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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), converses with principal of Edwin Allen High School, Rev. Dr. Everton Walters and niece of the late Edwin Leopold Allen, Mrs. M. Gaynor, at the school’s 50th anniversary celebrations in Frankfield, Clarendon, on January 27.
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), converses with principal of Edwin Allen High School, Rev. Dr. Everton Walters and niece of the late Edwin Leopold Allen, Mrs. M. Gaynor, at the school’s 50th anniversary celebrations in Frankfield, Clarendon, on January 27.

Education Minister Favours Academic-Technical Fusion

By: Kadian Brown , January 28, 2014
The need for a fully transformed education system, which strategically fuses the academics with technical and vocational subjects, to meet the current needs of the labour market, has been emphasized...
Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites (right), responds to a question at a Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on Thursday, January 23, where he elaborated on the findings of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) report. At left is National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting; and Minister of Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (centre), who hosted the briefing.

JCF Study to Help, Not Shame Schools – Minister Thwaites

By: Alphea Saunders, January 24, 2014
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (centre), and Executive Director, HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley (right), looks keenly at a robotic demonstration by President of the Jamaica College Robotic Club, Japheth Clarke. They were at a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) integration symposium held on January 23, at the HEART College of Beauty Services, Hope Road, St. Andrew.

STEM Academies Respond to Labour Market Needs

By: Latonya Linton, January 23, 2014

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