The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will be administering diagnostic tests to grade-six students to identify and address gaps in the delivery of the National Standards Curriculum due to the restrictions caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19). The pandemic led to the closure of school plants in March last year and the shift to online teaching and learning. In November,...

Students who are contemplating whether to defer sitting the 2021 Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) examinations have until May 1, 2021 to decide. This was announced by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, who informed that the Ministry has prepared guidelines for those students who would like to defer the 2021 sitting of the CXC exams. “These guidelines...

The Government has announced changes to the 2021 sitting of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP). Addressing a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (March 10), Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, said that the Grade Six Ability Test, which was originally set for February 23 and rescheduled for March 25, has again been postponed. The new date for...

For the upcoming fiscal year, Jamaica will invest $114 billion or approximately six per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in education. Opening the 2021/22 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 9, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, said that the Government continues to allocate the largest share of its Budget,...

A United Kingdom (UK)-Jamaica Diaspora early-childhood education support group has provided more than $650,000 worth of school supplies and funds to four basic and primary education institutions in the island. The group, representing community organisations and individuals, was brought together by the Jamaican High Commission. The beneficiary institutions are All Saints Infant, Cornwall Gardens Basic, Mount Salem Primary and St...

The HEART/National Service Training Agency (HEART/NSTA) Trust is seeking to enrol 119,350 trainees in its approximately160 training programmes, during the 2021/22 fiscal year. Additionally, the agency expects that some 56,292 trainees will be certified, with 20,700 being targeted for job placement over the period. The information is contained in the Jamaica Public Bodies Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the...

Private schools have now been included in the no face-to-face rule that has been put in place for public educational institutions. This, as the Government further tightens measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), which has seen a spike in cases in recent weeks. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the announcement during a virtual press...