Regional Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Marceleen Wheatle, has emphasised that embedding regular physical activity in schools is critical to reducing the risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among Jamaica’s population. She explains that initiatives such as National School Moves Day are designed to instill healthy habits from an early age, noting that behaviours...

Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton, has called for a fundamental shift in how Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is introduced across education systems in the Caribbean, warning that delayed exposure is limiting access and opportunity for the majority of learners. Delivering the keynote address at the National Energy Skills Centre (NESC) Training Institute’s inaugural...

National School Moves Day will be observed across the island on Friday (April 24), under the theme Every School Moving: Move Your Way, Every Day’. Schools are being asked to mobilise students, teachers and parents to prioritise physical activity for at least 60 minutes during the school day. National School Moves Day is a key component of the Jamaica Moves...

Fifty-one primary schools across the island are now benefiting from the distribution of water tanks, under a multi-year initiative funded by the United States Southern Command Humanitarian Assistance Programme and facilitated through the National Education Trust (NET). Valued at approximately US$40,000, the donation is aimed at improving access to reliable water supply in schools, particularly those located in vulnerable and...

Students at Duckenfield Primary and Infant School in St. Thomas now enjoy an enhanced learning environment with the official opening of a new library on Tuesday (April 21) a milestone hailed as a major boost to academic achievement and creativity among the student body. The facility, unveiled during a ceremony themed ‘Opening Minds, One Book at a Time – From...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe, has emphasised the urgent need to digitise record keeping systems across the education sector, citing hard lessons learned in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. She highlighted the challenges schools experienced in locating students after the hurricane, noting that the destruction of physical records severely hindered response...

There is a call for members of the diaspora to provide greater support to the education sector through the Hurricane Melissa Recovery Fund, administered by the National Education Trust (NET). Director of Donor and Partnership Management at the Trust, Keisha Johnson, made the plea while speaking at a recent cheque handover ceremony at Glenmuir High School in Clarendon. She highlighted...