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More Than 100,000 Candidates Registered for 2025 CXC Examinations

More than 100,000 candidates from across the region have been registered to sit more than 600,000 subject entries in the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) May/June 2025 external tests. This was disclosed by Registrar and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Wayne...

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (fourth left), speaks to students at the Clarendon-based Coffee Piece Primary and Infant School, recently. At left is HEART/NSTA Trust trainee, Danisha Hayles.

Changes to Be Made to PEP Exam

Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Special Projects Officer, Romona Geohaghan, interacts with a group of grade-nine students at The Queen’s School during a presentation on careers in media at the institution’s Career Expo and Fair on April 10. The event, held at the St. Andrew-based school under the theme ‘Career Success through Self-Development’, provided students with opportunities to learn from professionals in various fields and empowered them to make informed choices about their future careers.

PHOTOS: JIS Participates in the Queen’s School’s Career Expo and Fair

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National Reading Competition to Be Launched April 15

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left, back row), poses with winners of the 2024 National Reading Competition and officials of the Jamaica Library Service (JLS).

Jamaica Library Service Targeting 4,000 Participants for 2025 National Reading Competition

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, speaks in the Senate on April 11. Seated (at left) is Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Efficiency, Innovation, and Digital Transformation, Senator the Hon. Ambassador Audrey Marks.

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Senate Begins Debate on JTC Bill

The Senate on Friday (April 11) commenced debate on the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) Act, 2025, which seeks to ensure that the individuals entrusted with shaping young minds are qualified, supported, and held to the highest standards. The legislation was piloted by Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon. In her remarks, Senator...

Principal of Campbell’s Castle Primary and Infant School in Manchester, Peta-Gaye Blake-Campbell, and Parent and Director of the institution’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Club, Akibi Archer, display the US$2,500 grant award certificate that was presented during the American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) Grant Awards Ceremony at the United States Embassy in Kingston on Tuesday (April 8).

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Campbell’s Castle Primary School Receives US$2,500 AFJ Grant to Enhance Water Supply for Students

The American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) has awarded a US$2,500 grant to Campbell’s Castle Primary and Infant School in Manchester, aimed at providing the students with access to clean drinking water. The institution is among 54 receiving funding totalling US$740,000 during the AFJ’s Grant Awards Ceremony at the United States Embassy in Kingston on Tuesday (April 8). Parent and Director...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams (fourth right) and Education, Skills, Youth and Information Minister, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (fourth left), share a moment with students and educators at the launch of the National Budget Secondary-School Tour at Glenmuir High School in Clarendon on April 8. From left are, from Glenmuir High – Head Boy, Matthew Robinson, Deputy Head Girl, Joshaye Smith, and Vice-Principal, Denovan Hayles. From Denbigh High are (from centre) Akira Williams, Brittany Gordon and Shemoy McPherson; and Regional Director for Region 5, Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Barrington Richardson.

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Finance Ministry Kicks of Secondary-School Budget Sensitisation Tour

The Finance and the Public Service Ministry rolled out its 2025/26 National Budget Secondary-School Tour with a stop at Glenmuir High in Clarendon on Tuesday (April 8). The event, which engaged high-school students from the parish, formed part of the Ministry’s National Budget Public Education Campaign, which is geared at sensitising secondary-school students about the budget process and the measures...

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, addresses a post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (April 9) at Jamaica House.

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National School Nutrition Policy to Be Tabled in Parliament

The long-awaited national school nutrition policy was considered and approved by Cabinet on Monday (April 7) and will be tabled in the Houses of Parliament as a White Paper. Minister of Education, Skills, Youth, and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, made the disclosure while addressing a post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (April 9) at Jamaica House. “This...

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, delivers the keynote address during the American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) Grant Awards Ceremony, held at the United States Embassy in Kingston, on Tuesday (April 8).

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AFJ Awards Grants Totalling US$740,000 to Support Several Initiatives

Grants totalling US$740,000 have been awarded to 54 grantees by American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) to support several initiatives in the island. They include education, music, sports, homeless, health, skills training, gender-based violence, arts, coding, veterinary care, environmental protection, school-feeding and peace-building programmes, among others. Grant certificates were presented to the grantees at the AFJ’s awards ceremony, held at the...

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth, and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (left), extends her hand in greeting to female welding student at the Clarendon-based Alphansus Davis High School, Princess Pellinzton (right), during a visit to the institution on Thursday (April 3). Other students involved in the welding programme look on.

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Education Minister Commends Skills Training Programme at Alphansus Davis High

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth, and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, has hailed the technical and vocational training programme at Alphansus Davis High School, noting that it is equipping students with the skills needed for the workforce. She was speaking with JIS News during a tour of the institution in Clarendon on Thursday (April 3), where she...

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AI Pilot in Several Schools to Mark Papers

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information has introduced a pilot programme in several schools where artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to assist teachers with marking papers. “We are actually piloting this with some of our schools to see how it works, and the interesting thing is that we at the Ministry can actually see the results real...