A sum of $68 million has been allocated to the Japanese Grassroots Project for the 2019/20 fiscal year. The objectives of the project include the provision of additional classroom spaces and canteen facilities; upgrading of school infrastructure, including water harvesting and sanitation; and the purchase of two school buses. Details have been outlined in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, now...

Approximately $134 million has been allocated by the Government for the ‘Partnership for Improved Safety and Security in Schools’ project for the 2019/20 fiscal year. Details are provided in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives. Launched in 2017, the project, which involves collaboration between the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, United States...

The Government has allocated approximately $40.56 million to continue work under the ‘Support for Sustainability of Education Sector Reform’ project for the upcoming fiscal year. Details are provided in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Being implemented by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, the project aims to support the continued improvement in student...

Supreme Ventures Foundation is partnering with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information to improve fire safety and security at 30 children’s homes at a cost of $40 million. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the undertaking was signed on Wednesday (February 13) at the York Park Fire Station in Kingston. The project will be implemented over two years, with...

The Government has allocated $110 million to renovate the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s head office at National Heroes Circle and its Caenwood Centre facilities on Arnold Road in Kingston, during the 2019/20 fiscal year. Details are provided in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project is titled ‘Renovation and Modification of Caenwood...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) will assist in fostering entrepreneurship among young persons. He contended that “it will cultivate more independent thinkers”, citing this as a “critical need” in business. The State Minister was speaking during the recent LearnFest symposium at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, recently hosted a reception for members of the winning 2018 TVJ Junior Schools’ Challenge Quiz team, Mount Airy All-Age School, and runner-up, Broughton Primary School. The students and their coaches, principals, and parents were feted in fine style at the Royan Hotel in Negril, Westmoreland. Both schools are located in Westmoreland, which is the parish...

School leaders from Jamaica and eight other countries across the globe will converge in Kingston from March 7 to 8 for the third International Conference on Educational Leadership and Management. The two-day event, under the theme ‘Educational Leadership for Social Justice: Policy, Practice, Community’, will be held at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. It is being organised by...

The Government is looking to train approximately 3,000 school administrators islandwide in restorative justice practices. Coordinator of the Restorative Justice Unit in the Ministry of Justice, Dr. Kahilah Whyte, said the goal is to train at least three individuals at every institution, “[in] roughly 1,000 schools”. She was speaking with JIS News following the Ministry’s Restorative Justice Youth Town Hall...