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...

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....

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, met with leaders in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and its agencies today (March 27) and reassured them of his commitment to support them with their various mandates. At the meeting, which was held at the Heroes Circle offices of the Ministry, Mr. Holness reiterated that Minister Karl Samuda would provide...

The first cohort of students sitting the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) this year will also be the first to take the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) examinations in 2021. Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, said that Jamaica is preparing to participate in the programme, which will facilitate the evaluation and...

In recognition of National Mathematics Week, Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, is encouraging educators, parents and guardians to use the subject of mathematics to equip students with the logical reasoning skills they need. Speaking at the launch of National Mathematics Week at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on...