Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is urging all stakeholders to come together to ensure the success of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP). He said it is important that the new assessment “is given the chance to succeed.” “This is a new system and there will inevitably be things to iron out. However, together we...

The Safety and Security Unit of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has been boosted with a US$3 million support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), under the Ministry/USAID Partnership For Safe School project. Through the project, the Unit will increase the number of hand held metal detectors to 500, and walk through scanners to 30...

Custos of St. Catherine, Hon. Reverend Jeffrey McKenzie, has awarded bursaries of $550,000 to 24 top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) students from the parish, with each receiving $25,000. Speaking at a presentation ceremony, held on September 12, at the Phillippo Baptist Church, in Spanish Town, the Custos praised the efforts of parents and teachers in helping the students to...

The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, has opened a new Faculty of Engineering, with the hope of training more professionals to satisfy the growing demand of Jamaica’s booming construction and industrial sectors. The new faculty was launched on September 12 at the Mona’s Visitors’ Lodge in St. Andrew. Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Dr. Paul Aiken, said the university...

The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) will officially open its Festo Authorised and Certified Training (FACT) Centre for Mechatronics and Automation, at its Palisadoes Park Campus, on Wednesday, September 19. The facility, which is the largest FACT Centre in the world, will offer a multi-layered approach to training through the offering of a wide range of courses. It was built at...

In response to the ongoing violence against children in Jamaica, the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) hosted its first Stakeholder Information Session on the National Plan of Action for an Integrated Response to Children and Violence, in Kingston on Wednesday (September 12). The National Plan of Action is part of Jamaica’s response to its commitment made to the...

Forty-eight adolescent parents have received bursaries and scholarships valued at $2.32 million to assist with their reintegration into the formal education system. The awards, under the Advancing Secondary, Tertiary Remedial Education for Adolescent Mothers (A- STREAM) Programme administered by the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), include 44 bursaries worth $40,000 each to 40 teen mothers and four fathers enrolled...