Officials of the Ministry of Education and Youth and school administrators are reporting a smooth start to the 2024/25 academic year, on Monday (September 2), at several institutions. This, in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, which threatened to derail reopening at some schools. Ministry of Education Regional Director for St. James, Hanover and Westmoreland, Dr. Michelle Pinnock, provided updates on...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education remains a priority focus area for the Government in driving national development. “We are investing. We have said we are going to be building six new STEM schools. Those schools will not be operating under the Education Act, as it presently is. We will develop...

The Founders of the Mineral Heights Christian Kinder-Preparatory School in Clarendon have been praised for embodying all that is good about Jamaica. Minister of Labour and Social Security and Member of Parliament for Clarendon South Eastern, where the school is located, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., said the founders, Pastor Isaac Scott, and his wife, Sharon Scott, who is the institution’s...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith, says the teaching of Spanish in schools will be boosted by a significant increase in the number of Cuban teachers employed. The Minister, who was addressing school administrators and other stakeholders as part of an orientation session for teachers in Runaway Bay, St. Ann, on August 27,...

The Jamaica Library Service (JLS) is looking to make its annual National Reading Competition more inclusive. With this year’s renewal comprising entrants, aged six to 99 years, Director General, Maureen Thompson, says the JLS wants to further diversify the range of participants. To this end, she said the agency is particularly keen on making the competition more inclusive for persons...

The Government has awarded more than 500 scholarships to young persons from across the island, to pursue undergraduate and graduate studies in a health-related field, with some getting up to $1 million. Under the Dr. Barry Wint Memorial Scholarship Award, persons have been selected to study medical technology, human resources for health, medical social work, epidemiology, medical physics, health records...

Church Teachers’ College in Mandeville, Manchester, is this year celebrating its 60th anniversary with a slate of activities between October 2024 and July 2025, under the theme ‘Celebrating A Legacy of Excellence: Boldly the Demands of the 21st Century and Beyond’. Details of the events were announced during a media launch at the College on Thursday (August 29), which was...