e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited has donated 63 laptop and 120 tablet computers to the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) South Camp Road Juvenile Correctional Centre in Kingston, in support of the rehabilitation of young detainees. Four projectors were also donated to the institution by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). The devices will be used in the DCS’s rehabilitation programmes...

Sixteen high schools across Jamaica are slated to participate in this year’s renewal of the National Tourism Debate. The event, being funded at a cost of $3.5 million, spans more than a decade and is organised by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF). It was officially launched during a semi-virtual ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St....

The Ministry of Education and Youth will provide psychosocial support for students at Kingston Technical High School following the fatal stabbing of a pupil at the institution recently. Education and Youth Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, said that the intervention will involve collaboration with various agencies. She noted that officers from the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) have already...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (seated, right) along with (seated from left) United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Jamaica Country Representative, Mariko Kagoshima; Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe and Grade-seven student at St. Hugh’s High School, Shakacia Greenland, view a digital textbook, at the official launch of the Accessible...

Students from 27 high schools will benefit from information and communications technology (ICT) Clubs being initiated by the Universal Service Fund (USF), with the aim of strengthening the integration of technology in learning. Club activities will include exposing students to user experience/user interface (UX/UI) designing, coding and animation, among other areas. Jamaica Technology and Digital Alliance (JTDA) will partner with...

Jamaicans are, again, being encouraged to resort to non-violent methods of conflict resolution. Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, emphasised that this is imperative to prevent disputes from escalating to fatal outcomes. Mrs. Williams made the statement while extending condolences to the family of slain Kingston Technical High School student, Michion Campbell. The youngster was stabbed by another...

The Ministry of Education and Youth is maintaining that teachers and administrators should not deny students entry to school as a form of disciplinary action for infractions deemed in breach of established rules. “Schools are not allowed to do that. There are too many risks associated with that. Once a student steps on the school compound, we act in the...