The Ministry of Education and Youth is targeting 193 primary and 55 high schools, which have been identified as underperforming by the National Education Inspectorate (NEI), for special intervention. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Kasan Troupe, in making the disclosure, said that the institutions will receive focused support through the National Summer Academy, which aims to improve literacy and...

Ocho Rios Primary School in St. Ann has received 25 new computers from businessman and philanthropist, Kumar Sujanani. At a ceremony on June 4, the Dell computers, with HP monitors, were set up and installed in a fully air-conditioned room at the school, which the businessman also retrofitted. Mr. Sujanani, known for his long-standing commitment to supporting charitable causes across...

Twenty-two agricultural science students from 11 schools in St. Elizabeth have received academic grants worth a combined $660,000, from Jamaican workers at Gebbers Farms in Washington, United States (US). The initiative was done in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and GraceKennedy Company Ltd. The money was collected by the workers during their annual Jamaica Day celebrations...

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has reversed its decision to discontinue four subjects at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) levels, due to low enrolment. CXC will continue to offer syllabuses for CAPE Green Engineering, CAPE Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technology, CSEC Agricultural Science (Double Award) and CSEC Industrial Technology – Mechanical Engineering. CXC...

The tuition-free Christel House at Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, now has a multipurpose court, partly funded by the Sport Development Foundation of Jamaica (SDF), at a cost of $9 million. Speaking at the official handover of the facility today (June 4), Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, said she is excited, as the court is a...

More than 400 children and their families have received care packages consisting of grocery items from the National Child Month Committee (NCMC). The distribution of the packages, which marked the conclusion of Child Month 2024, took place on Friday, May 31, at the Pentecostal Gospel Temple, 111 Windward Road, Kingston. This initiative involved sponsorship and support from National Baking Company...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith (seated second right) and Acting Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education and Youth, Terry-Ann Thomas-Gayle (seated second left) share a photo opportunity with members of a delegation from Boston College in Montserrat during their visit to the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kington on June 3.

The 2022 LASCO Teacher of the Year and Founder/Organiser of the Boys’ Symposium, Jody Brown, shares the motivation behind his initiating the event with JIS News, during this year’s second staging at Rudolph Elder Park in St. Thomas on May 31. The event aims to empower boys attending primary schools in Portland and St. Thomas. This year’s attendees participated in...

Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency, Laurette Adams Thomas (right) presents a cheque for $50,000 to the Pastor, Portmore Seventh- Day Adventist Church, Francis West, which will go towards the children’s ministry at the church. The presentation was made during the CPFSA's 20th Anniversary National Church Service held at the Church in St. Catherine on...