Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda says it will cost the government $14 billion to remove schools from the shift system. He made the disclosure at the Ministry’s Annual Staff Recognition and Awards Ceremony held on Friday (November 29) at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. “We have some 30 odd schools...

Starting in 2020, international skills development Organisation, City & Guilds will be providing digital certificates to Jamaican students, upon the successful completion of their programmes. This was announced by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean at a function held recently at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston. She said the introduction of the...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang handed over 30 tablet computers to Cornwall College in Montego Bay, St. James on Friday (November 29), as part of efforts to improve e-learning opportunities for students at the all-boys institution. The tablets, which were funded through the Constituency Development Fund (CDF), were purchased at a cost of $1.5 million and will...

Seventy-nine wards of the State have been recognised for outstanding performance in external examinations for the 2018/19 academic year. The children, who have earned four or more subjects in the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) and the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC), were feted at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency’s (CPFSA) eighth annual Educational Achievement Awards Ceremony held...

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company Foundation has paid the full examination fees for 444 public secondary school students, who will be sitting the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Industrial Technology (electrical) examination in 2020. The examination grant, in the sum of $1.618 million, will benefit students from 35 high schools. Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon....

The Government of Japan has earmarked grant funding totalling J$15 million (US$135,223) to purchase two school buses for Tacius Golding High School in St. Catherine. The allocation has been provided under the Japanese Government’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project. The grant-signing ceremony was held at the residence of the Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Hiromasa Yamazaki,...

Approximately 25,000 students will benefit from a landmark agreement signed between the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and international skills development organisation, City & Guilds. The arrangement will see Jamaican students being afforded globally recognised certification by the City & Guilds Group. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed by representatives of the Ministry and City & Guilds during...