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Some $60 million has been set aside in the national budget for the 2012/2013 fiscal year for initiatives to improve the quality of early childhood schools and care facilities, as well as to strengthen organisations and institutions delivering such services. These objectives will be met under the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development -funded Early Childhood Development Project. Up to...

Construction on the Foga Road Basic School in Clarendon and a teacher resource centre for the parish is expected to be completed this fiscal year. The work will be carried out under the Enhancement of Basic Schools Project, for which a sum of $137.8 million has been set aside in the 2012/2013 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of...

Some $118.5 million has been set aside in the 2012/2013 Estimates of Expenditure to increase reading fluency and foundation mathematics skills in Grades One to Three at selected schools, as well as improve school performance and strengthen public/private partnership. During the fiscal year, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Jamaica Basic Education project, being implemented by the Ministry of...

Bursar at the St. Jago High School in St. Catherine, Yvonne Lee, is the national winner of the Kingston Book Shop's inaugural Educational Support Staff Achievement (ESSA) award. Mrs. Lee was among three other regional awardees, who were honoured at ceremony held on Friday (May 11) at the Terra Nova All-Suite hotel in Kingston. Senior Secretary, Albert Town High School...

The University of Technology (UTech) has set up a principal's office in the town of Falmouth, Trelawny as it awaits government’s approval to begin building its western Jamaica campus in the town. Come July 1, the principal of UTech's western campus will operate from the Baptist manse, located at 9 Trelawny Drive in the parish capital. All the activities of...

Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites, says the Ministry is seeking to have the benefits of students under the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) increased, particularly the nutrition component. He said this is critical as students’ ability to learn is often severely impacted by the lack of proper nutrition. “If parents and the entire culture will...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says increased focus will be given to early childhood education as the government looks to enhance outcomes at all levels of the system. In an interview with JIS News, the Minister  said emphasis will be placed on the training of early childhood educators starting this summer, and more qualified teachers will be placed in...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has said more space must be created within the school system for the employment of graduates of teachers’ colleges. The move, he said, would address the high student: teacher ratio in some schools. “The student teacher ratios in many schools are inadequate. There are too many students in each class,” Rev. Thwaites said...

Construction of more than 50 new infant schools is to begin next month, as the Government looks to improve offerings at the early childhood level. The announcement was made by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, as he delivered the Throne Speech in Gordon House on Thursday May 10th to mark the opening of the new Parliamentary...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says educators must continue to play an integral role in transforming and advancing education to ensure that the next generation is adequately equipped to engage in national development. “We call upon our teachers ...to help us toward the higher standards of transforming education so that the outcomes for our children, for our nation,...

Fifty schools across the island received computers, on May 8, courtesy of the Bank of Nova Scotia’s charitable arm, Scotia Foundation. The institutions comprised a mix of basic, primary and all age and Junior high schools. Speaking at a ceremony to mark the donation, held at the Scotia Centre in downtown Kingston, Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites,...

As we observe Teachers’ Day, we are presented with the ideal opportunity to give due recognition to members of this noble profession, whose outstanding contribution to nation building is worthy of high praises. It is also an opportunity for many of us to reflect on our own lives and how much our past teachers have aided our journey to the...