The Government will provide $1billion in the upcoming fiscal year, for the employment of temporary teachers to help students recover from learning loss experienced during the disruption of face-to-face classes. This will be primarily facilitated through the Ministry of Education and Youth’s Extra Lessons Programme. The disclosure was made by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, while he made...

Work is progressing on the Morant Bay Urban Centre Project in St. Thomas and the Greater Bernard Lodge Development, in St. Catherine. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, indicates that the Government has secured private-sector funding for the Morant Bay project and signed a contract with China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC) on Wednesday (March 16) to undertake the...

A Special Integrated Committee has been appointed to examine lands being held by State agencies on behalf of the Government, to determine those considered suitable for housing development. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says this forms part of the Government’s efforts to provide more affordable housing for a significant number of Jamaicans whose incomes would make owning a...

A comprehensive review of the HEART/NSTA Trust, including the delivery of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), is to be carried out. This was stated by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, as he made his contribution to the 2022/23 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 17. He said the review will be spearheaded...

The restoration of societal values is a core objective for the transformation of the education sector, says Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. “If we are to have any hope of restoring the values, attitudes and behaviours that we once cherished as inherently Jamaican, they must form a central part of the education and socialisation of our children,” he...

The Government has approved the construction of the Port Antonio Bypass in Portland as part of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project. “As currently conceptualised, the project will see the construction of 17 kilometres of four lanes of arterial road around Port Antonio, and two standard shoulders,” the Prime Minister informed. “The medium-term objective is to plan out residential and...

An Education Transformation Oversight Committee (ETOC) will be established to monitor execution of the recommendations in the Education Transformation Commission report. The announcement was made by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, while making his contribution to the 2022/23 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Thursday (March 17). He said the oversight committee will be chaired by...