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Student at the St. Andrew-based Merl Grove High School, Javene Whyte (left) reasons with her schoolmates while at the recent launch of the National School Garden Programme, held at the Mocho Primary School, in Clarendon.
Student at the St. Andrew-based Merl Grove High School, Javene Whyte (left) reasons with her schoolmates while at the recent launch of the National School Garden Programme, held at the Mocho Primary School, in Clarendon.

Students Welcome Renewed Thrust in Agriculture

A number of students and officials are hailing the renewed thrust of agriculture in schools, with the relaunch of the National School Garden Programme in November. The Programme seeks to demonstrate the importance of agriculture to students, while boosting the...
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), converses with founder of the James and Friends Educational Programme (JFEP), Otis James, during a recent dinner at Moby’s Family and Recreation Centre in May Pen, Clarendon.
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), converses with founder of the James and Friends Educational Programme (JFEP), Otis James, during a recent dinner at Moby’s Family and Recreation Centre in May Pen, Clarendon.

Otis James – Philanthropist Extraordinaire
Minister of Education, Youth, and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid addressing Friday’s (February 24) sitting of the Senate.
Minister of Education, Youth, and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid addressing Friday’s (February 24) sitting of the Senate.

Senate Approves Bill for CMI to Become a University
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. (FILE)
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. (FILE)

Government to Award 10 Scholarships to Chinese Students
Director of Production, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Enthrose Campbell, acknowledges a student wanting to answer her question at Mona High School’s recently held Career Day.
Director of Production, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Enthrose Campbell, acknowledges a student wanting to answer her question at Mona High School’s recently held Career Day.

Schools Report Successful Staging of Career Week Activities

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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (left), assists in displaying a cheque valued at $310 million, donated to the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), by the Universal Service Fund (USF), on Thursday (February 23). The Institution was presented with the cheque during a function held at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) offices on Trafalgar Road, new Kingston. The funds will go towards advancing the Institution’s training in logistics and other areas. Others pictured from second left are: Executive Director for the CMI, Dr. Fritz Pinnock, Chairman of the USF, Robert Lawrence, and Chief Executive Officer of the USF, Suzette Buchanan
Education

USF Provides $310 Million in Funding to the CMI

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Thursday (February 23) between the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) and the Universal Service Fund (USF) for the provision of $310 million in grant funding to the institution. The agreement will cover the establishment of a National Maritime Port Operations Simulator Training Centre, a multipurpose laboratory to form a Regional Training Centre and...
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National Mathematics Coordinator at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Tamika Benjamin, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’ on February 23.
Education

Focus on Mathematics March 5-10

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has designated March 5-10 as National Mathematics Week. Thousands of students from grade four at the primary level through to grade 13 at the secondary level are expected to participate in the fifth staging of the Week, which will be held under the theme ‘Math Counts’, which is the theme for the general...
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Senator Reid was speaking at a meeting with leaders of independent schools across the island held on February 23 at the Caenwood Centre in Kingston.
Education

Gov’t Committed to Inclusive Education System

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the Government remains committed to fostering an inclusive education system for the nation’s youth. “We have to develop a framework where, for the students who are on the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), students with disabilities and those who are vulnerable, the State is going to...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, said the initiative is part of a multisectoral approach to facilitate more opportunities for human-capital development, which is one of the most important aspects of national development.
EducationFinance & Public Service

$30-Million Scholarship Programme Launched

The Government continues to create financing options for higher education with an additional $30-million scholarship grant provided through the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service/PetroCaribe Development Fund (PDF). This is being administered through the Ministry of Finance’s Scholarship and Assistance Unit, and is part of ongoing efforts to provide state interventions to facilitate human-capital development in the country. Addressing...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), engages Director of the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), Rosemary Campbell-Stephens, at the start of a two-day International Conference organised by the College, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, in New Kingston, on February 21.
Education

Schools Being Provided with Quality Leaders

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says several areas of the education system are being fixed, and more schools are getting leaders equipped to move the institutions forward. The Minister, who was delivering the keynote address at the start of a two-day International Conference organised by the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), at The...
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Budget 2017/2018Education

Inner-City Children to Benefit from GSAT Clinics

A total of 1,440 children from inner-city communities islandwide are to benefit from Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) clinics next fiscal year. To be held in 26 schools/centres, the clinics will be carried out under the Jamaica Integrated Community Development Project. The project has been allotted $700 million in the 2017/18 Estimates of Expenditure to carry out this task and...
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Budget 2017/2018Education

Pit Latrines to be Replaced in Schools

More schools across the island are to benefit from the construction of 26 sanitation blocks this fiscal year. A sum of $200 million has been set aside in the 2017/18 Estimates of Expenditure to carry out this activity under the School Sanitation Project. The project aims to replace pit latrines with flush toilets in order to reduce the contamination of...
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