The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is advising that given prevailing weather conditions, the planned reopening of 17 schools on the pilot face-to-face in-school teaching has been postponed. This follows on an advisory from the National Meteorological Service that a flash flood warning is in effect for all parishes. The Ministry will provide an update on Tuesday, November 10...

Principal of Moore Town Primary and Junior High School in Portland, Kathleen Wright, is welcoming the Government’s decision to reopen the small, rural institution for face-to-face lessons beginning Monday (November 9). A total of 17 primary and secondary institutions across nine parishes will participate in the two-week pilot. They were selected from a group of 73 deemed to be at...

Principal of Yallahs High School in St. Thomas, Mark Malabver, says that all is in place for the start of face-to-face classes at the institution on Monday (November 9) In an interview with JIS News on Friday (November 6), Mr. Malabver said he has met with and spoken with stakeholders including parents, teachers and personnel from the Ministry of Education,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says he has been closely tracking the situation of children being out of school due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. He noted that the absence of in-person learning has had a “terrible impact on our learning as a nation. Our children have truly been deprived and are, indeed, I would say, way behind...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says that the Government is prioritising the distribution of tablets to students in need in order to ensure that they can access online learning. He said he is aware of the challenges being faced by many families, noting that in some cases, several children in a household are sharing one device – usually...

With face-to-face classes scheduled to resume on a pilot basis at 17 schools next week, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is imploring parents to keep ill children at home. “If someone else’s child is ill, the likelihood is that your child could get ill. So if you are ill yourself as a parent, if your child is ill,...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has received $10 million from the JMMB-Joan Duncan Foundation for the ‘One Laptop or Tablet Per Child’ Initiative, which aims to provide needy students with the requisite tools to function in the teaching and learning environment. A symbolic cheque was presented to Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, by Foundation Chair, Patricia Duncan Sutherland;...