The Ministry of Education has launched the much anticipated national policy for the reintegration of school aged mothers into the formal school system. The document sets out clear guidelines to ensure that teen mothers are not denied the opportunity to re-enter the formal school system, to continue their education. Production of the policy document was supported by the United Nations...

Students of the University of Technology (UTech) have given more than one million hours of service to the nation through community programmes over the past 20 years, and have donated millions of dollars to selected needy institutions. This year, the students have again committed to the decades-old tradition of assisting various national charity organizations through the staging of the annual...

Education Minister, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites, is reiterating the Government’s commitment to ensuring consensus on the proposed Jamaica Teaching Council Bill, before steps are taken to pass legislation entrenching the organisation. “We are committed and have expended the time and will expend more time as much as is necessary for the process of consultation and broad acceptance among all stakeholders....

A donation of notebook computers to the Cockburn Gardens Primary and Junior High School in St. Andrew by the Embassy of Chile is expected to further enrich the learning experience of students. The five computers were handed over on Monday, November 11, during a special ceremony held at the school in commemoration of 50 years of diplomatic relations between Jamaica...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has welcomed the expansion of the University of Technology (UTech) to western Jamaica, noting that the move represents a good investment by the institution in Jamaica’s future. He was speaking at the official opening ceremony for the new campus located on Dome Street in Montego Bay, St. James on Friday, November 8. “Today...

The 73-year old Moreland Hill Primary School in Westmoreland now has a new building with modern amenities to enable a more conducive teaching/learning environment. Through a $15 million grant from the Rockhouse Foundation in Negril, the old school structure was demolished and a new plant built during the summer holidays, complete with new furniture and modern bathroom facilities. The new...

The National Parenting Support Commission’s (NPSC) initiatives have been bolstered by a $5 million sponsorship from the National Commercial Bank (NCB), in cash and kind over the next two years. The sponsorship will also be utilized to assist NPSC with its activities for Parent Month, which is being observed in November, under the theme: ‘Transforming Families Through Communication Awareness Resources’....