The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has developed a National School Learning and Intervention Plan (NSLIP), to guide curriculum management on the reopening of schools at the beginning of the 2021/2022 academic year. The plan was created against the background of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on Jamaica’s education system, which has resulted in learning...

The Portsmouth Primary School in Portmore, St. Catherine, has received a donation of 50 tablets from the Toll Authority of Jamaica under the ‘One Laptop or Tablet per Child’ Initiative. The devices, valued at $1.4 million, which come with protective cases and warranties, will benefit needy students who are not on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH)....

In preparation for the 2021/2022 academic year, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, through the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC), will offer capacity building opportunities for school personnel during the 2021 summer period. This was disclosed in a bulletin issued by the Ministry recently. Under the theme ‘Recover Smarter’, the Ministry aims to support and bolster the readiness of teachers...

Just over 50 students attending high schools in West Central St. Andrew benefitted from special ‘super classes’, as part of their preparations for external examinations scheduled to start on June 28. The classes, which held on Saturday (June 26), were facilitated by volunteers with the non-profit organisation, Jamaica Millennium Vision for Youth (JMVY). These were organised at Penwood High School,...

The Coding in Schools programme, which is now in its pilot phase in 20 schools, is set to be rolled out in other institutions shortly. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, who said the programme will be evaluated to determine the next steps toward wider implementation. “The pilot… is [concluding] at the end...

The Denham Town High School in Kingston has received 350 desk shields from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Jamaica Women in Engineering Affinity Group. The donation is in support of the Government’s planned full resumption of face-to-face classroom instructional delivery when the 2021/22 academic year starts in September. A symbolic presentation of the shields was made to...

The National Council on Education (NCE) welcomes the announcement made by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, that schools will reopen for face-to-face learning in September of this year. The need for face-to-face learning supports the findings of the NCE studies, which identified major learning loss among students as a result of the challenges that they experienced with online...