If you’re passionate about early childhood education and want an opportunity to discuss the future of the sector with like-minded persons, then mark your calendars for November 27-28. Over both days the JN Foundation in collaboration with The University of the West Indies (UWI) School of Education and the Dudley Grant Early Childhood Resource Centre will host a two-day regional...

The World Bank has confirmed that total damages from Hurricane Melissa are estimated at over US $8.8 representing 41 percent of the country’s gross domestic product in 2024.  Addressing a press briefing at Jamaica House on Wednesday, director for Caribbean Countries at the World Bank Lilia Burunciuc, outlined that their assessment focuses only on the physical damage done to the...

Dudley Grant is often referred to as “the “Father of Early Childhood Development” in Jamaica and by extension the region, because of his extensive work in this area with policymakers and other stakeholders at a time when Early Childhood Development was not identified as priority. The JN Foundation and the University of the West Indies School of Education, Dudley Grant...

Principal of the St. Catherine-based Charlemont Garth Gayle says his school is on an upward trajectory after recording an exemplary performance in this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. The students maintained an 81% pass rate in CSEC English Language and more than doubled performance numbers in Mathematics moving from a 16% pass rate to 36%.

Principal of the St. Catherine-based Charlemont Garth Gayle says his school is on an upward trajectory after recording an exemplary performance in this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. The students maintained an 81% pass rate in CSEC English Language and more than doubled performance numbers in Mathematics moving from a 16% pass rate to 36%.

Since 2011, the National College for Educational Leadership, NCEL, has been playing a key role in designing and executing leadership programmes for principals, middle managers, aspiring leaders and other stakeholders in the education sector. And recently 263 teachers and school leaders successfully completed training programmes offered by the institution, these include the Inclusive School Leadership Training Programme, the professional qualification...