Approximately 250 young people from communities in Eastern St. Catherine are to benefit from skills training and certification through the HEART Trust/NTA and private institutions. The training will be provided in areas such as plumbing, masonry, carpentry, electrical, information technology, and hospitality. “This will create greater opportunity for them to become employable, even outside of Jamaica,” said Member of Parliament...

The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) will be working with the law faculty at the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) to offer a graduate programme in Intellectual Property (IP), as well as related training courses and summer programmes. The initiative is being taken in cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) Worldwide Academy. State...

President of the Senate, Hon. Floyd Morris, says that parents must be held accountable for the poor performance of their children in school. He made the call, as he delivered the keynote address at the 21st staging of the Montego Co-operative Credit Union Schools’ Academic Championship Quiz, held on Wednesday, June 26, at the Montego Bay Civic Centre in St....

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has commended the Mona Preparatory School for achieving 100 per cent mastery in literacy and numeracy at the Grade 4 level last year. Addressing the institution’s School Leaving and Prize Giving ceremony held on Tuesday, June 25, at the Jamaica College Auditorium in St. Andrew, Rev. Thwaites opined that other schools should seek...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, said that the HEART Trust/NTA will be investing millions of dollars in equipping secondary schools with laboratories, workshop equipment and required personnel. He said that new high schools are being specifically targeted under the initiative, which is aimed at providing students with technical and vocational skills for the job market. “This is so that...

The Ministry of Education will be intensifying the promotion of uniformed groups in schools, in an effort to enhance discipline and socially acceptable behaviours among students. “We will be introducing, with more vigor than ever before, the uniformed groups. There will be more cadet corps, more scout groups, more girl guides available to Jamaican schools,” said portfolio Minister, Hon. Rev....

The Canadian-based Future Achievers International has recognised three Jamaican students for their high academic achievement and involvement in community activities. They are: student of the Hampton School in St. Elizabeth, Whitney Wallace; Head Boy at the  Negril All-age School in Westmoreland Najay Gayle, who will be attending the Manning’s School in the parish in September; and grade five student at...