Latest

Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney (right, presents grade-six student at Lethe Primary in St. James, Dontay Scott, with the first-place trophy in the individual performance category of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP) School Science Quiz Competition. Looking on is media personality and master of ceremonies, Dahlia Harris. The award ceremony was held on Wednesday, February 21 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

Boys Outdo Girls in JSIF Science Quiz

Boys outperformed girls in the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) 2017 School Science Quiz Competition. JSIF Social Development Manager, Mona Sue-Ho, said of the 30 students who reached the finals, 17 scored 85 per cent or more, and, of that...

Education Officer for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s Region IV, Stokely Reid, addresses male students at a one-day conference for teenage schoolboys staged by the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Open Campus in Montego Bay, held on February 21 at the Grandiosa Hotel in the Second City.

Young Males Urged to Focus on Positives

Minister of Education, Youth and Information.

Grade-Five Students to Do PEP Mock Exams in June

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses the inaugural Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Leaders’ Summit and Youth Forum, organised by the HEART Trust/NTA, and held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on February 20.

Heart Trust/NTA Encouraged to Highlight Work of Young Innovators

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.

Ministries of Education and Culture Collaborate to Stage Jamaica Day 2018

Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Luisa Gutiérrez (fifth left) and her husband, Luis Felipe Bellorin (fourth left), with new students and staff of the Venezuelan Institute, following a ceremony held on February 19 at the Institute, 24 Windsor Avenue, Kingston, to welcome new candidates.

8 years ago Education

New Applicants Begin Spanish Programme at Venezuelan Institute

Forty-two Jamaicans have started a two-year Spanish programme at the Venezuelan Institute. The Institute, located at 24 Windsor Avenue in Kingston, offers complimentary Spanish and guitar classes for children and adults. Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Luisa Gutiérrez, welcomed the new students at a ceremony held on February 19 at the Institute. The students...

Chairman of the Jamaica Day Planning Committee and Senior Education Officer at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Marlon Williams, giving an overview of Jamaica Day at the launch recently.

8 years ago CultureEducation

Thousands of Students to Celebrate Jamaica Day Feb. 23

Thousands of students from educational institutions across Jamaica will celebrate Jamaica Day on Friday, February 23. Senior Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and Chairman of the Jamaica Day Planning Committee, Marlon Williams, told JIS News that Jamaica Day 2018 will be observed under the theme ‘Celebrating Jamaica: Nurturing our Natural and Cultural Heritage’. “Every year...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), interacts with students and teachers at the St. Michael’s Primary School in Kingston, where The Department of Correctional Services handed over desks and chairs recently.

8 years ago EducationNational Security and Peace

State Minister Says Inmates Deserve a Chance

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says inmates in the penal system deserve a chance to make positive contributions to the society. He was speaking recently at the St. Michael’s Primary School in Kingston, where The Department of Correctional Services handed over desks and chairs to the institution that were made...

C3
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses the welcome dinner for international delegates participating in the National Careers Week and Skills Competition at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on February 19.

8 years ago EducationYouth

HEART Commended for Preparing Jamaicans for Technical Jobs

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has commended the HEART Trust/NTA for preparing Jamaicans for existing and emerging technical jobs, through diversification of its programme offerings. Speaking at a welcome dinner for international delegates participating in the National Careers Week (NCW) and Skills Competition at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on February 19,...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), greets Chief Executive Officer, World Skills Americas, Professor Roberto Spada, during the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Leaders’ Summit and Youth Forum held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (February 20).

8 years ago Education

Education Minister Highlights Reduction in Youth Unemployment

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has reported that there has been a decrease in the rate of youth unemployment over the last year. “Youth unemployment is trending down by seven per cent over the last year. More youth between 16 and 18 [years] are in education training. We’ve seen some 8,500 additional full-time students...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. (FILE)

8 years ago Education

$27.8 Million Earmarked for Education Sector Reform

A sum of $27.8 million has been earmarked for the ‘Support for Sustainability of Education Sector Reform’ project in the 2018/2019 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. The objective of the project, implemented in September 2017, is to support the Government of Jamaica’s efforts to improve the performance of the education sector by assisting the Ministry of...

Managing Director of the National Education Trust (NET), Marcia Phillips Dawkins, speaks at a regional parenting stakeholders meeting held on February 16 at the Holiday Inn in Montego Bay.

8 years ago Education

Parents to Receive Critical Support

Parents are to benefit from critical support to improve child-rearing under the Partnership for Improved Safety and Security in Schools project. The project, which aims to reduce violence among students and youth, is being undertaken by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information through US$3 million in grant funding over two years from the United States Agency for International Development...