The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) has established an Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre, thereby providing a space for students and innovators with entrepreneurial and new technology-driven ideas to create practical solutions that can contribute to Jamaica’s growth. The facility, located at the UCC’s main campus along Worthington Avenue in St. Andrew, was officially opened on Wednesday (September 25)...

Several projects are being spearheaded by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) aimed at strengthening capacity in the special education sector. These initiatives, which are scheduled to be completed by December 2020, include infrastructural work and the training of teachers and school administrators. The projects are being undertaken through grant funding under the ninth cycle of the Caribbean Development Bank’s...

Regular classes are expected to resume today, September 25, following the return of public transportation in the Kingston and St. Andrew Metropolitan area and sections of St Catherine served by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC). The Ministry of Education is advising that based on discussions with the JUTC and the police schools can resume regular classes. At the same...

Thirty school administrators, including principals, vice principals and members of school Boards from selected schools across the island, will be trained on how to better serve and educate students living with special education needs, at a cost of approximately $2.8 million. This is based on the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for an Inclusive School Leadership Programme, by...

The Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) and Collaborate to Educate our Sons recently pulled around 100 vulnerable boys from high schools across the island and boarded them at the Medallion Hall Hotel in St. Andrew for three days of mentoring under the Boys Education Empowerment Programme. The mentorship sessions took place between September 18 and 20. It was endorsed by the...

More than 70 primary schools islandwide are now benefiting from the expertise of some 130 teachers who have been trained to detect and successfully correct learning challenges in students. The intervention, which has been reaping tremendous success, particularly in relation to the students’ ability to read, has resulted from the utilisation of the Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes. The methodologies, which were...

The National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL) has launched a magazine that provides principals with practical, hands-on strategies to undertake improvements at their schools. Dubbed ‘The Principal’s Voice’, the publication functions as a practitioner’s guide with case studies, experiences, opinions and analyses from emerging and experienced educational leaders across Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. It features stories from educators on...