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The Sunderland All-age School in St. James is still basking in the glory of being crowned Outstanding Youth Innovator for 2012. The group of students and teachers journeyed to Kingston from rural St. James on Friday (November 9), with fingers crossed, hoping that their invention, Sunderland Quick Patch, would win one of two major prizes in The Minister’s Innovation Awards...

Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has called for a renewal of the culture of good parenting, where children can benefit from the care and attention of both mother and father. “Being a good parent is the most important thing that any person can do, because the parent, along with the teacher, becomes a creator with Almighty God, in...

Several schools located downtown Kingston have received school supplies courtesy of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC). The institutions also benefitted from textbook donations from Project Educate to enhance their libraries. Speaking at the handing over at the UDC’s ‘Schools in Extravaganza’ held on November 9 at Orange Park, Kingston Mall,  Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment,...

The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) has intensified its initiatives aimed at preventing drug use initiation among Jamaican youth, through implementation of a Resistance Education Against Drugs (READ) programme. The yearlong initiative will target 500 children, aged five to seven years, and is slated to be implemented in some 25 schools island-wide through grant funding of $5.2 million from...

Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has hinted at a possible review of the provisions of Jamaica’s Education Code of Regulations, commencing next year. The code outlines a series of procedures, which must be followed for disciplinary procedures, addressing issues such as natural justice, and the right of representation and appeal, for the process to be completed. Speaking at...

Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, says progress has been made in discussions between the Ministry and the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) on the proposed Jamaica Teaching Council Bill. The Bill, which the Minister is working to have tabled in the House of Representatives during the current 2012/13 parliamentary year, seeks to provide for the establishment of a governing...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has underscored the critical need for Jamaican students to be fluent in English Language, noting that this is critical for the country’s progress. He said that the English is the language of professionalism, scientific discovery, and commerce, and the Ministry in promoting literacy in the language. “There can absolutely be no compromise about this,...

Approximately 195 young people from four inner-city communities have successfully completed a one-year training programme conducted by Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU), which has empowered them with skills to acquire jobs and become ambassadors for their communities. There were broad smiles and cheers all around as the participants proudly walked up to collect their certificates of achievement at the closing ceremony...

Minister of Education, Rev the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has called on regional educators to be unwavering in the task of delivering quality education that can transform the societies in which they live. He was addressing the opening of the Latin America and Caribbean Conference on the teaching profession earlier on November 6, at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel in St....

For Jemima Miller Givans, the stipend earned from being a participant in the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), assisted her to complete her tertiary studies. “The programme has helped me to put more money together to help finish my final year at St. Joseph’s Teachers’ College," she informs JIS News. Like Us Facebook for More News and Information Ms. Miller...

The Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities will be staging an Economic Empowerment Seminar on Thursday, October 8, at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, 1F North Street, Kingston, beginning at 10:00 a.m. The workshop, which is held on a quarterly basis, will cater to forty-five persons with special needs, who have applied for a grant from the Council,...

The Ministry of Education will host the Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Conference on advancing the teaching profession starting tomorrow and ending on Thursday (November 6-8, 2012) at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James. The objective of the conference is to establish directions for the implementation of the mandate of the International Task Force on...