Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the Government’s unwavering commitment to education is reflected in the nearly $38 billion it is spending to enhance the secondary school system. The sum, he said, includes far more than the $19,000 provided per student to cover operational costs. He said the allocation includes provisions for salaries, grants, technical...

Educators across western Jamaica are expressing optimism with the full rollout of the new National Standards Curriculum (NSC) for students in all grades for the 2017/18 academic year. The full rollout comes a year after it was implemented on a pilot basis in 49 schools for students in grades one to nine at the beginning of the 2016/17 school year....

The three schools that began operating on the single shift on Monday (September 4) have reported a smooth transition, which should result in more educational programmes for students. They are Mandeville Primary and Junior High School in Manchester, Green Park Primary and Junior High in Clarendon, and Kitson Town All-Age in St. Catherine. Principal of the Mandeville Primary and Junior...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says one of the Ministry’s goals this academic year is to prepare school administrators, parents and students for the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination, which will be introduced in the 2018/19 school year. The PEP will replace the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), which will have its last sitting...

Two days into his tour of schools for the new school year, Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, visited the Mona Heights Primary School and officially opened a new 24-unit sanitation facility at the institution on Tuesday, September 5. The units were recently constructed at a cost of approximately $5 million, with the Ministry of...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is reporting that the new academic year got off to a smooth start. “All things are going very well. I’ve also been in touch with my regional directors. Everything seems to be moving quite nicely,” he said. The Minister was speaking to JIS NEWS following a tour of institutions...

My fellow Jamaicans, as we begin this new school year 2017 / 2018, we do so with much optimism and confidence that this will be a very good year for the education of our young people in Jamaica. Much work has been done to lay the foundation for improved student performance. School plants have been renovated, furniture and other equipment...

Thousands of students and teachers will begin the new academic year on Monday (Sept. 4) in much improved surroundings. Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, told JIS NEWS that 172 institutions were identified for repairs at a cost of $554.3 million under the schools maintenance project. He informed that $316.7 million was disbursed to 122 schools...

Sixty-six students, who have done well academically, were presented with school supplies by the Administrator General’s Department (AGD) on Thursday (August 31). The students, who sat the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), and the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CAPE), received packages containing thumb drives, geometry sets, notebooks, and rulers, among other things. Of the recipients,...