The Ministry of Education and Youth is providing $430 million for additional support to schools, following the full resumption of face-to-face classes on Monday, March 7. This was disclosed by Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, during the meeting of the Standing Finance Committee in the House of Representatives on March 3. The members are deliberating the 2022/23...

The Jamaica 4-H Clubs through its Rio Tinto Scholarship Programme has given it commitment to clubite Delano Tucker to support him in his agricultural studies; as he begins his sixth form journey at the Guys Hill High School in St. Catherine. Tucker, whose story was brought to the organization’s attention has been a clubite since grade nine and since then...

The University Council of Jamaica (UCJ) will be observing its 17th Annual Quality Assurance in Higher Education Week from March 7 to 11, under the theme ‘Maintaining Quality in Higher Education in a Digital Environment’. Executive Director of the UCJ, Althea Heron, told JIS News that the week is the UCJ’s flagship event, where it focuses on raising awareness about...

The Ministry of Education and Youth, has approved the full resumption of face-to-face learning effective Monday, March 7. To aid in the preparation of institutions, additional funds are being disbursed for sanitisation and procurement of furniture where needed. In addition, documentation is being prepared to ensure the timely payment of the fourth tranche of the funding grants, which is due...

Three Special Education Diagnostic Centres are to be established at three colleges at a cost of $110 million, during the new fiscal year. They are Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College, St. James; Church Teachers’ College, Manchester and the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), in Portland. Details of the projects, being facilitated under the Ministry of Education and Youth’s National...

  Members of staff at St. Andrew High School for Girls show off the outfits they wore to mark Jamaica Day 2022. From left are Keshia Banks-Cushnie, Gertrude Henry, and Shadell Gordon. Jamaica Day 2022 was observed on Friday, February 25, under the theme “Celebrating Jamaica: Building Character: Hearts through the Arts”.   St. Andrew High School for Girls Principal, Keeva Ingram (centre),...

Four inmates and two correctional services officers are to benefit from scholarships to study for an Associate Degree in Business Administration at the University at the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) under a government and private-sector partnership. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate the award of the six full scholarships, was signed on Wednesday (February 23) by representatives from the Ministry...