Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe, says that approximately 17,000 students and 3,000 teachers have, so far, indicated their interest in the National Summer School initiative, which commences on Monday (July 5). The programme forms part of the Government’s ‘Recover Smarter-National School Learning and Intervention Plan’ aimed at helping students to...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, is encouraging students to participate in the National Summer School, which will begin on Monday (July 5). “We are encouraging our students to access the programmes that will be available online [and] face to face. To the extent that they don’t participate and they don’t do anything else over the next...

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...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, has announced a ‘Recover Smarter-National School Learning and Intervention Plan’ aimed at helping students to recover from learning loss due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It includes the previously announced National Summer School, which will begin on Monday (July 5), and a National Extra Lesson Classes/National Homework Programme. The Minister, in...

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,...