The Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC) is to construct a smart, flexible state-of-the-art multipurpose facility at its headquarters in Kingston, during the 2019/20 financial year. A similar facility is to be developed at the Montego Bay Centre in the 2020/21 financial year. This is outlined in the 2019/20 Public Bodies Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure. Other initiatives include the development of...

Five students of Jamaican heritage, who are attending colleges and universities in the United States, have been awarded the 2019 Jamaican Nationals Association (JNA) College Student Scholarships. The winners are Justine Braham and Ashley Medley, of Howard University; Temera Duncan and Shannel Hibbert, University of the District of Columbia; and Kemesha Robinson, Bowie State University in Maryland. They each received...

Approximately $5.2 billion in Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) tertiary education funding support is projected for disbursement to eligible applicants this year. According to the 2019/20 Jamaica Public Bodies Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, the figure is $251 million more than the sum for the Student Revolving Loan Fund (SRLF) during the 2018/19 fiscal year. The document indicates that sources for...

  Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator Pearnel Charles Jr., in discussion with Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), Dr. Ruby Brown, at the 19th Annual Graduation Ceremony of the institute, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel, in Kingston, on March 30.       Minister without...

Principal Director in the Climate Change Division, Ministry of Economic Growth & Job Creation,  UnaMay Gordon, has called on educational institutions to partner on climate change sensitisation initiatives in western Jamaica, in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. Addressing a Post Conference of Parties (COP) Youth Consultation on Climate Change at the Wexford Hotel, in Montego Bay, St. James, on March...

Students from 11 secondary and seven tertiary institutions across the island have been selected to participate in the pilot of the Government’s Gender Ambassadors Programme (GAP). The initiative was officially launched on Friday (March 29) at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. Being implemented by the Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth...

Three hundred students from across the country are to participate in the Youth Engagement Summit of the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ) Outsource2Jamaica (O2J) Symposium and Expo. The two-day symposium and expo will be held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in St. James, from April 11 to 12, with the Summit taking place on the second day....