The Government is investing $1 billion over five years on the provision of 150 scholarships to qualified public-sector workers under the new Marcus Garvey Public Sector Graduate Scholarship Programme. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, announced the initiative while opening the 2020/2021 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 10). He...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness is encouraging Jamaicans to join in efforts to locate missing university student, Jasmine Dean. Ms. Dean, who is a 22-year-old University of the West Indies (UWI) student, is visually impaired and was last seen on Thursday, February 27. Making the public appeal at the official launch and ceremonial signing for the Spotlight Initiative,...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, on Friday (March 6), launched the Trelawny School Garden Feeding Programme. The launch was held at the Wakefield Primary and Infant School which is one of the two institutions in the parish where the project is being initially rolled out, the other being Wait-A-Bit Primary...

Maryland All-Age and Upper Rock Spring All-Age and Infant Schools in Hanover took the top spot in the 2020 Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) Trees for Peace competition. The schools were named joint winners at the awards ceremony held on Peace Day, Tuesday (March 3) at Maryland All-Age. They walked away with $100,000 each and a trophy. Second place went to...

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, says children should be taught dispute resolution techniques in their formative years as part of measures to promote peace in the society. “Unless we can start to train our youth in conflict resolution and how to resolve issues and disputes without violence, then we will not see a change,” he...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has developed a three-tiered Education in Emergencies response system to alert schools and other public education institutions on the protocols to follow in public health emergencies. The Education in Emergencies (EiE) alert system is aimed at protecting children in conflict and natural disasters and includes strategies to improve preparedness and ensure children’s right...

As part of its 30th anniversary celebrations, Carlong Publishers (Caribbean) Limited, will be spending more than $4.1 million to support early-childhood educational institutions. The publishing company will be doubling the number of early-childhood schools that it provides with operational support, along with beautification projects and a $250,000 book donation to the Jamaica Library Service (JLS). Under its theme for the...