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Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has announced that some 18,000 public school teachers are to be upgraded over the next two years, through creative and cost-effective means, including in-service interventions. Addressing the opening of St Joseph’s Teachers’ College Symposium 2012, at the college campus in Kingston, the Minister declared that the maintenance of professional standards is a...

Minister with responsibility for Sports in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Natalie Neita-Headley, is encouraging organisations and private individuals to continue supporting education, as this enhances national development. Speaking on April 5 at the launch of the Rotary Club of Montego Bay's 'East Bikeathon 2012', she stressed that education is fundamental to the country’s continued growth, and it...

The Government and the University of Technology (UTech) have signed an agreement for collaboration in the area of child and adolescent development. Under the three-year agreement, students from UTech's School of Allied Health and Wellness will participate in field investigation work, among other activities, at the Child Development Agency (CDA). The students will be chosen from Levels III and IV...

The Northern Caribbean University's (NCU) gymnatorium at its main campus in Mandeville was abuzz with activity during its Career Exposition on Thursday, March 29. Held under the theme: “Empowering Minds...Preparing for the Future” with a focus on entrepreneurship, the exposition was organised by the Career and Employment Services Department of the university.  Director of the Department, Carolyn Marie Smith said...

Noted Attorney- at -Law, and Head of the Michael Manley Foundation, Delano Franklyn, has made a call for greater consensus among stakeholders around critical issues in order for Jamaica to gain developed status by the year 2030. “To develop and have greater consensus on matters in Jamaica, we must have the different stakeholders, including the political parties signing off on...

The widening of access to quality tertiary education in Jamaica is a major policy objective in Jamaica’s efforts to achieve sustainable development. This was stated by Regional Director (Region1), Ministry of Education, Elaine Roulston on March 28, as she delivered greetings on behalf of Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, at the University of Technology’s School of Business Administration...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, is urging students, who benefitted from the Financial Education in Schools programme, to used the knowledge gained to save and become more financially empowered for the future. “I am encouraging you, who have the learning and understanding now as a result of your exposure, to save as part of your enablement for...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, says the Ministry will be seeking to encourage partnerships with its stakeholders towards the provision of special education services. “A thrust of the Ministry has to be to encourage a partnership towards special education, and to put it in centre-stage rather than along the periphery,” the Minister said. He was addressing the...

Students for Transformation (SFT), the youth arm of the National Transformation Programme (NTP), are appealing to young Jamaicans to maintain peace during the upcoming Boys and Girls Athletic Championships, slated for March 28 to 31 at the National Stadium in Kingston. “We are all one Jamaican. Let it be one love, one heart and friendly rivalry. It is okay for...

The Department of Computing, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, and Fiscal Services Limited, on March 26 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will see students benefiting from an internship programme at the organisation. Under the MoU, advanced level computing students will acquire beneficial work experience to enhance their knowledge of professional best practices in Information and Communication...

When St. Jago High School student Alcia Brown was chosen by her teachers and principal to represent her school and the country at the 2012 Global Youth Leaders Conference (GYLC) in the United States, she was delighted and proud. The bright 18-year old, who exudes self-confidence, says the honour means a lot to her and her family. “I was ecstatic....

Imagine a school programme that allows you to leave school one day per term with not just more knowledge, but a bag of  food items to ensure that you and your family have a well balanced meal, or something to eat for a week. Well, that is the scope of an incentive programme for students of Grade One to Grade...