Organisers of the upcoming MoBay City Run say one of their main goals is to assist with the certification of more early childhood institutions through the provision of resources facilitating this. They say this focus is against the backdrop of the Government’s targeting of all early childhood institutions, including unregulated basic schools, for certification in order to, among other things,...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has expressed condolences to the family, colleagues and students of late teacher of Eltham High School, Shanice Lewis. Ms Lewis passed away after a brief illness at the Spanish Town Hospital on April 10. Speaking at a special assembly held in her honour on April 20, at the Spanish...

Minister of Education, Youth & Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is hopeful about an improvement in the results from students who sit Mathematics in external examinations at both the primary and secondary levels. In his address to students and educators at the annual National Mathematics Exposition on April 19, at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, in...

Students pursuing the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) will have an opportunity to earn credits that will be tenable at certain universities in the island, says Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. Addressing students of St. Mary High School during a visit to the institution on April 18, the Minister said that as of September this...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is assuring teachers that the pending licensing and registration regime for the profession will serve to enhance their capacities and should not be feared. “I don’t want people to be afraid of (registration and licensing). I think it will be good for the system,” he said. The Minister was...

Ten desktop computers are to be provided to the St. Cyprian’s Preparatory School in Highgate, St. Mary, before the start of the 2018/19 school term, which begins in September. Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, gave a commitment to provide nine of the computers, during a visit to the school on April 18. Trustee of the...

Beginning in May, the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Information will be training more teachers in restorative justice practices, in keeping with strategies to improve safety and security in schools. This is according to Director of Safety and Security in Schools, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Coleridge Minto, who informed that the targeted 500 teachers will be trained in batches of...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is collaborating with the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) in the staging of an inaugural Anti-Gang Week, aimed at steering youth away from criminal activities. It is part of a special partnership involving the Ministry and JCF’s Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch (C-TOC) to engage at-risk youth using a more proactive approach. Details...

The Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch (C-TOC) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will be developing a checklist that will help school officials to identify students with deviant behaviour traits. The checklist, which will be developed over the next few weeks, forms part of a strategy being developed in partnership with the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Information aimed...