Thirty-two students have been awarded Government scholarships in recognition of their exceptional performance in the 2024 Primary Exit Profile (PEP). Four students, who were the top performers at primary and all-age schools, received special awards valued $180,000 each. The JAG Smith Scholarship, awarded to the top girl, went to former St. Catherine Primary School student, Davina Richards, who now attends...

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, has underscored the importance of private sector and community partnerships in driving the education sector forward. The newly minted Minister toured four schools in St. Thomas on Thursday (November 14), where she observed significant private sector donations at two of the institutions. “I went to probably...

The Government will be utilising the newly launched Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) 2023, to inform the National Plan of Action for an integrated response to children and violence. This will be done through the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information and the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ). The survey revealed that sexual violence in childhood is...

Twenty-two-year-old Aundrene Cameron has been named Jamaica’s 2025 Rhodes Scholar. The 2023 Miss Jamaica Festival Queen was among six female and four male candidates who vied for the prestigious scholarship this year. The announcement was made on Thursday (November 14), during a brief ceremony at King’s House, by Chief Executive Officer of the Port Authority of Jamaica and Chairman of...

Upper school male students from eight secondary institutions in St. Thomas are the focus of the Angelic Ladies Society’s latest social project, ‘Echoes of Change – The Problem with the P’. Through the engagement, the boys will participate in sensitisation workshops covering topics such as sexual violence, inappropriate touching, sex videos, the age of consent and healthy masculinity. The organisation,...

Tertiary level students with an interest in construction and other related careers are being encouraged to apply for the National Housing Trust’s (NHT) 2024/25 Construction Scholarship. The programme offers up to $1 million in funding to individual undergraduate students. Applications will be accepted up to November 24. Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Manager at the NHT, Tameka Hill, told JIS...

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information (MoESYI), through its Safety and Security in Schools Unit will be l observing Anti-Gang Week from November l 10-16, under the theme ‘Follow the TREND, Bring Gang Inna Schools to an End’. The observance involves collaboration with the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Counter Terrorism and Organized Crime (CTOC) Investigation Branch, and the...