The National Council on Education (NCE) commends the Government and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information on the bold step taken to vaccinate children 12 years and over. This is a critical step in the right direction to prepare our children for a safe return to face-to-face teaching and learning. We urge the Government to prioritize the vaccination of...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says mastery of a second language by Jamaicans, particularly Spanish, can potentially generate more global opportunities for the country. Against this background, Mrs. Williams said the Ministry was ramping up efforts to deploy trained specialist Spanish teachers across Jamaica’s education system. This, she added, to make Spanish a second language in...

The National Water Commission (NWC) has partnered with M&M Jamaica Limited to facilitate skills development for young engineers through hands-on experience. NWC Vice President, Garth Jackson, says under the six-month collaboration, several engineers have been assigned to the Spanish Town leg of the Commission’s major improvement project, being undertaken by M&M. "We have agreed with M&M that we will both...

Principal of the Golden Spring Primary School in St. Andrew, Winston Smith, has been installed as the 57th president of the Jamaica Teacher’s Association (JTA). Mr. Smith was installed during the opening ceremony of the 57th JTA annual conference, which was held on Monday (August 16) at the Ocean Coral Spring Hotel in Trelawny. The outgoing president is Principal of...

The Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Fayval Williams is urging Jamaicans to remain accountable for raising the achievement levels of all students. She was speaking at the Jamaica Teacher’s Association (JTA) 57th Annual Conference Church Service, held at the Faith Tabernacle Shiloh Apostolic Church, in Kingston on Sunday (August 15). In her remarks, the Minister said embracing...

Approximately 720 students in the parish of St. Catherine are expected to be transported daily by the School Train Service that will be operated by the Jamaica Railway Corporation in conjunction with the Ministry of Education Youth and Information (MOEYI) and the Jamaica Urban Transit Company. In an interview with JIS News following a final test run of the service...

The Broadcasting Commission, in collaboration with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), is to establish a Digital Literacy Skills Framework for Jamaica. This according to the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) 2020 Economic and Social Survey, which says, “This intends to aid the development of digital literacy in the era of the fourth revolution as a regulatory...

A sum of $4.3 billion has been allocated to primary, all-age, and junior high schools for the 2021-2022 academic year. The funds are being disbursed in four tranches, with the first tranche paid over in June 2021. The Ministry Education, Youth, and Information, in a recent bulletin, said that each school will receive a maintenance grant in the amount of...

The Ministry of Education, Youth, and Information has allocated $9.3 billion in grants to secondary schools for the academic year 2021/2022. The amount is being paid in four tranches, with the first disbursement made in June 2021. Allocation of the funds is to ensure that schools are equipped with the necessary infrastructure and resources and is in keeping with the...