Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is appealing for more teachers and school administrators to get the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine in order to ensure that schools can return to face-to-face learning in short order. Speaking at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s Virtual Town Hall on Friday (June 11), the Prime Minister said that the level of take-up...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, is inviting retired educators in the Jamaican diaspora to volunteer their services to the Ministry’s extra lessons programme. Dr. Mclean, who was addressing the ‘Let’s Connect with Ambassador Marks’ monthly online forum on Thursday (June 10), said that the Ministry will shortly commence the programme, which is...

Cabinet has approved four contracts totalling approximately $1.25 billion for various projects in the education sector. The projects include the provision of textbooks at the primary level, data processing service for the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) and construction activities at Kingston College and the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), in Portland. Addressing Wednesday’s (June 9) post-Cabinet press briefing...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says preparations are in place for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), which will commence on June 28 She noted that the Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC) has reported that the “centres have been finalised, presiding examiners have been engaged and trained and deployment schedules...

The Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says that the Grade Six Ability Test component of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) was successfully administered on May 26 in collaboration with school leaders. She said that all the scripts are now being checked and graded.  She noted that the release date and the weighting of the scores are...

The National Association of Deans of Discipline (NADD) will host the final of four virtual Behaviour Expositions on Friday, June 11. The exposition seeks to engage more than 5,000 high-school students from across Jamaica in an empowerment session, under the theme ‘Transforming Behaviour through Environment, Empowerment of our Youth in Spite of COVID-19’. President of NADD, Samuel Smalling, said the...