State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, says children should be taught dispute resolution techniques in their formative years as part of measures to promote peace in the society. “Unless we can start to train our youth in conflict resolution and how to resolve issues and disputes without violence, then we will not see a change,” he...

As part of its 30th anniversary celebrations, Carlong Publishers (Caribbean) Limited, will be spending more than $4.1 million to support early-childhood educational institutions. The publishing company will be doubling the number of early-childhood schools that it provides with operational support, along with beautification projects and a $250,000 book donation to the Jamaica Library Service (JLS). Under its theme for the...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Mrs. Donna-Marie Rowe, was officially presented with the RJRGleaner Communications Group 40th Honour Award for Public Service on February 28, at an awards dinner, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in Kingston. Mrs. Rowe was selected for the prestigious award, based on her inspiring leadership and her role in the modernisation of...

The MV Logos Hope, the world’s largest floating book fair, now docked at the Carib Cement Company’s Port in Rockfort, Kingston, will be welcoming persons on board from February 27 to March 17. Patrons are invited to browse its selection of over 5,000 educational books and other resource material, which are on sale. Its operating times during the week are...

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, says he is confident that the country is better prepared for this year’s sitting of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) and is expecting better results. The examination, which is in its second year, got under way on Tuesday (February 25) with the Ability Test. Just over 39,000 students are...

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, says $5 billion has been added to the Ministry’s budget for the 2020/2021 financial year. “I am so very happy that my Cabinet members embraced the appeal I made, and with the kind of support that we have received from Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness,...

Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna-Marie Rowe (right), presents University of Technology (UTech) communication student, Amoy Bailey, with a branded JIS folder, after she and her group participated in a recent mini sensitisation session on the role of the Public Relations and Marketing Department of the agency in disseminating information on the Government’s policies and programmes....

Regional Director for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s region four, Dr. Michelle Pinnock, says the visit of the Logos Hope to Montego Bay will help to boost literacy and promote education in western Jamaica. During the visit of the ship from February 13 to 23, students, teachers and parents will have the opportunity to access more than 5,000...

A sum of $61 million has been allocated for the improvement of school infrastructure under the Japanese Grassroots Project in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information. These funds have been allocated in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives. The objectives of the project include the provision of additional classroom spaces, canteen facilities...