Students, teachers, and other stakeholders in the early childhood sector will participate in a week of activities from September 13 to 18, to mark the centennial of the birth of pioneer of early childhood development in Jamaica, Dudley Grant. Chair of the Board of Trustees, Dudley Grant Memorial Trust (DGMT), Professor the Hon. Elsa Leo-Rhynie, said the celebration is in...

The National College of Educational Leadership (NCEL) is reporting improved student performance in nearly all schools in which it has been working with the administrators. Principal Director, Dr. Maurice Smith, in an interview with JIS News, said this results from initiatives that it has been putting in place to support the principals. He added that the principals have been making...

Eighty students from 10 inner-city communities in Montego Bay were on Monday (September 7) presented with back-to-school supplies by the Peace Management Initiative (PMI) branch in St. James. The students, who attend primary and high schools, received bags with exercise books, pens, pencils and other items valued at $150,000. The beneficiaries are drawn from the communities of Anchovy, Cambridge, Adelphi,...

Deans of discipline will continue to carry out inspections at the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre in the new school year. The officers, under an arrangement with the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), carried out regular checks at the centre during the last school year, in order to reduce the number of students converging at the bus centre, which often results...

Today, Tuesday, September 8, 2015, Jamaica joins the rest of the world in celebrating an important day on the worldwide calendar: International Literacy Day 2015. This has been celebrated annually since 1966.   Jamaica has much to celebrate in the area of literacy. The country has exceeded the target of 85 per cent literacy at the primary level for 2015....

Jamaica will join the rest of the world on Tuesday, September 8, to celebrate International Literacy Day, under the theme: ‘Literacy and Sustainable Societies’. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), promotes the day to underline the significance of literacy for international development and advancement. At the local level, in keeping with its mantra, ‘Every Child Can Learn,...

Twenty schools have been removed from the shift system in time for the start of this academic year, and an additional 12 are targeted to be removed later in the year. This was noted by Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, during a recent  press briefing  at the Office of the Prime Minister. The Minister said this was done...