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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...

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...