Director for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s Western Regional Office, Dr. Michelle Pinnock, says home economics education continues to be an important subject area that plays a critical role in nation building. Speaking at the 22nd Biennial Conference of the Caribbean Association of Home Economists INC. at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James recently, Dr. Pinnock said...

The University of the West Indies (UWI) School of Education will be hosting its biennial conference from June 20-23 at the Rose Hall Resort & Spa in Montego Bay. Under the theme ‘Envisioning Future Education: Cross-disciplinary, Synergy, Imperatives and Perspectives’, the event will serve as a forum to inform the research agenda in the School of Education in order to...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has called on the Union of Jamaican Alumni Associations (UJAA) in the United States to partner with the Government in the establishment of a national school-bus system. He noted that the Administration is looking to acquire 1,000 school buses over the next five years, and challenged the UJAA to match...

The HEART Trust/NTA has increased its grant to the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) by 100 per cent to provide support for students pursuing technical, vocational, education and training (TVET) programmes at the tertiary level. State Minister in the Education, Youth and Information Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green, said the decision came after deliberations by the entity’s board and is based on...

Jamaica’s first cashless system for schools was officially launched yesterday (April 10) during a function at St. George’s College, North Street, downtown Kingston. The system, to be administered by Alliance Payment Services, will shape the way in which payments are made at schools and positively impact safety policies for students and teachers. In her remarks, Manager, Sales and Marketing at...

Parents are being encouraged to participate in the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission’s (JADCO) public education programme, aimed at promoting fair play and integrity in sport. This urging comes from Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, who emphasised that “without the support of the parents, there can be no real impact made by the programme”. Her remarks were...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says children in State care are to be provided with National Health Fund (NHF) cards to offset the cost for medication and specialised health services. In his contribution to the 2017/18 Sectoral Debate in Parliament on April 5, Mr. Green noted that the move is one of...