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Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), views an energy project developed by Green Pond High School in St. James, during a World Teachers’ Day Forum for Innovation In Teaching (FIT), at the National Arena in St. Andrew, on October 10, under the theme: ‘Invest in the Future, Invest in Teachers’. Rev. Thwaites was guest speaker.
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), views an energy project developed by Green Pond High School in St. James, during a World Teachers’ Day Forum for Innovation In Teaching (FIT), at the National Arena in St. Andrew, on October 10, under the theme: ‘Invest in the Future, Invest in Teachers’. Rev. Thwaites was guest speaker.

Education Must Guide Jamaica’s Progress – Rev. Thwaites

By: Garfield Angus, October 13, 2014
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says the extent to which Jamaica progresses must, in part, be guided by significant advances in academic and vocational training and development, and appropriate...
Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites is greeted by President of the Jamaica Independent Schools’ Association (JISA), Pastor Wesley Boynes at a special general meeting of the JISA held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston.

Training of Teachers for Valuable Pathways Programme This Month

By: Alphea Saunders, October 10, 2014
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (2nd left), displays a Reelexo Enterprise branded bottled Cranberry water, at the launch of the Support in Public Schools (SIPS) project, where each school is assigned branded SIPS Spring Water/Cranberry Water, which gives the general public, as well as the students and the school community an opportunity to contribute financially to the particular schools when they purchase the products. The launch was held on October 9 at the Knutsford Court Hotel, in St. Andrew. Others (from left) are: President of Kingston College Parent-Teacher Association, Stewart Jacobs; Chairman of the company, Courtnay Daley, and Senator Ruel Reid.

Schools to Benefit from SIPS Project

By: Garfield L. Angus, October 10, 2014

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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (centre, back row), with some of the teachers from the parish of St. Mary who were recently honoured by the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), at a function held at the Casa Maria Hotel, in the parish. Also sharing in the occasion are (from left, back row), Chairman of the ECC, Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughan, and the ECC Executive Director, Dr. Joan Reid.
Education

Early Childhood Teachers Honoured

A number of early childhood teachers as well as 17 schools in the parish of St. Mary were recently honoured by the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), for long service, and...
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By: Garfield L. Angus, October 3, 2014
Education

Focus On Teachers October 5

Jamaica will join the rest of the world on Sunday, October 5, in celebrating World Teachers’ Day 2014, under the theme: ‘Invest in the Future, Invest in Teachers’. World Teachers’...
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By: Judith A. Hunter, October 2, 2014