Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, is calling for collective action from education stakeholders to prevent armed violence in schools. She noted that while Jamaica has not had many incidents involving the use of firearms on school campuses, the reality of the threat posed by the use and presence of small arms is real. The Education Minister was...

The Ministry of Education and Youth is working to modernise the framework for the establishment of boards of management for schools, says Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams. She said that the process will involve creating supporting legislation to guide the procedure for assembling boards as well as the establishment of a database of potential board members. “We have to make...

Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Thomas Eastern, Dr. Michelle Charles, is calling for mandatory ongoing education for habitual traffic offenders and reckless drivers who put the lives of other road users at risk. Making her contribution to the State of the Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives on October 25, she said the Road Traffic Act should be...

Member of Parliament, St. Thomas Eastern, Dr. Michelle Charles, is recommending that the Ministry of Education and Youth consider mandatory conflict resolution courses beginning at the primary level. “There is an ugly tsunami of violence occurring in our schools, and as a mother, I am deeply, deeply concerned,” she said while making her contribution to the State of the Constituency...

Land has been marked for the construction of Jamaica’s first Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) Academy in Dunbeholden, St. Catherine. A Jamaica 60 legacy project, the institution will be part of the Greater Bernard Lodge Development and will be erected on the 22 acres of land reserved for social services. Addressing a landmarking ceremony on Tuesday (October...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, has hailed Jamaicans in the diaspora for their continued contribution to the development of the schools they attended in the island and the wider education sector. “Jamaica’s diaspora communities across the United States (US), Canada, the United Kingdom (UK) and elsewhere play a significant role in contributing financial and other resources to...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), greets Camperdown Alumni President, Wavell Hinds (centre), during that body’s Gala Dinner at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on October 22. At right is Acting Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe.