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Certification In Law Added To Online Courses For Tourism Workers

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says law has been added to the list of free online certification courses being offered to employees within the tourism sector, bringing the total to 12. He was speaking during a digital press conference...

Members of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation Junior Council pause for a photograph after a Junior Council meeting. The Junior Councillors have launched a campaign dubbed 'COVID-19: Building Resilient Students' to help youth cope with the closure of schools islandwide due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

KSAMC Junior Council Launches Campaign To Assist Students Impacted By COVID-19

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, speaks at a virtual press conference on Monday (May 11), at the Office of the Prime Minister Media Centre in Kingston.

Jamaica Can’t Commit to Hold CSEC And CAPE In July – Minister Samuda

Chief Executive Officer of e-Learning Jamaica Limited, Keith Smith.

Postal Service To Help Deliver Tablets For Teachers

Principal of the Little Bay Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland, Keron King (centre); is assisted by Grade three teacher, Denise Cummings (left), and School Cook, Natalie Simms in putting together assignments to deliver to students, at the school on Wednesday (May 6).

PM Supports Initiative by Little Bay Primary to Deliver Worksheets to Students

6 years ago Education

CXC Says Safety And Well-Being Of Stakeholders Is First Priority

Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), Dr. Wayne Wesley, says the body’s number-one priority is to ensure the safety and well-being of all stakeholders, as it prepares to administer examinations in July. He made the remarks as he addressed a digital media briefing on Thursday (May 14) regarding the administration of this year’s exams. “All...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (left); Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left); and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (centre), display a symbolic cheque for $700 million presented to e-Learning Jamaica by the Universal Service Fund (USF) for the procurement of tablet computers, under the Tablets for Teachers Programme, during a ceremony at the PCJ Auditorium, in New Kingston, on May 7. Also at the presentation are Chief Executive Officer, e-Learning Jamaica, Keith Smith (second right) and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes.

6 years ago EducationTechnology

Tablets For Public School Teachers

Within the next two months, 25,000 public school teachers will benefit from the roll-out of the Tablets for Teachers Programme. The tablet computers will be for personal use as well as to assist the educators in delivering content and lessons in a virtual environment, especially since the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has transformed the teaching/learning atmosphere in Jamaica and worldwide. A sum...

Minister with oversight for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, gives a statement to the House of Representatives on May 5.

6 years ago EducationYouth

Education Ministry Signs MOU To Enhance Learning For All Children

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ReadyTV for the development, management and distribution of digital educational channels, as part of an eHomeSchool Network. Speaking in the House of Representatives on May 5, Minister with oversight for the Ministry, Hon. Karl Samuda, said the agreement will ensure that those students who have...

6 years ago EducationTechnology

Data Grants For Students On PATH

Students on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) will be provided with data grants, which will enable them to fully participate in the online learning experience. A total of 1,435 students have already been selected to receive data paid for by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information. Also, some 303 additional students are being provided with...

Minister with oversight for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses a digital press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister on May 4.

6 years ago CoronavirusEducationTechnology

238 Schools In Remote Areas To Be Provided With Internet Access

The Government has entered into an arrangement with ReadyTV to provide a solution for 238 schools in remote areas that are currently without Internet access. Making the disclosure during a digital press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister on May 4, Minister with oversight for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, said 100 communities served by these...

Prime Minister, The Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), looks on as Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, provides an update on the sector during a digital press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on May 4.

6 years ago CoronavirusEducation

Gov’t Extends Online Learning To July 3; Schools To Reopen September 7

The Government has extended online and distance learning for schools to July 3. Minister with oversight for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, said that schools will not physically reopen until the next school year on September 7, 2020. “We had planned for schools to physically reopen (on) June 1; this will not happen,” Mr. Samuda said during a...

(FILE) Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge reads to New Providence Primary School students, to observe Read Across Jamaica Day on May 7, 2019 at the institution’s Barbican Road address in Kingston. Read Across Jamaica Day forms part of activities to mark Education Week from May 5 to 11, under the theme, ‘Empowering Educators: Retooling, Innovating, Networking for Sustainable Development’.

6 years ago EducationYouth

Today Is Read Across Jamaica Day

Read Across Jamaica Day will be observed on Tuesday, May 5. The day forms part of activities by the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) to celebrate Education Week from May 3 to 9, under the theme ‘Promoting Digital Transformation and Positive Values & Attitudes – Imperatives for Redefining 21st Century Education’. The objective of the day is to promote the significance...