The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is seeking to strengthen community support for primary schools islandwide. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, notes that while secondary schools, in many instances, are assisted by their alumni, primary schools, to a great extent, often have to rely on the goodwill of stakeholders such as the private sector. He was speaking...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has congratulated recipients of scholarships from Burger King worth $4 million. At an awards ceremony at The Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on August 25, Senator Reid urged the youngsters to continue placing a high value on education, as well as on the generosity of their benefactor. “You have...

An additional 100 basic schools are to be certified by the Early Childhood Commission (ECC) over the next 12 months. This will bring the number to 117, following certification of the first 17 earlier this year. This was disclosed by ECC Chairperson, Trisha Williams-Singh, who was speaking at the opening ceremony for the agency’s inaugural certification fair at Jamaica College...

Hundreds of parents and guardians from Spanish Town and surrounding communities in St. Catherine participated in the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) fair on August 22. The event was held at the Spanish Town High School under the theme: ‘Transitioning to High School’. The parenting fair, which forms part of the NPSC’s Stay Connected Programme, is an initiative designed to...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has announced that the National Age-Four School Readiness Assessment shows that 92 per cent of children at the early-childhood level are at the required learning development stage and eight per cent within the international standard. The Minister was speaking at the J. Wray & Nephew (JWN) Foundation scholarship awards...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, has instructed primary-school administrators to focus on literacy and numeracy for the new school year. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, said all students must master reading and math at the grade-four level. “For those who don’t, immediate steps must be put in place for them to catch up,” Senator Reid emphasised....

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says to maintain strong and effective leadership in schools, the Ministry has been spearheading capacity-building initiatives for Principals. The Minister notes that, to date, more than 700 principals have received training, with another 200 to be added by year end. This is being done through the National College for Educational...