Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, will recognise 80 distinguished educators for their outstanding contribution to the development of Jamaica in the field of Education. The number of persons to be presented with the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation (PMMA) for service to Education, is for the years 2021 and 2022, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Scheduled for Thursday,...

Jamaica’s 2022 Chevening Scholarship awardees have been commended by State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell. Sixteen persons have been awarded Scholarships to pursue post-graduate degrees in the United Kingdom. Speaking at a recent send-off reception at the St. Andrew residence of the British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Senator Campbell congratulated...

Oil refinery company, Petrojam, has awarded four scholarships to this year’s top performers in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations at the Greenwich Primary and St. Andrew Primary schools. The two males and two females who have each received a $60,000 annual scholarship and a brand-new laptop from the company are St. Andrew Primary’s Adrianna Whittingham and Robert Reynolds and...

The Human Employment and Resource Training/National Service Training Agency (HEART/NSTA Trust) remains committed to developing Jamaica’s labour force, by offering globally competitive training and employment opportunities. This is being done through the organisation’s Triple Access Strategy, which outlines three priority areas of focus for the strategic period (2022-2026) and is in alignment with the Vision 2030 National Development Goal 1,...

More than half of the 2022 United Kingdom (UK) Chevening Government Scholarships for Caribbean nationals were awarded to Jamaicans. Of the 33 scholarships that were made available, 16 were awarded to nine women and seven men from the country. Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, said they will be studying in fields such as Special and Inclusive Education,...

The Ministry of Education and Youth has allocated $210 million for critical repairs to schools across the island. In making the disclosure, portfolio Minister, Hon Fayval Williams, informed that each of the seven regions within the Ministry has received $30 million for the infrastructural upgrades. The Minister was speaking at the 58th annual conference of the Jamaica Teachers' Association at...

Distribution of textbooks will commence during the first week of the new school year, which begins on Monday, September 5, says Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams. According to the Minister, approximately $2 billion has been spent to purchase textbooks for students at the primary and secondary levels for the 2022/2023 academic year. She was addressing teachers at...