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Principal Director of the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), Dr. Maurice Smith, addressing a JIS Think Tank held recently, where he provided information about the training of principals.

Ministry Introduces Certification Course for Aspiring Principals

By: Judith A. Hunter, November 5, 2013

The Ministry of Education, through the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), is to launch a course of study geared towards training individuals aspiring to become school principals. The programme...

Effective Parenting Central to Launch of NPSC

By: Andrea Braham, November 4, 2013

Participants in the grade six category of the Fletcher’s Land Spelling Bee Competition prepare to challenge each year in the contest held on Saturday, October 26, at the Fletcher’s Land Community Centre. The competitors (from left to right) are: Qwayne Williams, Denecia Bryan, Jamailiah Smith, Ayanna Powell, Tai Chambers, and Shanice Sterling, who emerged the winner.

Fletcher’s Land Students Show Off Spelling Skills

By: Jeneva Gordon, November 1, 2013

Education 12 years ago More Persons Must See Education As A Priority – Minister Thwaites
By: Douglas McIntosh, November 1, 2013
Education 12 years ago 300 Principals Receive Leadership Training
By: Judith A. Hunter, November 1, 2013
Education 12 years ago Minister of Education Lauds Work of SSIP
By: Athaliah Reynolds-Baker, October 31, 2013

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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, addresses the symbolic handing over ceremony for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Jamaica Basic Education Project (JBEP), at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, recently. Seated (from left) are: Education Specialist, USAID, Claire Spence; JBEP Project Director, Dr. Jean Beaumont; Mission Director, USAID, Denise Herbol; and President of Juarez and Associates, Nicandro Juarez.

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Education Ministry Continues Project to Improve Reading

The Ministry of Education remains steadfast in its efforts to achieve quality education through the transformation of the sector, using a number of non-traditional tools and measures. To this end,...

By: Alphea Saunders, October 31, 2013

University of the West Indies (UWI) Chancellor, Sir George Alleyne (left), and Vice Chancellor, Professor Nigel Harris (right), share pleasantries with newly inducted Principal of the UWI’s Mona Campus in St. Andrew, Professor Archibald McDonald, following his installation during a ceremony at the institution on Tuesday (October 29).

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Professor Archibald McDonald Inducted as 13th Principal of UWI Mona

University of the West Indies (UWI) Pro-Vice Chancellor, Professor Archibald McDonald, has been formally inducted as the 13th Principal of the institution’s oldest Campus, at Mona, St. Andrew. He was...

By: Douglas McIntosh, October 31, 2013

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites ( second right) presents Vice Principal, Oberlin High School, Audrey Francis (centre), with a trophy for being the top high school in the Eastern Region, during an awards luncheon held on October 25, at the Jamaica Observer’s headquarters in Kingston. Others (from left) are: Assistant Marketing Manager, Jamaica Observer, Pamille Shaw Blair; Principal, Oberlin High, Ivy Clarke; and Public Relations Manager, Flow, Jeanette Lewis. The luncheon was to honour approximately 22 teachers from the Eastern Region, who have assisted with the production and sales of the company’s educational publications.

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Process to Recruit Reading Coaches Advanced – Minister Thwaites

The Ministry of Education is at an advanced stage in recruiting 90 reading coaches, who will be deployed to assist teachers in the poorest performing primary and all-age schools across...

By: Chris Patterson, October 28, 2013

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites ( second right) presents a trophy to Principal, Jessie Ripoll Primary School, Marcia Dentry Fogah, during an awards luncheon held on October 25, at the Jamaica Observer’s headquarters in Kingston. Others (from left) are: Assistant Marketing Manager, Jamaica Observer, Pamille Shaw Blair; teacher, Jessie Ripoll Primary, Raphael Davis; and Public Relations Manager, Flow, Jeanette Lewis. The luncheon was to honour approximately 22 teachers from the Eastern Region, who have assisted with the production and sales of the company’s educational publications.

12 years ago Education

Parenting Resource Centres on Track for Year End

Plans are on track for the establishment of approximately 80 parenting places island wide by December 2013. Speaking at an awards luncheon for teachers at the Jamaica Observer’s headquarters in...

By: Chris Patterson, October 26, 2013

Windward Road Primary and Junior High School student, Princess Rainford (seated), demonstrates her proficiency of the computer to Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites (2nd right). The Minister was touring sections of the school, during a visit to the institution’s East Kingston location on October 24. Looking on at right, is principal, Norman Malcolm. (FILE)

12 years ago Education

Education Ministry Assessing Needs of Schools

The Windward Road Primary and Junior High School in Kingston is among several institutions being assessed by the Ministry of Education, to determine the extent of assistance needed to address...

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, October 25, 2013

Education Minister, the Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left); greets Deputy Principal at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, Ishenkumba Kahwa; while Head of the Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work, Dr. Heather Rickets, looks on. The Minister was guest speaker at the launch of a special issue of the Caribbean Journal of Social Work entitled, ‘Social Work & Development: Caribbean Insights,’ on October 23at the Undercroft, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus.

12 years ago Education

Rev. Thwaites Supports Call for Social Workers in Schools

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is expressing support for the placement of social workers in the local school system. He was responding to a recent call by the Jamaica...

By: Andrea Braham, October 25, 2013

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (left), along with Roman Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston, His Grace the Most Rev. Donald Reece (2nd left); hotelier and business mogul, Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart (centre); Principal, Campion College, Grace Baston (3rd right); and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kingston, His Grace the Most Rev. Charles Dufour (2nd right), observe as Mr. Stewart’s wife, Erica Stewart, unveils a commemorative plaque at Thursday’s (October 24) official opening of the Jonathan Stewart Library/Media Centre, at Campion College, St. Andrew. The facility is named in honour of the Stewarts’ late son, who attended the institution.

12 years ago Education

Campion Gets New Library/Media Centre

Campion College’s academic programme for its 1,450 enrolled students has been significantly strengthened by a newly built library/media centre at the institution’s Old Hope Road campus, in St. Andrew. The...

By: Douglas McIntosh, October 25, 2013

The 2012 winner of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Heritage Essay Competition, 12-year-old Toni-Ann Williams, sixth grade student of Westwood High School, in Trelawny, and former student of Mount Alvernia Preparatory School in Montego Bay, St. James.

12 years ago Education

Young Achiever Suggests Foundation on Which Country Should Be Built

The high ideals, principles and accomplishments of the National Heroes and Heroine, should form the foundation on which the country is governed and built. This suggestion comes from Westwood High...

By: Glenis A. Rose, October 23, 2013

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