A number of infant and primary schools across the island are to benefit from improved Internet connectivity with the provision of Content Access Point Solutions (CAPS). Under a US$433,519 contract, which has been approved by Cabinet, e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, through Royale Computers and Accessories Ltd., is to provide 866 of these solutions for infant and primary schools islandwide. This...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, has commenced consultations with the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) concerning the 2021 sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE). This was noted by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on December 8. Mrs. Williams said the CXC has...

Managing Director of the Whitter Group of Companies, Angella Whitter, says her company will be launching a $5-million fund to assist needy tertiary students who have health and financial challenges. The fund, aptly named The Joe and Angella Whitter Foundation, is also in memory of her late husband who died in 2013 and is remembered as an iconic land developer...

No student or staff at the pilot schools reopened for the facilitation of face-to-face learning has been identified with signs or symptoms of COVID-19 or has tested positive for the virus, according to data reported by the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The seventeen schools that were selected to participate in the pilot of face-to-face teaching, commenced classes between November...

Regional Director for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information's region four, Dr. Michelle Pinnock, has lauded the Government for leading the technology acquisition drive in educational institutions through the Tablets in Schools programme. She noted that more students, particularly those benefiting under the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) are gaining access to devices to not only...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Government is committed to ensuring that students across the island are equipped with a technology device regardless of socio-economic circumstance. “The education sector, and Jamaica by extension, is on a digital journey. This journey is to ensure that all our students have the skills to operate in the 21st...

More than 200 students from South West St. Catherine have received tablets and laptop computers through a drive spearheaded by Member of Parliament, Hon. Everald Warmington, with support from three business entities in the area. Mr. Warmington donated 100 tablets and 40 laptops to the students, while the remainder were contributed by Surdeen Equipment and Trucking, Old Harbour Radiology Centre,...

The deadline for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s electronic system for the Own Your Own Device (OYOD) incentive programme has been extended to December 31, 2020. Parents/guardians may access the application at oyod.educate.gov.jm. The Ministry has taken the decision to process the applications that were submitted before or on December 4, 2020 to allow successful applicants the chance...

The National Education Trust (NET) has received a cheque for $494,000 from the Jamaica Social Stock Exchange (JSSE) for the ‘One Laptop or One Tablet per Child’ initiative. The One Laptop or Tablet Per Child initiative aims to promote inclusivity in the education sector by providing needy students with the requisite tools to function in the online teaching and learning...