Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Children and Adolescents of the Organization of American States (OAS), Dr. Maria Julia Garcete Yegros, says the Caribbean’s strong culture of community, resilience, and human connection plays a pivotal role in advancing early-childhood development. She highlighted the region’s strengths while addressing participants during the seventh annual Early Childhood Commission(ECC) Professional Development Institute, held...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Hon. Rhoda Moy Crawford, is encouraging early-childhood practitioners to take a more active role in safeguarding and promoting the rights of children across Jamaica. Speaking during the seventh annual Early Childhood Commission (ECC) Professional Development Institute, held recently at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James, Ms....

The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) is inviting eligible students living in bauxite-producing communities to apply for the JBI Hoilett/Lambert Scholarship 2026 before the June 4 deadline. It is open to tertiary-level students in the parishes of St. Ann, Manchester, St. Elizabeth, Clarendon and St. Catherine, who are pursuing degree programmes in the Sciences, Engineering, Creative Arts, Logistics Management, Information Technology...

Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is encouraging students to develop strong reading habits, noting that reading is critical to leadership, personal growth and national development. The Minister was addressing the reopening ceremony for the Catherine Hall Primary and Infant School’s Reading Room, in St. James, on May 20, following restoration work undertaken by the Ministry’s Social...

More than 180 students from 17 schools across the Corporate Area and St. Catherine, accompanied by teachers and caregivers, gathered for the National Day of Prayer for Children and their families on Wednesday, May 20. The event was held at the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Jamaica, 15 Cassia Park Road, Kingston. Hosted by the National Child Month Committee...

The Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) has donated behavioural and values-based signage to Cockburn Gardens Primary and Junior High School. The donation was made recently and forms part of the BGLC’s ongoing support for schools within neighbouring communities. It also supports the Ministry of Education’s School-Wide Positive Behaviour Intervention and Support (SWPBIS) programme, which is aimed at addressing and...

Fostering a love for reading among students, as a means of addressing declining literacy levels, was the driving force behind the inaugural Quality Education Circle (QEC) 17 Literacy Fair in St. Thomas. The initiative, themed ‘Act Now, Read More, Learn More, Be More’, was hosted at Morant Bay Primary School on Tuesday (May 19). Principal of Old Pera Primary and...