The Management Institute for National Development (MIND), on Friday (November 27) officially launched the first issue of the Caribbean Public Sector Leadership Review, themed ‘Adaptive Leadership’. Speaking at the virtual launch, Executive Director, MIND, Dr. Ruby Brown said the publication signals the organisation’s ongoing commitment to not only change the tone and texture of conversations about public sector leadership, but...

Scores of students in St. Catherine North East are benefiting from Internet services provided by the office of the Member of Parliament (MP) to access online classes. Internet access in most of the communities is limited, and MP for the constituency, Kerensia Morris, said given the challenge faced by persons with the service, she has decided to facilitate the usage...

Students attending the Lucea Primary and Sandy Bay Primary and Junior High schools in Hanover are the latest beneficiaries under the Government’s Tablets in Schools Programme. On Thursday (November 19), Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, participated in the handover of devices to 165 pupils from Lucea Primary and 99 from Sandy Bay during ceremonies held at...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the feedback from the evaluation of the pilot face-to-face classes has been favourable, even though there are areas to be addressed. Speaking in the House of Representatives on November 17, she informed that officers from the Ministry visited the participating schools to conduct observation of the activities taking place and...

President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Jasford Gabriel, is encouraging teachers to take advantage of training opportunities, in order to meet the demands of teaching online classes. Mr. Gabriel was addressing the JTA Hanover Chapter’s half-yearly virtual meeting, which was held on Tuesday (November 17). “We want to encourage our teachers to keep accessing training opportunities, because we must...

The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has been invited by the recently elected President of Guyana, Dr. Irfaan Ali, to help drive forward Guyana’s human resource development strategy. Vice-Chancellor of The UWI, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, held a virtual meeting with Dr. Ali on Thursday, November 5, 2020 in which they discussed a strategy for the country’s future...

Members of Parliament (MPs) have now received the application forms for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s ‘Own Your Own Device Incentive Programme’. The Own Your Own Device Incentive Programme is an initiative through which the Government is assisting with the purchase of tablets or laptops for students who are in need but are not on the Programme of...