The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and Ministry of Education Youth and Information (MOEYI) collaborated to provide environmental education to over 700 primary school teachers at the grade four to six level, through the NEPA Junior Environment Programme (NJEP). From July 28 to August 11, 2020, teachers were be exposed to a 15-hour self-paced online training course titled, “Planning and...

Nine Jamaicans will be pursuing studies in Cuba under the Jamaica-Cuba Bilateral Medical Scholarship Programme for the academic year 2020/2021. Sydonie Shaw, Thiana Tyrell, Kedesha Garwood and Theo Bryan are this year’s awardees for the medical programme, while Yanique Uter, Crystal McIntosh and Nika-Lee Page will be studying nursing. The other students, Psylecia Senior and Kareem Scarlett, received scholarships for...

Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, says all schools are receiving attention for a “safe reopening” in September. Speaking at a virtual forum on August 13, to update stakeholders on the Ministry’s plans to make schools safe against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Dr. McLean said international and local data are being used...

Acting Chief Education Officer (CEO) in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe, says approximately 20,000 teachers have been trained in virtual pedagogy in preparation for the new academic year in September. “We are building the capacity and ability of our teachers to deliver… as the entire world has to deal with the unprecedented changes of the...

The Ministry of National Security and Excelsior Community College today (August 13), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Bachelor of Science Programme in Business Administration. This programme aims to educate, train and certify participants, so that they can compete at world-class standards. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Dianne McIntosh and Principal of the Community College,...

The Guardian Group Foundation, on Wednesday (August 12), awarded $5.2 million in scholarships, grants, bursaries, book vouchers and book supplies to students who will be attending secondary and tertiary institutions for the 2020/21 academic year. Among the scholarship award recipients are this year’s top-performing boy and girl in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP), Chad Wright and Abigail McKenzie, who will...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, is imploring school administrators not to increase auxiliary fees for the upcoming academic year. Making the plea in a statement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (August 11), Mr. Samuda argued that the exorbitant fees being requested by some schools “are untenable”. “As we prepare for the new school year...

A total of 203,500 of the country’s most vulnerable students will benefit from back-to-school grants amounting to $1.6 billion, being provided by the Government. This was announced by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, who noted that most of the money – $1 billion – will be provided under the COVID Allocation of Resources...

Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe, says 569 schools will resume full operations when the 2020/21 academic year commences in September. All schools have been closed since March due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. “Some schools will operate normally. This means we will have everybody in the same space every...