Equipped with a remarkable track record of academic brilliance, Jamaica’s 2017 Rhodes scholarship recipient, Shakeba Foster, intends to use the training she will pursue at the illustrious Oxford University in the United Kingdom, to make a significant contribution to the country’s economic growth and development. “I hope to gain not just more academics, not just more knowledge, but I hope...

The National Education Trust (NET), set up under the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, will coordinate the efforts of the Jamaica Diaspora Education Task Force (JDETF) to raise US$2 million. The JDETF has partnered with organisations in Jamaica and the diaspora to raise the money to upgrade the infrastructure of early-childhood and primary schools in Jamaica. This initiative will...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says Spanish Town High School is among priority institutions to receive support to transition from the shift system. Speaking during a tour of the school on Monday (November 14), Mr. Reid said the Ministry is committed to seeing how best it can remove all schools from the shift system...

The Ministry of Education has committed to putting in place several medium- to long-term security management strategies at Cumberland High School in Portmore, to mitigate the possibility of any further breaches. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, in an interview with media personnel following a meeting at the school on November 14, said the institution will be provided with...

The National Youth Parliament of Jamaica (NYPJ) reconvened yesterday  (November 14) with more than 70 young people debating issues that impact their development. The youngsters, drawn from various areas of national life, made contributions on youth unemployment, climate change and the psychosocial care of students in schools. They advocated for the creation of policies to enable more well-trained and skilled...

Six Principals who have demonstrated exemplary leadership qualities have been chosen as the second batch to be officially inducted into the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL) Executive Principals’ League (EPL). They are Principal of Allman Town Primary, Kandi-Lee Alexandria Crooks-Smith; Principal of Manchester High, Jasford Gabriel; Principal of Ardenne High, Nadine Molloy; Principal of Petersfield Primary and Infant, Susan...

Cabinet is to consider a proposal to engage 25 District Constables for the maintenance of public order, particularly at the Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre. Director of Safety and Security in Schools, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Coleridge Minto, said Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, will take the proposal to Cabinet. Mr. Minto, who was addressing...

Come November 16, the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), will host its third of four education fairs for the fiscal year, to promote programmes offered by key social-service providers. The event, to be held at the Half-Way Tree Transportation Centre, in St. Andrew, will also be used to encourage students to cultivate behaviours that can help in their developmental and...

Teachers and students have hailed as inspirational the move by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information to declare today (November 11), a National Day of Prayer for the education system. Spanish Teacher at Pembroke Hall High School in St. Andrew, Suzette Hibbert, said it is very good that the Government recognises the challenges faced by educators and the impact...