Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the ‘Spruce Up Jamaica’ tourism summer internship programme has been playing a major role in providing well-trained and dedicated professionals for the hospitality sector. Under the programme, which was launched in the summer of 2008, young people ages 17 to 25, are placed in tourism-related entities where they are trained in various areas of...

The Government is insistent that no child, particularly at the secondary level, should be denied access to education, prompting its decision to remove auxiliary fees for these institutions. Under this new policy, which comes into effect at the start of the 2016/17 academic year in September, the administration has increased its total annual funding to high schools from $2.6 billion...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Spruce Up Jamaica Tourism Summer Internship programme has been playing a major role in building well-trained and dedicated professionals for the industry. Under the programme, young persons between 17 and 25 years of age are placed in summer jobs across the island where they are trained in various areas. They receive a stipend...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is reminding donors, particularly those in the diaspora, to follow the stipulated guidelines when making their contributions to schools. In a bulletin issued, the Ministry advised that donors must make contact with the National Education Trust (NET) prior to shipping items, and complete a donation form. After getting approval to ship items, donors...

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson, has lauded First Regional Co-operative Credit Union for presenting scholarships, bursaries and book grants to 21 high-school and tertiary-level students from the parishes of St. Ann and St. Mary. At the handover ceremony, held on August 10 at the Hibiscus Lodge Hotel in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, Mrs. Robinson said support for...

Sagicor has awarded over $3 million in scholarships to 132 students at the Primary and Secondary levels under its corporate staff education programme. The scholarships were presented during a ceremony held at Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited in New Kingston, yesterday (August 10). The education programme which was established to provide support to children of team members at the primary and...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says there will be no compromise on the educational standards set by the Early Childhood Commission (ECC). He noted that the 17 early-childhood institutions which have already been certified through the quality assurance mechanism of the ECC stand as an indication of the level of quality required, adding that more work is to...