e-Learning Jamaica, in partnership with The School of Education at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, has launched a $31.3 million state-of-the-art training facility. This is aimed at equipping educators with the knowledge, skills and tools needed to integrate new and emerging technologies effectively in classroom instruction. Based at UWI in St. Andrew, the IGNITE Hub (Innovative Growth...

Persons interested in developing their leadership skills are being invited to apply to participate in the Caribbean Canada Leaders Dialogue 2025 (CCLD 2025), set to take place from May 22 to June 1, 2025. Applications are open to individuals from Canada and 26 Caribbean nations, including Jamaica. The programme invites participants from all sectors, including business, government, education, labour and...

Moneague College in St. Ann recently held a Celebratory Congress to mark its institutional accreditation designation by the University Council of Jamaica (UCJ). The event was part of the commemorative events marking the conferment in April 2023. Institutional accreditation refers to the status granted to an institution, deemed to have met or exceeded established standards for educational quality. It involves...

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (third left), and Assistant Chief Education Officer, Tertiary Unit, Dr. Tamika Benjamin (third right), participate in a courtesy call with Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) administrators, at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston, on Tuesday (February 25). Pictured (from left) are Registrar, Keisha Walker; Treasurer and...

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (right) along with President, University of Technology (UTECH), Jamaica, Dr. Kevin Brown (centre) and Fifth Pro-chancellor, UTECH, Aldrick McNab, attend the service of thanksgiving for the late Dr. the Hon. Alfred Sangster, held at the University of Technology, Jamaica on Saturday (February 22).

Jamaica’s newly appointed Poet Laureate, Professor Kwame Dawes, plans to celebrate and promote the art of poetry throughout the island during his tenure. Custos Rotulorum for Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller, deputising for Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, recently presented Professor Dawes with the official Poet Laureate sash and pin during an investiture ceremony at King’s House....

Construction of a special education diagnostic centre at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) in Portland is expected to wrap up in the 2025/26 fiscal year. The centre is also to be furnished and equipped by March 2026. A sum of $180 million has been allocated for the undertaking in the 2025/26 Estimates of Expenditure, which was tabled...