Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, is assuring parents that the compulsory Sixth-Form Pathways will better prepare students for higher-level academics or entry into the workforce. The new initiative, slated to commence in September 2022, is part of the Ministry’s implementation of a seven-year high-school programme. It allows for students who complete grade 11 to enrol and pursue...

An additional classroom block has been constructed at Black River High School in St. Elizabeth at a cost of approximately $20 million. The structure, which comprises four classrooms and a staff room, was built under the Government of Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project and is expected to help ease overcrowding at the institution. The National Education Trust...

One hundred and forty three grade four students enrolled in 20 primary schools across St. Elizabeth, on Friday (November 12), received tablet computers under the Government’s Tablets in Schools Programme. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, made the presentations to the youngsters, who are on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), during handover ceremonies...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (thir left), points out the features of one of several tablets donated by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) to students of the August Town Primary School in St. Andrew. The students (from left) are Jequan Treleven, Janoie Allen and Francois Bersick. Looking on are Social Development Manager at JSIF, Mona...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, has welcomed the donation of a Huawei IdeaHub Interactive Panel to Lennon High School in Mocho, Clarendon. The presentation was made by Huawei Technologies Regional Director, Courtney Hamilton, to the school’s Acting Principal, Tanesha Powell, during a handover ceremony at the institution on Thursday (November 11)....

Students from institutions across the island, including those with special needs,  are to benefit from a donation of 100 tablet computers, which will better enable them to access online learning. The donation, from the First Heritage Co-operative Credit Union Limited (FHC) Foundation, is in support of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s ‘One Laptop or Tablet Per Child’ initiative....

Principal of the Chalky Hill Primary and Infant School in St. Ann, Christine Badal-McBean, is reporting that things have been “running smoothly” since the resumption of face-to-face classes at the institution on Monday (November 8). She told JIS News that students and teachers have made the transition from online classes to physical interaction in a near seamless manner, and there...