Customers of the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) now have easier access to SLB services with the launch of the entity’s redesigned website. The site, developed by the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), is easy to navigate, with quick links to important information and services, and there is a frequently asked questions section that gives answers to common customer queries. Deputy Executive...

The Ministry of Education and Youth, through the Student Assessment Unit, is inviting suitably qualified individuals to apply for the position of Marker for the first official electronic marking of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Grade Five assessment. Applicants must be trained teachers with at least three years’ work experience; currently teaching, preferably at the primary-school level (grades four, five...

The University Council of Jamaica (UCJ) will be staging a series of three seminars this month to disseminate its Distance Education Standards. The sessions, which involve partnership with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and the Ministry of Education and Youth, are scheduled for June 17 and 20. They are targeted at practitioners of tertiary-level institutions to include administrators, heads of...

The St. Catherine based Strathmore Gardens Children’s Home has received a donation of supplies from the St. Andrew Technical High School Key Club. Among the items donated include food, clothing, toiletries, and ice cream. Science teacher at the St. Andrew Technical High School and Faculty Adviser for the Club, Shuddey Leachman said this was the Club’s second year going to...

The Sports Development Foundation (SDF) spent more than $117 million in the last financial year to instal 20 playing surfaces in schools and communities. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, in making the disclosure said that the initiative will be ramped up this financial year. “Reigniting lives and livelihoods also includes infrastructure and programmes to nurture...

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) is urging parents to utilise services provided at its 74 Parenting Places, to ensure that they can manage demanding situations in child-rearing. Making the call at a recent mental health forum for parents and students, held at Paul Mountain Primary School in St. Catherine, Community Relations Manager at the Commission, Tanisha Miller, said once parents...

The nation’s teachers are being urged to remain resolute in spite of the antisocial behaviours and other types of maladjustments being displayed by some students. Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, made the call in a statement on June 9, where she expressed support for teachers. She said it is disheartening to see the videos on social media...