With the country’s adult literacy rate at 87 per cent, the Government is encouraging more Jamaicans to engage in lifelong learning in order to boost the island’s competitiveness and productivity outputs. “I’d love to see Jamaica develop a culture of learning where we see people going back to school and doing some new courses...  ; every adult should be involved...

Animation and Game Design will be a new addition to the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) offerings this academic year. The subject will comprise two units – ‘The Fundamentals of Animation and Game Design’, and ‘Interactive Design and Game Development’. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, told JIS News that he is very excited, as...

Jamaica is happy to join the rest of the world in celebrating International Literacy Day today, Thursday, September 8. International Literacy Day has been celebrated annually since 1966. Jamaica has much to celebrate in the area of literacy. With our National Literacy Rate currently at 86.7% at the primary level, we cannot turn a blind eye to the fact that...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has cited the importance of technology in ensuring effective management and delivery of education services. “In this technological world, we will have to depend on technology to provide us with the kind of efficiencies that are necessary to make managing our (schools) far more effective,” he said. He was...

More than 7,000 students in six primary schools are transitioning from a shift system to regular school hours, beginning this month. This has been made possible through the construction of additional classrooms at the institutions, under the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) programme. The project, funded by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), makes provision for...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is partnering with the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to ensure that students in sections of western Kingston can attend school safely. In recent weeks, some communities in western Kingston have been affected by violence. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon Ruel Reid, told JIS News yesterday (September 6) that the JCF is providing additional patrols...

Essential back-to-school supplies were handed over to the Maxfield Park Children’s Home in Kingston, yesterday (September 6), by the Jamaica Diaspora in the United States. The supplies were delivered by Jamaica Diaspora Advisory Board member from the United States of America (USA), North-East, Joan Pinnock. Ms. Pinnock, who is an attorney-at-law, told JIS News that the donation is a way of...