The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is reminding parents, guardians and school administrators that due to the continuing negative effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the decision to cancel some sittings of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) for 2020/2021 still stands. The PEP Performance Task and Curriculum-based Test at grade six have been cancelled. As a result, a hybrid...

Director General of the Jamaica Library Service (JLS), Maureen Thompson, is inviting persons to get registered for the 2021 staging of the National Reading Competition. Speaking at a virtual launch of the event on April 8, Miss Thompson said that with schooling being done at many homes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is another way to grasp the benefits...

The island’s largest Independent Power Provider (IPP), Jamaica Energy Partners Group, is proud to announce that fifty-nine more students/teachers residing in St Catherine, Western and Eastern Kingston are the Company’s newest recipients of tablets under its tablet distribution programme. Last week, members of the Group’s Human Resources and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) team granted the Ministry of Education, Youth and...

Acting Chief Education Officer, Dr. Kasan Troupe, says that the necessary preparations are being made to facilitate students with special needs, who will be sitting the May 26 Ability Test component of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP). Speaking at a virtual Parenting Conference on March 31, Dr. Troupe noted that the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, caters to students...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Fayval Williams, says that measures are being put in place to ensure the safety of students, who will sit the Ability Test component of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) on May 26. “I know that collectively, there is concern about the possible exposure of our students to COVID-19 and the potential spread....

Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, says that only pupils in possession of a student registration number will be eligible to participate in the ‘Own Your Own Device’ initiative. Dr. McLean, who was addressing a virtual Parenting Conference on March 31, said that the registration number is important in enabling students to...

The Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC) has commenced the modification of its business model to ensure its sustainability and continued support from various stakeholders. The entity has embarked on this exercise against the background of the examination environment’s transitioning from paper-based to electronic (computer-based) testing. In this regard, the Commission will be looking to introduce an information communications technology (ICT) platform...