The MultiCare Youth Foundation (MYF) is reaping success in transforming the lives of students at the Denham Town High School in Kingston. Through its cognitive behaviour therapy, mentorship and life skills training, the non-government organisation is changing the mindset of students and placing them on a path to success. Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, Director of Projects and...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), greets Head of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Caribbean, Paula Marcelle Irish. The event was the University of Technology (UTech) 15th Annual Students Accounting Seminar held on March 21 at the AC By Marriot Hotel in Kingston. President of Utech, Dr. Kevin Brown, is at centre.

Students from the Medina Primary School showcase their talent in song, at the launch of free secured Wi-Fi service by the Universal Service Fund (USF), at the Freetown community centre in Manchester on Wednesday (March 20).

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Education Transformation Oversight Committee (ETOC) continues to make progress in implementing the recommendations of the Jamaica Education Transformation Commission (JETC). In his contribution to the 2024/25 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Thursday (March 21), Mr. Holness said ETOC reported last week that of the 101 recommendations targeted for...

The Government will make available $200 million to provide tuition grants to at least 1,000 tertiary students in good academic standing but in need of financial support. Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, made the disclosure in his contribution to the 2024/25 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Thursday (March 21). Mr. Holness said this support will...

Minister of Education and Youth, the Hon. Fayval Williams, has commended the NCB Foundation for its support to the education sector through its annual bursary programme. “I am very pleased to see organisations such as the NCB Foundation investing in the lives of our future leaders. As we [transform] education, we love to see our corporate [partners] change with us...

Commencing April 1, successful graduates of level 4 trade programmes at the HEART/NSTA Trust, will receive a grant of $50,000 to help them acquire the tools of their trade. Graduates who are beneficiaries of the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) and wards of the State, will receive a larger grant of $75,000. The disclosure was made by...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, is encouraging more Jamaicans to learn a second language to expand opportunities for employment and better relate to other cultures. She noted that in a globalised world where cross-cultural communication and understanding are important, studying a foreign language helps people to have more positive attitudes towards persons who are from a different...

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) is crediting its relationship with the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) for swift investigations of viral child-abuse videos. There have been several videos circulating on social media in recent times showing children being abused. Director of Children and Family Programmes at the CPFSA, Dr. Warren Thompson, told JIS News that they share the...