United Way of Jamaica has provided grant funding of $1.472 million to six basic schools islandwide, which will assist the institutions with their preparations to become certified with the Early Childhood Commission (ECC). This will result in a total of 396 students and teachers being positively impacted come the new school year in September 2018. The handover ceremony was held...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has announced an increase of 3.8 per cent in passes by students who sat the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations this year, when compared to 2017. At the 2018 National Exit Examination Press Conference, held at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge in Kingston on August 16, the Minister said...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has endorsed a suggestion made by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) for employers to diversify their job requirements by requesting qualifications outside of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC). Recently, the Registrar of the regional examination body, Glenroy Cumberbatch, made the call for requirements diversification for employment, against the background...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, is urging parents and guardians to start saving early for their children’s tertiary education. “It shows that you believe that they are going to make it to college and if you believe it, they will believe it. It doesn’t matter how little you are saving; if...

A total of 130 schools have been equipped with hand-held metal detectors and walk-through devices installed in five institutions under the US$4 million Improved Safety and Security in Schools Project. The initiative, launched in June 2017, involves partnership between the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and is being coordinated by...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says that the Government is in a state of readiness for the upcoming school year. He noted that “for the first time in our history, furniture has been delivered to our school system at the start of summer.” He noted that the early provision of furniture...

The Government is calling on corporate support to extend the reach of its Jamaica Brain Builders Programme, which is designed to ensure that the nation’s children get the best start in life. The $540 million initiative, launched in July, will provide interventions in health, nutrition, stimulation and social protection, among other needs, during the first 1,000 days of life, from...