The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), an agency of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Victoria Mutual Foundation (VMBS Foundation) and Fight for Peace has launched thirty-six (36) helplines to offer much needed psychosocial care to parents across Jamaica. The helplines, which became operational Monday, April 6, have been established,...

In light of the continued home-schooling efforts due to the impact of COVID-19, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information (MoEYI) and Digicel Jamaica have joined forces to offer increased access to the internet through the provision of a subsidised data plan and zero-rated data access to frequently used learning platforms and websites. On Friday April 3, 2020, Digicel launched...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information continues to provide students and teachers with a wide range of opportunities to ensure teaching and learning in an effort to minimise the impact of the disruption of normal school activities as a result of COVID–19.             As of Thursday, March 26, the Ministry has been partnering with One on One Educational Services Limited...

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) has implemented measures to assist parents and caregivers with the continued development of their children 0-5 years during the period of school closure as a result of COVID-19. Daily activity plans for children and parenting tips have been placed on ECC’s website in the newly created COVID Corner, videos have been recorded of team members...

Staff at the St. Catherine-based Grateful Hill Primary School have volunteered and are preparing and distributing cooked meals to their students while regular classes are suspended due to the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The activity is being carried out three days each week by teachers and the ancillary workers for the more than 80 young learners who are on...

The Human Employment and Resource Training Trust/National Service Training Agency (HEART/NSTA) Trust, is advising that due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), their institutions islandwide are closed to the public until further notice. However, Director of Marketing and Communications, Julia Smiley Green, told JIS News that the teaching and learning process continues via distance/online methods. She pointed out that assessments that...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has moved to expand online teaching and learning opportunities in the continuing effort to minimise the disruption of normal school activities as a result of the COVID – 19 threat. To this end, starting on Thursday, March 26, 2020, the Ministry, in partnership with One-on-One Educational Services Limited and Flow began providing students...