Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, is imploring school administrators not to increase auxiliary fees for the upcoming academic year. Making the plea in a statement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (August 11), Mr. Samuda argued that the exorbitant fees being requested by some schools “are untenable”. “As we prepare for the new school year...

A total of 203,500 of the country’s most vulnerable students will benefit from back-to-school grants amounting to $1.6 billion, being provided by the Government. This was announced by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, who noted that most of the money – $1 billion – will be provided under the COVID Allocation of Resources...

Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe, says 569 schools will resume full operations when the 2020/21 academic year commences in September. All schools have been closed since March due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. “Some schools will operate normally. This means we will have everybody in the same space every...

Hundreds of Jamaican lecturers will benefit from a training programme implemented by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, in partnership with local and international tertiary institutions. This is part of the Ministry’s efforts to strengthen the capacity of lecturers at the tertiary level of the education system to manage Learning Management Systems and plan lessons and engage students in...

Jamaica’s national training agency, the HEART/ NSTA Trust has introduced a virtual orientation process for the 2020/21 academic year, which begins September. The entity’s managing director, Dr. Janet Dyer, told JIS News that the objective is to avoid mass gatherings at the training facilities as the country continues to tackle the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. She said that students can use...

Chief Executive Officer of e-Learning Jamaica (eLJam), Keith Smith, is commending Jamaica Post, for the efficient delivery of thousands of tablets to teachers under the Government’s Tablet for Teachers Programme. “Jamaica Post was contracted to aid us in delivering 25,000 tablets to teachers. They have so far done an excellent job and we look forward to this continued level of...

Students and teachers of the Buckingham Primary and Infant School in Hopeton, St. James, will have improved access to potable water come September. The Kiwanis Club of Montego Bay has donated a 680-gallon water tank to the institution, which will mitigate water shortages being faced by the school, particularly during dry periods. President of the club, Teisha-Ann Pinnock, who spoke...