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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (2nd right), shares a moment with (from left), Carol Dunbar of Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort; Sales Manager, Columbus Communications Jamaica Limited, Ben Buls; and Regional Manager of Wisynco Group Limited, Vivia Newman. Occasion was the media launch of the FLOW Mo’Bay City Run on February 25, at Holiday Inn in Montego Bay.
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (2nd right), shares a moment with (from left), Carol Dunbar of Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort; Sales Manager, Columbus Communications Jamaica Limited, Ben Buls; and Regional Manager of Wisynco Group Limited, Vivia Newman. Occasion was the media launch of the FLOW Mo’Bay City Run on February 25, at Holiday Inn in Montego Bay.

Tertiary Students to Benefit from Mo’Bay 10k Run

By: Glenis A. Rose, February 27, 2014
Students attending tertiary institutions in western Jamaica, who are facing financial challenges, are to benefit from the first FLOW Mo’Bay 10k City Run. The organisers of the event, scheduled to...
Executive Director, Jamaica Tertiary Education Commission, Maxine Henry-Wilson addressing a public forum on ‘Financing Tertiary Education’ held on February 25, at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) auditorium in New Kingston.

Jamaicans Urged to Enroll in Accredited Tertiary Institutions

By: Chris Patterson, February 27, 2014
Miss Hanover Festival Queen 2013, Yolanda Ellis (right), presents a fruit basket to guest speaker and Principal of the Sam Sharpe Teachers' College, Dr. Asburn Pinnock, during the 130th anniversary civic ceremony commemorating the birth of the National Hero, Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, which was held at Blenheim, in Hanover, on February 24.

Principal Calls for Discipline and Positive Values

By: Glenis A. Rose, February 26, 2014

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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), listens as student of St. Andrew College, Ricardo Martin (left), explains his school’s 4-H Club display which was mounted during the Kingston 4-H Clubs’ Annual Parish Achievement Day at the Duhaney Park Primary School, in Kingston, on February 21. Looking on (from second left) are: Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Board, Clifton Grant; and Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Ronald Blake.
Education

4-H Clubs Encouraged to Supply Food to Schools

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is encouraging the country’s 4-H clubs to supply some of the food needed for the Government’s school feeding programme, through the different agricultural...
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By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, February 24, 2014
Education

More Computers for Children at VOUCH

Students at the Voluntary Organization for the Upliftment of Children (VOUCH), Heroes Park, in Kingston, are now in a better position to learn more about information technology, as they have...
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By: Chris Patterson, February 21, 2014
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), is welcomed by Jamaica Diaspora Advisory Board Member, Leo Gilling, at the opening ceremony of the Diaspora Education Summit, which is being held at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay from February 18 to 21, under the theme: 'Advancing education initiative: A strategic alliance with the Diaspora'. At centre is the Senior Secretary, Administration and Finance, Jamaica Teachers' Association, Mrs. Lorraine Judith Spencer-Jarrett.
Education

Mandatory Course in Special Education

Beginning this September, a mandatory course in Special Education is expected to be included in the curriculum of teachers’ colleges across the island. Making the announcement on February 20, Education...
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By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, February 21, 2014