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Education Minister, Rev. the Hon Ronald Thwaites, has announced that the Ministry is currently engaged in revising the national curriculum for primary and secondary schools. The move is expected to be complemented by plans to gradually phase out the all- age and junior high categories from educational institutions which now have these sections, and retaining them as primary schools, with...

Persons  who drop out of high school may soon have the opportunity to earn their high school diploma. This was stated by Minister of Education, Rev. The Hon. Ronald Thwaites, during an address at the Excelsior Community College’s (ECC) Staff Development Retreat, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston, on June 12. “Anyone who doesn’t have a high school...

Senior high school students are being invited to submit entries for an essay competition being held in observance of the 50th Anniversary of the Jamaican Foreign Service. The competition is being organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education. It is open to all fifth and sixth formers enrolled in...

Five Jamaican students will be heading to Cuba in September to pursue medical degrees, having been awarded full scholarships under the Cuba/Jamaica Bilateral Programme. The recipients are: Delli-Ann Green, Donya-Gaye Chin, Jamie Lindsay, Darrieux Gordon, and Jason Scott. Speaking at the presentation ceremony, held Friday June 8, at the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba, in Kingston,  Cuban Ambassador to...

Educators who have  given outstanding service  to the sector will be honoured at the  Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education ceremony, which  will be held on Thursday, June 14, on the lawns of Jamaica House, starting at 7:00 p.m. Some 40 educators with combined years of over 1,500 will be recognised for their sterling contribution to education. ...

Financial assistance opportunities for students pursuing higher education can now be accessed in one location, with the publication of Jamaica’s first National Scholarship Digest. With this publication, Next Move Jamaica (NMJ) has made the process easier for aspiring or returning students searching for the right scholarship, to study locally or overseas. The Digest provides a comprehensive listing of scholarships for...

A total of 270 grade six students from schools within the Trench Town, Hannah Town and Denham Town communities, downtown Kingston recently benefitted from life skills training, aimed at enhancing their socio-cultural skills and decorum. The training was conducted as part of a Kingston Restoration Company (KRC)/Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) project, being funded by the Inter-American Development Bank,...

The Government will award 50 scholarships to students at various levels of the education system this year to celebrate Jamaica's 50th anniversary of Independence. The Jamaica 50 Scholarship Programme, which was announced by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller in her contribution to the 2012/13 budget debate in Gordon House on Tuesday (June 5), is estimated to cost...

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, has announced that no General Consumption Tax (GCT) will be applied to textbooks included on the list of exemptions agreed on with the Ministry of Education. Delivering the closing presentation in the 2012/13 Budget Debate, in the House of Representatives, Wednesday June 6, Dr. Phillips advised that this decision, which takes...

The Ministry of Education will be reaching out even more to primary schools as of September this year, as it will be providing the books that are required for each grade of every school. Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, made the announcement as he addressed a Students’ Academic Achievement Awards Ceremony, held at the Cambridge Primary School,...

The Technical Campus of the Brown’s Town Community College is providing  training and certification to fill the demand for skilled persons such as welders, mechanics and drivers, given the many mega projects taking place in Jamaica and the wider region. According to the Executive Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Carolyn Hayle, some 5,000 drivers and operators of heavy equipment...

Muschett High School in Trelawny has stepped-up activities for its 2011-2015 development plan to have the institution renowned for high performance in technical and vocational subjects. The plan also seeks to make strides in other academic areas, while deepening the involvement of past students and other stakeholders in the operations of the school. Another goal is to eliminate the shift...