Twenty students from St. Catherine, who started secondary school in October, have benefited from much-needed support from the Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment Foundation (PAEF). The organisation recently handed over scholarships totalling $400,000, along with care packages, to the students, who are graduates of five primary schools in the parish. Each student received $20,000. Administration Director of the PAEF, Pauline Gregory-Lewis,...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Ministry is committed to supporting the Jamaica Independent Schools Association (JISA) in addressing the challenges brought on by the coronavirus (COVID-19). The Minister, addressing the JISA’s National Church Service virtually on Sunday (November 8), said that independent schools are important stakeholders in the education sector. She noted that these...

Brampton Primary School, in Trelawny, became the latest recipient under the Government’s Tablets in Schools Programme, following the donation of 45 tablets to the institution on Friday, November 6. Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, made the handover to the school, whose students in grades four to six under the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH)...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is advising that given prevailing weather conditions, the planned reopening of 17 schools on the pilot face-to-face in-school teaching has been postponed. This follows on an advisory from the National Meteorological Service that a flash flood warning is in effect for all parishes. The Ministry will provide an update on Tuesday, November 10...

Principal of Moore Town Primary and Junior High School in Portland, Kathleen Wright, is welcoming the Government’s decision to reopen the small, rural institution for face-to-face lessons beginning Monday (November 9). A total of 17 primary and secondary institutions across nine parishes will participate in the two-week pilot. They were selected from a group of 73 deemed to be at...

Principal of Yallahs High School in St. Thomas, Mark Malabver, says that all is in place for the start of face-to-face classes at the institution on Monday (November 9) In an interview with JIS News on Friday (November 6), Mr. Malabver said he has met with and spoken with stakeholders including parents, teachers and personnel from the Ministry of Education,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says he has been closely tracking the situation of children being out of school due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. He noted that the absence of in-person learning has had a “terrible impact on our learning as a nation. Our children have truly been deprived and are, indeed, I would say, way behind...