A total of 27,000 students have been screened under the Jamaica School Readiness and Assessment Programme. “That represents 81 per cent of our infants,” said Project Lead and Transformation Officer for the Transforming Education for National Development (TREND) Programme, Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. Venesse Morrison Leon. She was addressing the TREND year three, second quarter progress...

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, will observe School Safety Week from October 26 to 31, under the theme ‘Safe Schools. Stronger Futures. Together for Resilience’. The observance will coincide with Fire and Life Safety Awareness Week, under the theme ‘Safe Home, Safe Communities, the Power of Prevention’. National Coordinator of the School Safety and Security Branch, Richard...

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information is strengthening counselling and mental health support to students, educators, and families with the launch of its first Psycho-emotional Learning Week from October 26 to 31. Under the theme ‘Strengthening Minds, Building Resilience, Nurturing Communities’, the week will include a series of targeted activities designed to promote emotional wellness, build trauma-informed capacity...

Educational institutions remain a powerful bedrock for preserving Jamaica’s rich culture and heritage. This vital role was recently underscored as the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) concluded the central parishes leg of its 2025 Heritage School Tour. The final stop, on Wednesday, October 15, featured school visits across Manchester. Students from Bellefield High School, McIntosh Memorial Primary School, deCarteret College, and...

Ardenne High School has copped the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Marcus Garvey Award for Excellence in the Performing Arts for the 15th year. The 2025 presentation was held on Wednesday (October 15) at the Little Theatre in Kingston. The coveted Marcus Garvey Award recognises the group or school that has accumulated the most points in three or more performance...

Members of the performing group, Eastern Rangers, put on a show for students during Seville Heritage Expo 2025, held at the historic Seville Heritage Park in St. Ann's Bay, on Wednesday, October 15.

Chairman of the Education Transformation Oversight Committee (ETOC), Dr. Adrian Stokes, has welcomed the improved performance in literacy and numeracy at the grade-four level. In the recently concluded assessment for grade four, 99 per cent of students demonstrated satisfactory performance in literacy while 70 per cent of students showed mastery in numeracy. “This compares well to the 2024 data, when...