The Government is committed to preparing students to dominate in the field of technology, says Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe. “We are not only preparing you for Jamaica. We are not only preparing you to transform your social and economic reality. We are preparing you to dominate on the global stage....

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (third right), engages in a discussion with deans of discipline from several Corporate Area schools, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on Tuesday (April 1). Sharing in the conversation (from right) are Director, Safety and Security in Schools Unit, Richard...

Black River Primary and Infant School in St. Elizabeth is the latest recipient of a state-of-the-art Digicel Smart Room. The school is the 20th institution on the island to receive the infrastructure from Digicel. At the handover ceremony on March 27, Senior Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth, Skills and Information – Region Five, Nevadeene Gallimore-Miller, said that...

On April 2, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, through its Early Stimulation Programme (ESP), will join the global community in observing World Autism Day. To raise awareness, the ESP will host an Autism Symposium at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on Wednesday, April 2, focusing on promoting inclusion, raising public awareness, celebrating the abilities of persons with...

Students at Avondale Preparatory School in Kingston, Kahleel Hutchinson and Khalif Wright, emerged top performers in the first month of the Wizdom CRM Virtual Stock Market Game, hosted in collaboration with the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE). On enrolment, each student was provided with US$10,000 in virtual funds for trading. Kahleel and Khalif ended the first month with portfolio values of...

Marcus Garvey Technical High School in St. Ann was abuzz with activities as it hosted the St. Ann 4-H Clubs Annual Parish Achievement Day and Exposition 2025, on Thursday, March 27. Among the schools that participated were Inverness Primary and Infant, Brown’s Town Primary, Clapham Primary, Marcus Garvey Technical High, Ferncourt High, York Castle High, Discovery Bay High, and Ocho...

Fifteen-year-old University of Technology (UTech) student, Jada Wright, has charged high-school students to embrace the power of programming. In January 2024, she became the youngest-ever student to successfully matriculate to UTech, where she is pursuing an undergraduate degree in computer science. She recalled that for about two years, she had her sights set on becoming a neurosurgeon until she decided...