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MONTEGO BAY - Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has said that the National College in Educational Leadership is to commence the training of 30 school principals and vice principals by year end. Rev. Thwaites, said the Government's quest to develop school leadership is on track, noting that, "over 30 principals who are now serving, but who have...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, says a solution is in sight for students facing difficulties in financing their tertiary education. He made the announcement while addressing the opening session of the 20th Conference of the Association of Principal and Vice Principals held October 11, 2012, at the Bahia Principe hotel in Runaway Bay, St. Ann.    The development...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson, has expressed the need for students to be educated about the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and Jamaica’s role in the framing of the treaty. He said his Ministry is willing to partner with the Education Ministry on an initiative, which will raise...

The students and teachers of Esher Full Gospel Basic School in Hanover, now operate in a more comfortable educational environment following the addition of a new building to the school. The new facilities are the fourth to be constructed under the Food For The Poor Jamaica 50 Campaign, through which it plans to build and /or upgrade 50 early childhood...

Eight students of Jamaican heritage, who are attending colleges and universities in the United States of America (USA), have been awarded the 2012 Professor Gordon Shirley Book Scholarship. They are Nirica Clarke, Kimberley Curtis and Shanique Fletcher of Howard University; Tressan Gordon of Virginia State University; Camille Clennon Hilmy of Prince George's Community College; Raquel Lowe of Mary Baldwin College;...

President of the University of Technology (UTech), Professor the Hon. Errol Morrison, says that the country's athletes and coaches are facing a "scientific injustice" as they are unable to fully understand the  exhaustive list of banned substances published by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). He argued that to understand what is referred to as a "banned substance" is "no mean...

The Education Ministry is moving to clarify its decision to replace the teachers involved with the Career Advancement Programme (CAP) with teachers selected under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP). Speaking with the JIS News during a recent interview, Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, said the decision was taken in order to relieve the CAP teachers from the...

A total of 500 early childhood teachers are to be trained over the next five years under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) involving  the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), the HEART Trust/NTA, and Food for the Poor (FFP). The initiative, which is being funded by FFP at a cost of some $32.5 million, will provide academic scholarships to teachers, who are...

Principal of the Higgins Land Primary and Junior High School in St. Ann, Fay Sterling, is this year's recipient of the Ministry of Education/Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) World Teachers' Day Leadership in Education Award. The award, which recognizes dedicated and distinguished service to education, was presented to Mrs. Sterling, during a special ceremony at the school on Friday, October 5,...

Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has urged teachers embarking on professional advancement, to focus on their areas of expertise, in pursuit of this endeavour.    "There are many teachers who are studying and doing well in subjects that have no relationship to what they teach in school.; that cannot work. We have to focus…on the areas of greatest...

Over 150 students of the University of Technology (UTech) were, on Thursday (Oct. 4), presented with awards by the institution in recognition of their outstanding achievements in sports and academics during the 2010/11 and 2011/12 school years. The presentations, which were made during UTech's inaugural Students' Academic and Sport Awards Ceremony, at its Papine Campus in St. Andrew, saw some...

Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has cited the need for increased focus on the delivery of special education to children in need of this intervention, at the earliest stage possible. "The task of special education has, regrettably, by my observation, not been given sufficient attention by the educational managers of this country; and that is a statement of...