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Principal of Charlie Smith High School, Garth Gayle, says that all is well at the school, following the merger with Trench Town High on September 14.
Principal of Charlie Smith High School, Garth Gayle, says that all is well at the school, following the merger with Trench Town High on September 14.

Weeks into Merger, All Is Good At Charlie Smith High

By: Rochelle Williams, October 6, 2015
Three weeks into the merger of Charlie Smith and Trench Town high schools, Principal of the new institution, Garth Gayle, says students and staff are adapting well to the union....
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites (right), is in conversation with Chairman, Wolmer's Trust, Milton Samuda. Occasion was the official opening of the Douglas Orane Auditorium on the grounds of the Wolmer's Boys School in Kingston on Friday (October 2).

Rev. Thwaites Renews Call for More Philanthropic Contribution to Education

By: Chris Patterson, October 5, 2015
Senior Advisor to the Minister of Education, Dr. Franklin Johnston, addresses the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Junior Achievement Jamaica (JAJ) Empowering Jamaica’s Youth Project closing ceremony, held on September 29 at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston. The JAJ is dedicated to educating and preparing students, aged 5 to 24, to develop skills which should allow them to achieve future economic success and become globally competitive through the lessons in work readiness and entrepreneurship.

JAJ Programmes for Primary and Secondary Schools

By: Rochelle Williams , September 30, 2015

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Organisation for Strategic Development in Jamaica representative, Ms. Pathellia Richards (fourth left), hands Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (second right), a flute, at the launch of the Music in Schools Programme and handing over of instruments, at the Alpha Institute, South Camp Road, in Kingston, on September 29. Sharing the occasion are (from left): Chief Education Officer in the Education Ministry, Dr. Grace McClean; Assistant Chief Educator in the Ministry’s Core-Curriculum Unit, Dr. Clover Hamilton Flowers; Senior Education Officer in the Performing Arts Section of the Ministry, Marlon Williams; Principal of Denbigh High School, Mrs. Kasan Troupe and Principal of Papine High School, Mr. Leighton Christie.
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Schools Receive Musical Instruments

Several musical instruments were  presented to the Denbigh and Papine High Schools, at the launch of a Music in Schools Programme, today (September 29), at the Alpha Institute, in Kingston....
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By: Chad Bryan, September 30, 2015