Fifty-eight thousand students across the island will sit the Grade Four Literacy and Numeracy examinations on June 28 and 29. While 43,000 are registered to sit both components, 15,000 will sit literacy only. Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean explained that the examinations are designed to identify areas of strength and weakness among...

Ewarton High School in St. Catherine is to receive special attention from the Education Ministry, to improve its academic performance. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the school represents one of the cases that will have to be looked at “very carefully”, due to the many students on the Programme of Advancement through Health...

Government has allocated $233 million to the Jamaica Values and Attitudes (JAMVAT) programme this fiscal year. This is an increase of $100 million over the $133 million spent in 2015/16. Minister of State for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green made the disclosure in his contribution to the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on June 8....

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will begin a phased implementation of the National Standards Curriculum at the start of the new academic year. State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green, said the new curriculum, to be implemented over two years, focuses on a new methodology that gives priority to the development of higher order thinking skills. The...

Ten students from the Denbigh High School in Clarendon will benefit from scholarships valued at up to $300,000 each. They will pursue Bachelor’s degrees at the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) this year. This was announced by Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Michael Henry, during his contribution to the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on June 8....

Forty teachers, who have contributed significantly to the development of education in Jamaica, will be honoured with the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, will make the presentations during a ceremony scheduled for Thursday, June 23 on the lawns of Jamaica House, commencing at 6:30 p.m. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick...

A sixth form textbook rental programme will be introduced in secondary schools at the start of the 2016/17 academic year in September. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says it aims to offset some of the costs associated with student enrolment at this grade level, which he notes “can be very expensive.” “We have heard...