Twenty-six youngsters from juvenile correctional centres across the island are now sitting Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) examinations, as the Government improves the educational programmes of these institutions. Commissioner of Corrections, Jevene Bent, who made the disclosure, said several improvements have been made to enhance the quality of education offered within the island’s four juvenile institutions. She was responding to questions...

A group of innovative youngsters from Waterford High School in St. Catherine are proposing the use of modern technology to assist in the fight against praedial larceny. The four students, Cardia Williams; Kema Anderson; Ifanie Grant; and Shenel Allen, under the guidance of their science teacher, Tera Rankine, have designed an anti-praedial larceny device, which they hope will help to...

Minister of  Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is underscoring the importance of good parenting and stable family structures to Jamaica achieving its 2030 objectives for economic prosperity and social well being. “It is not okay for our young women and men to have children without knowing how they are going to take care of them.  A child grows up well...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, says increased emphasis will be placed on teaching the sciences in all secondary schools, starting this financial year. This move is consistent with the Ministry’s plans to fully and formally integrate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) into the education system. Rev. Thwaites, who was speaking at the Katalyxt Youth Innovators’ Competition awards ceremony...

Approximately 10,000 students have benefitted from non-traditional teaching methods, aimed at improving their learning patterns, under a $19.4 million initiative undertaken at the Hope Zoo in St. Andrew. The engagement, an education project tour, was jointly implemented by the Ministry of Education, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), and Hope Zoo Preservation Foundation, with financing from the Petro Caribe Development Fund....

The Ministry of Education has approved changes to the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) curriculum in the areas of Science and Social Studies. Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites announced the changes during his contribution the 2014/15 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, May 7. “The Grade Six Achievement Test next year will no longer require detailed...

The Education Broadcasting Network (EBN) is slated to commence broadcasts, designed to complement teaching formats administered to students in the classroom, during 2014. This engagement, being facilitated by the Ministry of Education, will see EBN partnering with several public and private entities to produce material tailored to the varying learning patterns of students. This is expected to entail aspects of...