To help to bring greater clarity to the road map for schools’ reopening, The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information announces the creation of an Education Covid 19 Management Task Force (E-Covid) chaired by Minister, the Honourable Fayval Williams. The E-Covid Task Force will arrive at a consensus on the reopening and management of schools amid the Covid-19 pandemic. This...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has advised boards and administrators of tertiary institutions that they can exercise autonomy in determining when they will reopen their respective institutions. However, every effort must be made to ensure that operations are aligned with the Disaster Risk Management Act and the guidelines of the Ministry of Health & Wellness in order to...

The HEAR/NSTA Trust will be reopening in October on a phased basis, using the mixed teaching model incorporating virtual sessions and face-to-face teaching. Earlier this month, the Ministry of Education pushed back the opening of schools to Monday, October 5, due to the recent spike in COVID-19 cases. The country’s national training agency originally suspended face-to-face training earlier this year,...

Young persons with disabilities are being encouraged to submit applications for the Margaret Moody Scholarship. Applications for the scholarship opened on August 3 and will close on August 31. Two scholarships are made available each year. Administered by the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), the Margaret Moody Scholarship is open to persons pursuing studies at the diploma, associate...

Ninety children from across St. James were hosted at the annual back-to-school treat organised by Custos Rotulorum for the parish, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin, at the Faith Temple Assemblies of God Church in Montego Bay on August 21. Seventy of the youngsters are former students of seven primary schools in the parish and will be attending high school when...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, says the Government is moving to safeguard the welfare of private-school teachers who have been affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak across the island. This will see private-school teachers receiving a one-off payment of $40,000 each, while support staff will receive $10,000 each. Speaking recently at the Jamaica Teachers’ Association’s 56th...

Some 165 unattached youth recently graduated from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Alternative Livelihoods Skills and Development Project - Blue Economy training programme, during a recent ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. The project was undertaken in partnership with the RE School of Education and Technology (RESET) with funding of $34 million jointly provided by...

More than 100 workers of Western Parks and Markets (WPM) Waste Management Limited, benefited from the inaugural book drive and back-to-school treat staged by the entity on Friday (August 21). The event, held at the Sagicor Commercial Complex in Montego Bay, saw the workers, including street sweepers, sidemen and drivers being presented with school bags, notebooks, textbooks, pens, pencils and...

Given the spike in COVID-19 cases, it has now become necessary to delay the reopening of schools. We have consulted with the Ministry of Health and Wellness and barring any unforeseen challenges, schools will reopen on a phased basis beginning Monday, October 5, 2020. The re-engagement is based on a blended approach, which includes Face-to-Face teaching and learning, online and...