Parents are being urged to support children who want to pursue careers in the creative industries. Dean of the School of Visual Arts at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Miriam Hinds-Smith, said it is important for parents to encourage children to develop their artistic talents. She noted that there are a range of careers available...

The creative industry is being touted as a critical and viable sector for the promotion of economic growth and development, through entrepreneurship. Lecturer in the School of Drama at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Marvin George, who is also an experienced Caribbean playwright, actor and director, said entrepreneurship is a significant aspect of how professional...

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) will host its fifth certification fair in Region Three, which covers St. Ann and Trelawny, on June 23, at the St. Hilda’s High School in Brown’s Town, St. Ann. This fair will focus on the Jamaica School Readiness Assessment for four-year olds. The staging of these certification fairs forms part of the ECC’s strategy to...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is reminding secondary-school principals to adhere to the school support contribution policy in the 2017/18 academic year. Under the policy, implemented in 2016, the Government abolished the payment of auxiliary fees, and increased the funding to the high schools from $2.6 billion to $5.3 billion. For the upcoming academic year, the allocation will...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is challenging researchers at the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) to undertake more agricultural based studies and innovations which would redound to the benefit of the country. “If we manage to infuse technology and good management into our agricultural practises, we could increase our agricultural output tenfold and where you are in the centre...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) has donated a series of its culturally-relevant publications to the Jamaica Intensive Reading Clinic (JIRC), which will, this summer, be hosting reading camps island wide. The books are expected to be used in the camps, targeting children age six to 17, who are struggling with mastery of literacy. The publications donated to the JIRC are:...

Thousands of students attending primary schools across the island are scheduled to sit the Grade Four Literacy and Numeracy examinations on June 21 and June 22.The Tests are administered to children to determine their literacy and numeracy, at grade four, in keeping with international requirements and standards.For the numeracy segment, students will be tested on number operation and representation; measurement...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is to allocate $1 billion in budgetary support to primary, all-age and junior high schools for the 2017-2018 academic year. This is in line with the Ministry’s commitment to provide greater support to schools to improve the quality of education in Jamaica. A bulletin issued by the Ministry states that all schools at...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the new National Standards Curriculum (NSC) will improve methods of teaching, particularly for boys. Mr. Reid was responding to a question on ways to improve the performance of boys in schools, during the Rotary Club of St. Andrew luncheon meeting at the Hotel Four Season in St. Andrew,...