The Government has committed $30 million towards a three-year programme to furnish schools with medical equipment, including stretchers, as part of emergency plans at the institutions. Under the health and safety initiative, commencing this financial year, $10 million will be spent each year to ensure medical emergency standards are achieved for the hosting of sporting activities, says Minister of Education,...

The effective delivery of the special education curriculum is the focus of the two-day Mico University College Child Assessment and Research in Education (CARE) Centre’s 6th Biennial Education Conference, which got under way yesterday (October 13), at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston. More than 350 educators from institutions across the island are taking part in the conference. The conference...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will be reviewing student councils across the island to ensure that these bodies are actively engaged and functioning at an optimal level. State Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, in making the disclosure, said it has come to the attention of the Ministry that some councils are not as active as they should be in...

Private sector support is being sought for the Parenting Math Pilot project being coordinated by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information. The project, which seeks to increase the parent and child’s interaction with mathematics in an effort to drive interest and confidence in the subject, will use the assistance given as incentive for the more than 1,500 families participating...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will, this year, be offering Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) subsidies for an additional subject to wards of the State and students on the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH). This was noted by Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, today (October...

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has released the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) results for Penwood High and other schools impacted by the non-submission of school-based assessments (SBAs) for the 2015/16 examination cycle. This was announced by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, today (October 12). Senator...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, has joined the call in encouraging persons to plant more trees as it plays a significant role in human existence. “Trees give us life. They give us what we need to live, to breathe and to survive. Trees remove carbon dioxide from the environment and are...