Chief Executive Officer of e-Learning Jamaica, Keith Smith, says teachers in St. Thomas have expressed their satisfaction with the tablet computers they received recently under the Government’s ‘Tablet for Teachers’ programme. “We have completed distribution to teachers in St. Thomas, and the feedback received was tremendously positive,” Mr. Smith told JIS News. He noted that since schools have had to...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is advising school administrators that the cost of registration packages at the secondary level should be no more than $5,000. In addition, there is no cost for registration at the primary level. The policy directive on registration fees is in keeping with the Ministry’s mandate of ensuring that the cost to parents remains...

Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe, says that all is in place for administering of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE). Approximately 58,720 students have registered to sit CSEC subjects and 16,184 for CAPE starting Monday, July 13. Orals for foreign languages have already...

The distribution of 65,000 tablet computers to teachers and students will be completed in this fiscal year, says Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams. This was noted by Mrs. Williams during the official ceremony for the distribution of 32 tablet computers to educators at the Hope Valley Experimental School, located at 2-4 University Road, Kingston 7, on...

The ‘Tablets for Teachers’ programme rolls out on Tuesday (July 7) with the distribution of devices to educators at the Hope Valley Experimental School, located at 2-4 University Road, Kingston 7. Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, is scheduled to bring greetings at the function and assist with the handing out of the tablets procured by e-Learning...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is to provide a sanitisation grant to assist early-childhood institutions across the island. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on June 30. Mr. Samuda also informed that the Ministry is now carrying out an assessment to determine the number of early-childhood institutions...

Keville Cunningham Jr. is pleased to have earned a place at Cornwall College after the 2019 Primary Exit Profile (PEP), even though he admits that the prominent high school for boys in Montego Bay was his second-choice institution. The 13-year-old student of the Dumfries Primary School in St. James tells JIS News that his first choice was Herbert Morrison Technical...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says he will announce the protocols that have been established for the reopening of nurseries and day-care facilities shortly. "Day care and nurseries – it's a big issue; we spent some time last week discussing them – the Ministry of Health (and Wellness), the Ministry of Local Government and [Community Development] and the...

The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is fostering a new wave of entrepreneurship and innovation among Jamaicans, many of whom are staying at home or are out of work. One such individual is St. Ann early-childhood teacher, Racquel Davis, who has created an alternative source of income, through her recently formed business ‘Racquel’s Smart Start’.   Mrs. Davis, who teaches at the...