The Government has allocated approximately $34.26 million to continue work under the ‘Support for Sustainability of Education Sector Reform’ project for the upcoming fiscal year. Details are provided in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Being implemented by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, the project aims to support the continued improvement in student...

A sum of $21.5 million has been allocated by the Government to advance teacher training and development under the ‘Promoting Quality Education and Advancing the Reality of a Child-Friendly Environment’ project. The details are outlined in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The funds provided will go towards conducting Health and Family Life Education training...

The Government has set aside $1 billion for the construction of new classrooms at 12 shift and overcrowded schools during the 2020/21 fiscal year. Details have been outlined in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project will be implemented under the Primary and Secondary Infrastructure Programme by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information...

The Government has allocated $70 million to complete renovation of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s head office at National Heroes Circle and its Caenwood Centre facilities on Arnold Road in Kingston, during the 2020/21 fiscal year. Details are provided in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The activities for the project this year...

A sum of $143 million has been allocated in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure to complete construction of a special education diagnostic centre at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) in Portland. The funds will also go towards the installation of a waste water system on the property. A total of three diagnostic centres are being established by...

The Government will be spending $90 million during the new fiscal year on the upgrading and expansion of the Mount St. Joseph High School in Mandeville under the Education Transformation Programme. Details about the project are outlined in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, which was tabled in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 11). These funds will be spent...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, is encouraging more students to become bilingual and multilingual speakers, as this will greatly assist their own development and contribute to nation building. He argued that the next generation of Jamaicans will need to be competent in at least one foreign language in order to effectively...