To help to bring greater clarity to the road map for schools’ reopening, The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information announces the creation of an Education Covid 19 Management Task Force (E-Covid) chaired by Minister, the Honourable Fayval Williams. The E-Covid Task Force will arrive at a consensus on the reopening and management of schools amid the Covid-19 pandemic. This...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has advised boards and administrators of tertiary institutions that they can exercise autonomy in determining when they will reopen their respective institutions. However, every effort must be made to ensure that operations are aligned with the Disaster Risk Management Act and the guidelines of the Ministry of Health & Wellness in order to...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Karl Samuda says primary schools across the island will be given a total of $50m to procure tablets for needy students. The tablets will be provided to students who are in need but are not beneficiaries of the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH). Students at the secondary level, who...

The HEAR/NSTA Trust will be reopening in October on a phased basis, using the mixed teaching model incorporating virtual sessions and face-to-face teaching. Earlier this month, the Ministry of Education pushed back the opening of schools to Monday, October 5, due to the recent spike in COVID-19 cases. The country’s national training agency originally suspended face-to-face training earlier this year,...

Young persons with disabilities are being encouraged to submit applications for the Margaret Moody Scholarship. Applications for the scholarship opened on August 3 and will close on August 31. Two scholarships are made available each year. Administered by the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), the Margaret Moody Scholarship is open to persons pursuing studies at the diploma, associate...

Ninety children from across St. James were hosted at the annual back-to-school treat organised by Custos Rotulorum for the parish, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin, at the Faith Temple Assemblies of God Church in Montego Bay on August 21. Seventy of the youngsters are former students of seven primary schools in the parish and will be attending high school when...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, says the Government is moving to safeguard the welfare of private-school teachers who have been affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak across the island. This will see private-school teachers receiving a one-off payment of $40,000 each, while support staff will receive $10,000 each. Speaking recently at the Jamaica Teachers’ Association’s 56th...