The Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC), in partnership with US Elite International, will stage a Global Education Teachers Summit, on January 21. The event will be held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, under the theme: ‘Redesigning the Future of Education’. The Summit is designed to support teachers’ continued professional development by skilling, reskilling and upskilling participants to address the...

Preparations for the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) are far advanced, says Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams. Grade-six students are scheduled to sit the Ability Test on February 16; Performance Tasks in Language Arts on March 22 and Mathematics on March 23; and the Curriculum-based Test in Language Arts and Science on April 26, and Mathematics and Social...

Happy New Year and my warmest greetings to all Jamaicans.  Monday, January 9 will be the first school day of  the Easter term in this new year.   Let me acknowledge the work of the various stakeholders at all levels of the education sector:  our school boards, our principals, our teachers, the administrative staff in our schools and of course those...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), views the body of Retired Educator, Rev. Dr. Millicent McLean, during a service held at the Portmore Holiness Christian Church in St. Catherine on Thursday (December 5). With the Minister is Dr. McLean’s nephew, Dane Hudson.

Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), presents the signed Proclamation marking January 7 as ‘UWI Day’, to Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Professor Dale Webber, during a courtesy call at King’s House in Kingston on Thursday (January 5). The Proclamation invites all citizens to reflect on the achievements...

The Government is looking to facilitate face-to-face engagements with students in their schools, to educate them on the consequences of gang involvement and participating in gun crimes and other illegal activities. This was announced by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, while speaking during the ‘Heal the Family, Heal the Nation’ conference at the National Arena in Kingston on...

Students at the secondary level are being invited to participate in the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme Alumni Association (JETAA) of Jamaica’s annual essay competition. Participating students will be required to submit a 400–550-word essay on the topic “Omotenashi” which embodies the spirit of service and hospitality for which Japan has become renowned, and to discuss three ways in which...

A tertiary scholarship has been established in honour of National Hero, the Right Excellent Samuel Sharpe. Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister (West), Hon. Homer Davis, made the announcement while speaking during the inaugural Sam Sharpe Lecture at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre on December 22. Mr. Davis said the Sam Sharpe Scholarship was the latest...

Education and Youth Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), receives a box of compressor nebulisers from Managing Director of appliance and manufacturing company BlackPoint, Gul Mansukhani, at a handover ceremony held at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle offices, Kingston.