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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has underscored the government’s commitment to the University of the West Indies (UWI). Speaking at the UWI Mona Campus Council meeting held yesterday (March 2) at the Mona Visitor’s Lodge, Mr. Thwaites said investing in the university adds value to the country and its people, and pledged that going forward, the Ministry will...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is suggesting that time be taken by school administrators at various intervals to assess the mental health and needs of students entering the institution. “Should we not take the first term of school for entering students, transfer students and suspend the classes and just make sure that we use that period for diagnosis...

Schools across the island will shortly receive copies of the Education Ministry's National Numeracy Strategy. The Policy provides clear guidelines concerning the expectations for mathematics education, outlining the principles which must underpin the teaching and learning of mathematics at early childhood, primary and secondary levels. Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Grace McLean told Journalists on Wednesday, February...

The learning and teaching environment at the Tredegar Park All Age School in St. Catherine has been significantly enhanced by the donation of school supplies, books and equipment to the institution by the United States Embassy. The donations form part of a larger donation, which also includes furniture, appliances, and office material, valued at some US$66,068 (approximately $5.69 million), which...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has pledged to provide the Balaclava High School in St. Elizabeth with the support needed to bring about improvement in performance. On a visit to the school on February 29, Rev. Thwaites told the students that they should not limit themselves but should strive always to achieve the best. The visit formed part of...

Students at 12 Corporate Area high schools are set to benefit from a series of one-day workshops aimed at exposing them to the exciting discipline of robotics. Dubbed “Lego Yuh Mind Day”, the initiative is the undertaking of Halls of Learning, a Jamaican-based organisation dedicated to empowering the lives of young people through education. The project, which will run from...

Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites, said the Ministry will be seeking to attract private capital to fund student loans at the tertiary level. He informed that currently, the Government spends $10 billion on tertiary education annually, which is almost two per cent of the national budget, and comes “close to supplying” about 80 per cent of the cost...

The Belfield Primary School in St. Mary celebrated Jamaica Day on Friday (February 17) with a cultural package that highlighted the country’s rich ethnic diversity. Under the national theme: ‘Celebrating Goals for Gold’ Principal of the school, Alva Jackson planned a day full of displays and presentations about the cultures that combine to depict Jamaica’s motto: ‘Out of many, one...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has commended students of Howard Cooke Primary School in Montego Bay for achieving academic excellence in the recent Grade Four Literacy Test. “I want to congratulate you all for doing very well in the Grade Four examinations last year, as when the national average for mastery in literacy was about 70 per cent,...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has said the estimated $18 billion expended each year by the public and private sectors on remedial education could be better spent at the foundation level “getting it right the first time”. Noting that this amount is about “20 per cent of the expenditure on education”, he said more focus must be placed “at...

Minister of Education, Hon. Ronald Thwaites, is encouraging students to choose their career path wisely in order to succeed in the world of work. He was addressing the National Career Development Conference held on February 15 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. Stating that "education is (the) doorway for career development,” the Education Minister told the hundreds of students...

A special award aimed at rewarding the input of non-academic support staff at high schools, was officially launched at the Ministry of Education, Heroes Circle offices, on February 10. The award dubbed, ‘Education Support Staff Achievement’ (ESSA), is an initiative of Kingston Bookshop (KB), and seeks to recognise a wide cross section of personnel, including: clerks, bursars, librarians, ancillary staff,...