The Government has set aside $1 billion for the construction of new classrooms at 12 shift and overcrowded schools during the 2020/21 fiscal year. Details have been outlined in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project will be implemented under the Primary and Secondary Infrastructure Programme by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information...

The Government has allocated $70 million to complete renovation of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s head office at National Heroes Circle and its Caenwood Centre facilities on Arnold Road in Kingston, during the 2020/21 fiscal year. Details are provided in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The activities for the project this year...

A sum of $143 million has been allocated in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure to complete construction of a special education diagnostic centre at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) in Portland. The funds will also go towards the installation of a waste water system on the property. A total of three diagnostic centres are being established by...

The Government will be spending $90 million during the new fiscal year on the upgrading and expansion of the Mount St. Joseph High School in Mandeville under the Education Transformation Programme. Details about the project are outlined in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, which was tabled in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 11). These funds will be spent...

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, says the Government is looking to provide the requisite resources to bolster security arrangements at schools in order to safeguard students, teachers and other stakeholder users. “I have already initiated the discussions, but I am going to invite the Permanent Secretary [in the Ministry] and her senior staff to...

The decision to introduce the microscience kit within the school system in 2016 was to increase the number of students participating in the subject, says Assistant Chief Education Officer and Natural Science Coordinator in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Sadpha Bennett. Addressing a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, Mr. Bennett noted that findings from a comprehensive survey undertaken in...

Twenty-seven school leaders have been certified after completing the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL) online Child-Friendly Schools (CFS) course. The programme was offered in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The presentation ceremony was held on January 30, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston, under the theme ‘Developing Globally Responsible Leaders for Child-Friendly Schools: A Vision...