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Professor Dale Webber appointed next principal of The UWI Mona

Posted on 5/16/2018

The University of the West Indies Vice-Chancellery announced on Friday that Professor Dale Webber, current Pro Vice-Chancellor, Graduate Studies and Research has been appointed principal of the Mona Campus in Jamaica.

He will succeed Professor Archibald McDonald, effective October 1, 2018.

 

The appointment was approved by Chancellor Robert Bermudez, on behalf of the University Council, following a recommendation from Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Hilary Beckles.

Coastal Ecology and Environmental Management
new appointment
New Principal
Professor Dale Webber
University of the West Indies
UWI
UWI Mona
Vice-Chancellor

Declaration on Higher Education Emerges from Two-Day Summit

Posted on 5/15/2018

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s inaugural Higher Education Summit concluded on Friday (May 11), with production of a ‘Declaration on higher education in Jamaica.’ The document, which emerged out of two days of deliberations by stakeholders at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston, is expected to guide the development of legislation on governance, quality assurance and regulation of tertiary education.

Higher Education Summit
Jamaica Pegasus
Ministry of Education
Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid
STEM
Youth and Information

NEI Report Shows Improvements In All Eight School Indicators

Posted on 4/19/2018
THE 2017 report of the National Education Inspectorate (NEI) has revealed that there are improvements across all eight indicators of school effectiveness in the 189 institutions inspected.
Education Minister Ruel Reid
Improvement
Jamaica
NEI
Schools

University Establishes Scholarship in Honour of Education Minister

Posted on 12/11/2017

The BAU International University in Washington DC has established a scholarship in honour of Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. The decision to set up the ‘Ruel Reid Transformational Leadership Scholarship’ was taken by the University to recognise Senator Reid’s lead role in arriving at a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Ministry and the University for the provision of 107 scholarships, over three years, worth $378.2 million (US$3 million).

107 scholarships
BAU Global Network
BAU International University
BAU University Board member
Gail Dunwell
Her Excellency Audrey Marks
International Donor Consultant for the Jamaican Diaspora in the US
Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States
Mico University College
Paul Brunson
Ruel Reid Transformational Leadership Scholarship

79 Receive PM Youth Awards for Excellence

Posted on 12/11/2017

Seventy-nine young people who have made outstanding contribution in various areas were presented with the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence, during a ceremony held last evening (December 6) on the lawns of the Office of the Prime Minister. Awards were presented in the categories of Academics, Agriculture, Arts and Culture, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Protection, Innovation in Science and Technology, International Achievement, Journalism, Leadership, Sports, and Youth Development, and there was a special Jamaica 55 award.

Hon. Floyd Green
Office of the Prime Minister
PM Youth Award
Prime Minister of Jamaica
Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence
State Minister for Education
the Most Hon. Andrew Holness
Youth and Information
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