Knox Community College in Manchester, with its four campuses, is impacting the lives of young people, especially from central Jamaica. Principal, Rev. Dr. Gordon Cowans, tells JIS News that the community college is a premier tertiary institution, serving Jamaicans for more than 40 years. “I think community colleges are among the misunderstood institutions in the country. So, here we have...

Executive Director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), Dr. Fritz Pinnock, cannot disguise his immense joy as he speaks of the institution being granted university status, following the passage of legislation in both Houses of Parliament. The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) Bill 2017 was approved in the Senate on February 24, following approval in the House of Representatives on January...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator, the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the Government has a responsibility to ensure that all students have access to quality education, regardless of their socio-economic situation. He noted that the elimination of school fees at the secondary level aims to ensure that “no child is left behind and everyone will have a chance of...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has engaged tertiary institutions in a discussion about the implementation of an affirmative action policy for poor and vulnerable youth through a system of bonded scholarships. The Minister said he has already started a conversation with the University of the West Indies (UWI), in which the university expressed a...

Preparations are in high gear at Genesis Academy, where students and teachers are making the final push towards full readiness for the school’s upcoming spell-off. This is no ordinary spelling competition. It is a contest for high school students between the ages of 12 and 25, who are diagnosed with physical and intellectual challenges. In this, the school’s second staging...

The library community has been evolving and remains quite relevant in a technologically-driven society through the array of services it offers to meet the demands of users. The Jamaica Library Service (JLS) consists of 119 fixed locations, that is, 13 parish libraries and 106 branch libraries. There is also a mobile library service which caters to some 370 communities island...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, is urging school administrators not to allow the issue of fees and indiscipline to affect children’s education. He said the Government has taken a bold step to increase funding for schools, and where children are cited for being indiscipline, they should be redirected to other learning...