The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has granted an extension for the submission of School-based Assessments (SBAs) for some students in Jamaica who will sit the June/July 2021 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, made the announcement during a virtual Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC)/Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) virtual town hall on...

A student attendance registration application is to be developed to collect information in real time about school attendance. Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, who made the disclosure while addressing a virtual Post Sectoral Debate Press Conference on Thursday (April 29), said current national statistics indicate 74 per cent consistent school attendance among children. Noting that there are...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says character education, which seeks to instil good moral values in students, is to be introduced as part of the public education curriculum. “We will design, develop and implement the curriculum for character education and we will give it the same importance we give to literacy and numeracy,” she said, noting...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is seeking to develop strategies for the acquisition of data for the establishment of an early warning alert for the child protection sector. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, who made the disclosure while making her contribution to the 2021/2022 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 28, said the present system depends...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says more than 16,000 primary- and secondary-school students are set to benefit from intervention programmes. Making her contribution to the 2021/2022 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 28, she said the programmes are geared at boosting achievements of the students, building their human and social capital to transform...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will be creating an online repository of lesson plans for teachers. “The platform will be easy to use. Lesson plans will be organised by subject and grade level. Within each lesson plan, you will find clear objectives, description of materials needed, a thorough procedure with an opening and a closing, as well as...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Government will not ignore the 440 schools rated as being in danger zones for landslide and flooding in Jamaica. During her contribution to the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (April 28), the Minister said that the World Bank and the University of Technology (UTech) did...