximately 1,700 students were enrolled in the camps, and the Ministry and its partners have worked hard to ensure they are able to return to school in...

Principal of the Marcus Garvey Technical High School in St. Ann, Leslie Riley, is assuring parents that their children will be properly monitored at the institution's Ocho Rios campus. He was speaking at a function at the school's St. Ann's Bay location on Friday (Aug. 17), to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent...

The Ministry of Education is moving to secure additional funds for the Students Loan Bureau (SLB), Portfolio Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has disclosed. This forms part of efforts aimed at accommodating as many of the applications received from students attending tertiary institutions, as is possible, in order to enable them to finance their tuition costs. Rev. Thwaites informed...

The Spanish-Jamaican Foundation, and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security have joined forces, to cater to the needs of the disabled community in Jamaica. Persons with special needs are now being equipped with a foreign language, which should prepare them for the world of work, both locally and internationally, says Modern Language Education Officer at the Ministry of Education,...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has officially launched the Teachings of Garveyism in the New Civics Programme to be introduced in schools beginning this September. The Education Minister, in praising the work of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, said that the teaching of Garveyism is about building value systems in the schools. "Today, resolutely and...

The JPS and Partners Co-operative Credit Union Limited awarded 33 bursaries and a scholarship to students on August 16, 2012, who will be attending high school in September, as well as two tertiary-level students. At the presentation ceremony held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, 32 bursaries were awarded to students at the secondary level. A special Jamaica...

Forty six teachers of Spanish in the Education system were recently exposed to six days of intense training. The Ministry of Education, the Embassy of Spain, headed by the Spanish Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Celsa Nuno; and the prestigious Instituto Cervantes of Spain, joined forces and held the training workshop for the teachers, at the Shortwood Teachers’ College. “The...

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...