The Ministry of Education and Youth (MoEY) has extended the deadline for submission of entries for the ‘JUST MEDZ IT’ End Violence in Schools Jingle Competition to January 27, 2023. The competition forms part of the year-long End Violence in Schools campaign, which was launched on Children’s Day, May 20, 2022. The objective of the competition is to showcase the...

A US$1.5 million Early Childhood Development Centre for Innovation is slated for construction in St. James East Central this year. This was announced by Tourism Minister and Member of Parliament, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, who said it is intended to break ground in March and complete the institution’s construction in time to be opened for the start of the 2023/24 academic...

Rehabilitation of the Salt Spring Primary and Infant School in St. James is set for completion next month, says Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney. The project, which commenced in September 2022, is being funded by JSIF at a cost of more than $34 million and is being undertaken in partnership with the Ministry of...

More than 60 per cent of all primary schools in Westmoreland have been actively promoting healthy lifestyle practices and good nutritional habits among students under the Jamaica Moves in School initiative. The programme, which was introduced in educational institutions in 2018, is geared at heightening awareness and creating increased opportunities for physical activities and healthy eating at the nation’s schools....

Students at the Allman Town Primary School in Kingston take cover under a desk during an earthquake drill conducted by a team from the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) at the institution, on Thursday (January 12).

Educators, technology professionals and students have been invited to submit papers to aid in the development of presentations and workshops for the upcoming Technology in Education Conference. Papers will be selected by a panel of assessors, comprising professionals in academia, the wider education arena and the technology sector. The event will be hosted by e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited (e-LJAM), under...

The Ministry of Education and Youth, in collaboration with Church Teachers’ College (CTC), Manchester, will host a Special Education Conference and Workshops on Friday, January 13, under the theme ‘Rebuilding a Community of Inclusive Education’. The conference and workshops will focus on the needs of students with exceptionalities, and to equip teachers, parents and caregivers with the knowledge and skills...