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 Government is spending more than $300 million to carry out repairs at primary schools across the island. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, said that at least three or four institutions in each of the 63 constituencies will be targeted for “further maintenance and upgrading”. He was addressing the handover of an expansion project...

The Government has moved to tighten discipline and security at the Portmore-based Cumberland High School, in St. Catherine. According to Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, the school will be assigned an Assistant Dean of Discipline, and a perimeter fence will be erected at the school. The Minister said following reports of disruption of normal...

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...