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Early Childhood Commission (ECC) Chair, Trisha Williams-Singh (left), and Acting Executive Director, ECC, Karlene Degrasse-Deslandes, engage in discussion on sector developments.

Early Childhood Commission Looking to Certify 300 Schools by 2019

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) is deepening its engagement with existing partners and targeting new ones, as it seeks to certify approximately 300 basic schools by 2019. One hundred institutions, with an enrolment of approximately 5,000 children, are being targeted...

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

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.

Senate Approves Bill for CMI to Become a University

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.

9 years ago EducationVision 2030

Schools Report Successful Staging of Career Week Activities

A number of schools around Jamaica are reporting a successful staging of National Career Week activities at their institutions under the theme: ‘Expanding Horizons for Vision 2030’. Students at all levels in the six regions of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information (MOEYI) participated in the seventh staging of National Careers Week from February 11 to 17. Organized in...

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

9 years ago 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...

National Mathematics Coordinator at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Tamika Benjamin, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’ on February 23.

9 years ago 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...

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.

9 years ago 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...

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.

9 years ago 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...

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.

9 years ago 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...

9 years ago 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...