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Newly installed President of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), Clayton Hall, has expressed support for the effort by Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, to place more emphasis on the delivery of special education to children with learning disabilities. Delivering his inaugural address at the annual conference of the Association, held on August 20, at the Ritz Carlton...

Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Grace McLean, says the incorporation of the teachings of Garveyism in the new civics programme for schools, will foster self-affirmation and social transformation. "The philosophy of this civics education programme is one of individual and social transformation,” said Mrs. McLean, who was addressing the launch of the programme on August 17 at...

The Ministry of Education is currently holding discussions with at least two private institutions, in an effort to provide additional classroom places at the secondary level, within the town of Mandeville, in Manchester. This is expected to go a far way in providing some of the approximately 6,000 new secondary school places which are needed for Mandeville and its environs....

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...