The full resumption of face-to-face classes on Monday (March 7) was met with optimism by students and staff at both Farm and Glendevon primary and infant schools in St. James. The administration at each institution said it was a seamless return to the physical classroom, bringing an end to almost two years of online and blended/rotational classes due to the...

As schools across the island resume full face-to-face learning, students are being urged to make good use of their time back in the physical classroom, to make up for what they would have lost over the past two years due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, made the call while addressing a devotional...

Twenty students copped prizes at the Scientific Research Council’s (SRC) Essay Oratory, Poster and Preforming Arts competition (EOPP) awards ceremony on Friday (March 4). The event was held at the Sts. Peter and Paul Church Hall in Kingston. The awardees largely represented primary, secondary and tertiary educational institutions across Jamaica. One student was from the University of the West Indies...

Schools with established shift systems have an additional two weeks to streamline their operations to facilitate the full resumption of face-to-face classes. This was disclosed by Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe. She said the timeline will enable the schools to “work through their challenges [and] communicate with [parents], so [they] can...

Technology will remain a permanent feature of instructional delivery in schools, says Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams. Her announcement comes as schools prepare for the full resumption of face-to-face classes on Monday, March 7. “We will still have all the technology that you’re used to. We will [also] have lessons on Television, because the Ministry has its...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Ministry is adequately prepared to respond to any further eventuality that could arise as a result of COVID-19 and, as such, supports the full resumption of face-to-face classes. The Minister pointed out that nearly two years after Jamaica recorded its first COVID-19 case, “[it’s now] a much different...

Approximately 7,000 students, who are on the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH), are to benefit from transportation subsidies being provided by the Ministry of Education and Youth at a cost of $380 million. They are among 7,500 youngsters, largely residing in rural communities and enrolled primary and secondary schools and two special education institutions across 13 parishes,...