Orator for the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts and veteran storyteller, writer, and actress, Dr. Amina Blackwood Meeks, OD, continues to play an active role in training the next generation of Caribbean creatives. With years-long ties to the Edna Manley College, Dr. Blackwood Meeks is proud to have been a recipient of training at the institution...

Conflict is an inevitability that everyone, despite the very best efforts, must face at one point or another. However, learning positive behaviour, such as how to appropriately handle conflict from an early age, can make all the difference in a person’s development. The Ministry of Justice, through its Restorative Justice (RJ) Branch, has, for years, delivered restorative practices training to...

Four inclusive classrooms have been established under phase one of the Early Childhood Development Legacy Project. Being implemented by the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), the project aims to modify and equip classrooms in infant departments to provide holistic spaces where children with disabilities can learn along with their peers who do not have special needs. The objective is to create...

As of September, more Jamaicans will benefit under the Jamaica-Cuba Bilateral Medical Scholarship Programme. The Cuban Government is offering additional scholarships for Jamaican students to study in various fields, including nursing, medicine and engineering. Each year, the Cuban government invites applications from persons wishing to pursue undergraduate and postgraduate studies. The programme is administered by the Embassy of the Republic...

Deep in the heart of Clapham, St. Ann, sits a small early-childhood educational institution where the administrators and teachers have big dreams for their students. The realisation of these dreams for the youngsters at Clapham Community Basic School is poised to be significantly driven by tangible stakeholder support extended to the institution recently. This entailed a well-needed facelift as well...

The Cedric Titus High School in Clarks Town, Trelawny will soon be able to be accommodate more students, as ground was officially broken for the construction of a new classroom block at the institution. The project is being undertaken as part of the Ministry of Education and Youth’s Primary and Secondary Infrastructure Project (PSIP), with oversight by the National Education...

When Grange Hill Primary School in Westmoreland first opened its doors to the young minds of the future, it was unforeseen that they would have existed to commemorate their centennial. The parish’s Anglican Church hall served as the site of the then Grange Hill Government School’s inaugural day in January 1924, after which late former Governor-General, Sir Clifford Campbell, served...

The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) has been successful in mobilising mentors to encourage effective parenting in their communities. Parent mentors assist with the implementation of the Commission’s programmes and initiatives at the individual, school and community levels. Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Kaysia Kerr, tells JIS News that the mentorship initiative is “the only programme where we have parents trained...