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Guests attending Moneague College’s Celebratory Congress, which was held at the institution’s campus in St. Ann recently.
Guests attending Moneague College’s Celebratory Congress, which was held at the institution’s campus in St. Ann recently.

Moneague College Commemorates UCJ Institutional Accreditation

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...
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 Vice President of Finance, Eton Chin; President, Professor Andrew Spencer; and Administrator to President, Abbygayle Ellis.
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 Vice President of Finance, Eton Chin; President, Professor Andrew Spencer; and Administrator to President, Abbygayle Ellis.

PHOTOS: Education Minister Meets with CMU
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).
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).

PHOTOS: Thanksgiving Service in Celebration for the Life of Dr. The Hon. Alfred Sangster, Former Principal and President of the University of Technology, Jamaica
Custos Rotulorum for Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller (centre), and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, share a photo opportunity with Poet Laureate of Jamaica for 2025 to 2028, Professor Kwame Dawes, during the recent ceremony of investiture at King’s House.
Custos Rotulorum for Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller (centre), and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, share a photo opportunity with Poet Laureate of Jamaica for 2025 to 2028, Professor Kwame Dawes, during the recent ceremony of investiture at King’s House.

New Poet Laureate To Celebrate And Promote The Art Of Poetry In Jamaica
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams.

Construction of Special Education Diagnostic Centre at CASE to Be Completed in 2025/26

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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking to students at Manchester High School recently.
EducationYouth

Gov’t Strengthens Support for Secondary-Level Students

The Government will be developing intervention systems to support at-risk students at the secondary level and improve student retention in its continued thrust to improve educational outcomes. An early warning system will also be developed to identify at-risk students. These initiatives will be pursued under the Jamaica Education Project (JEP), which has been allocated $752 million in the 2025/26 Estimates...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, tables the 2025/26 Estimates of Expenditure in the House of Representatives on February 13.
EducationYouth

Construction of First STEAM Academy to Commence in Fiscal Year 2025/26

Construction of Jamaica’s first Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) Academy will begin in fiscal year 2025/26. A Jamaica 60 legacy project, the institution will be erected on the 22 acres of land reserved for social services at the Greater Bernard Lodge Development in St. Catherine. The works will be done under Phase II of the Education System Transformation...
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Vice Chairman of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF), Saundra Bailey, speaks at the recent launch of the Papine High School greenhouse in St. Andrew. Pictured at left is Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green.
EducationEnvironment

CCRIF Invites Persons to Apply for Funded Training Programmes at UWI

The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) is inviting persons to apply for their funded training programmes in geography, natural hazards or economics at the University of the West Indies (UWI). The Facility has been providing internships to recent university undergraduates and postgraduate students from the Caribbean who have earned degrees in areas such as disaster risk management, environmental management,...
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Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, teaches a class at Tarrant High School in Kingston, on December 19. Electrical upgrading works were completed at the institution during the 2024/25 fiscal year.
Education

$1.7 Billion Earmarked for Classrooms, Fencing and Electrical Upgrades

The Government will be spending $1.7 billion to construct additional classrooms, install security fences and upgrade electrical systems at several primary and secondary schools during the upcoming fiscal year. Among the projects listed in the 2025/26 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, are the commencement of construction activities at 10 high schools to attain various completion rates....
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, tables the 2025/26 Estimates of Expenditure in the House of Representatives on Thursday (February 13).
EducationParliament

Mount St. Joseph High School Expansion Expected to Conclude in 2025/26

Expansion works at Mount St. Joseph High School in Manchester are expected to conclude in the upcoming fiscal year. Approximately $853.7 million has been allocated to complete the administrative, third- and fourth-form blocks, as well as commence and complete the auditorium. The sum is earmarked in the 2025/26 Estimates of Expenditure, which was tabled in the House of Representatives by...
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Her Excellency the Most Hon. Lady Allen (seventh right) and President of the Optimist Club of Kingston, Michelle Chambers (sixth right), hand over an air conditioning unit to staff of the Dunrobin Primary School. The presentation took place recently at the school’s Red Hills Road location in St. Andrew. Lady Allen is patron of the club.
Education

Dunrobin Primary Gets Air Conditioning Unit from Optimist Club of Kingston

Dunrobin Primary School is better prepared to beat the upcoming summer heat, through the gift of an air conditioning unit by the Optimist Club of Kingston, under the patronage of Her Excellency, the Most Hon. Lady Allen. The unit, valued at over $100,000, will be installed in the staff room. Addressing the recent handover ceremony at the school’s Red Hills...
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Restorative Justice Facilitator at the Karen Reid Hyman Restoration Foundation, Bishop Dr. Karen Reid-Hyman (right), makes a presentation to students from José Martí High School, which won the poster competition held as part of the Region 6 Deans of Discipline Youth Forum and Symposium. The event took place on Wednesday (February 12 ) at Cumberland High School in St. Catherine.
EducationYouth

Education Ministry Champions Use of the Arts in Cultivating Peace in Schools

Parents and teachers are being urged to utilise the transformative power of the arts in cultivating peace, discipline and youth empowerment in schools. Director of the Safety and Security in Schools Unit in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Richard Troupe, in making the call, said that “the arts, whether visual art, music, dance, drama or creative writing,...
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