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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...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Angella Brown-Burke, has challenged educators to be mindful of the social goals of education, noting that it provides the opportunity to instill values and teach critical life lessons. "Often, when we are in the classroom or talking about education, we forget that education has a social goal,” the Mayor said at a back-to-school conference held on...

Help is on the way for the Mount Rosser Primary School in St. Catherine. Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, said the Ministry will assist the school’s efforts to built modern sanitary facilities in time for the start of the new academic year in September.  Mount Rosser Primary is one of 200 schools island-wide that still use pit latrines...

Gabrielle Brown and Kevon Findley are this year’s recipients of Guardian Life Limited’s Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) scholarships. Both students, who will be attending Campion College in September, have received a five-year scholarship valued at $50,000 per annum. The tenure of the scholarship is subject to the awardees maintaining at least a ‘B’ average each year. The students were...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has informed that there will be changes to the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) come next year. "Beginning next year, there will be changes in the examination - gradual at first, but hopefully moving in the direction of what the educationalists call higher order intellectual skills," he said, while addressing the Guardian...

More than 1,000 teachers from across the island are being trained in a special summer programme in the area of numeracy, in an effort to improve students' performance in mathematics. Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, who made the disclosure on July 23, during a press briefing at Jamaica House, said an additional 50 numeracy specialists will be employed by...