HEART Trust renames Junction campus in St Elizabeth
THE HEART Trust/National Training Agency (NTA) has renamed the campus for its academy at Junction in south east St Elizabeth, the Derrick Rochester Campus, in honour of the former parliamentarian who represented the area.
The academy, the Southwest Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) Institute, offers courses in engineering, furniture making, website designing, agro processing, and the creative arts.
A ceremony to mark the campus’ official re-naming was held on March 22.
Guest speaker Education Minister Ronald Thwaites noted Rochester’s instrumentality in establishing the current institution’s predecessor, the Junction Training Centre. He pointed out that Rochester, a retired trade unionist, was a staunch advocate for the provision of training, particularly in vocational areas, to persons who needed it.
