The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information (MOESYI) is reminding that it does not facilitate routine student transfers between schools, except in exceptional or adverse circumstances. In a bulletin issued by the MOESYI, parents and guardians seeking to transfer children already placed in schools through the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) placement process are reminded of their responsibilities in the...

Students have until July 11 to apply for the Universal Service Fund (USF) Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Scholarship for the 2025/26 academic year. With the application period officially opened today, June 23, five students from underserved communities across the island will receive financial support to pursue academic studies in ICT locally. The initiative targets individuals who are former beneficiaries...

Students and educational institutions from across the island were recognised for excellence in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) at the 2025 National TVET Quality Awards ceremony.  The event, hosted by the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, was held recently at the Douglas Orane Auditorium, Wolmer’s Boys School in Kingston, under the theme: ‘Driving TVET Excellence through...

There were shouts of joy, laughter and tears of happiness at Kingsway Preparatory School on Friday (June 20) as students, teachers and parents celebrated the outstanding performances in the 2025 Grade Six Primary Exit Profile (PEP).   Principal of the institution located on Osbourne Road in Kingston, Alethia Williams, expressed pride in the students’ achievements, noting a marked improvement over the...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, has charged students to uphold discipline as a key ingredient in ensuring success in their academic and personal lives.   “You can be good at singing, good at sports, good at everything, but most importantly, you must be good at discipline. Unless you are good at discipline, you will not achieve and be your best,”...

Commencing this year, all primary schools will be provided with a Primary Exit Profile (PEP) School Results Publication, aimed at assisting principals with assessing the strengths and weaknesses of their students’ skills and competencies. Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, shared that the publication will aid in planning intervention strategies to address...

Jamaica is on course to meet the National Minimum Proficiency Target of 85 per cent in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) by 2030. Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, made the disclosure during Friday’s (June 20) PEP Press Conference at the Ministry’s Heroes’ Circle offices in Kingston. In the 2025 sitting of...