Eighteen outstanding secondary and tertiary students are starting the 2025/26 academic year with less financial worry, thanks to scholarships and bursaries from the First Heritage Co-operative (FHC) Credit Union Limited and the FHC Foundation. The awards were presented to the successful students during the FHC’s annual awards ceremony, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston on August 28. PEP...

A new Education Management Information System is to be implemented by the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, explained that the system will facilitate real-time student monitoring and support data-driven decision-making to address issues such as absenteeism. “I call on all school leaders to use the tools to transform how we...

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information is putting measures in place to provide support for the increasing number of special needs children in schools. Portfolio Minister, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, made the disclosure during her back-to-school broadcast on Sunday (August 31). “We have taken steps to ensure support is available for assessments to identify and...

Seventeen-year-old Joyel Ricketts is celebrating a major academic milestone, having successfully passed seven subjects in the 2025 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. Combined with three subjects earned in earlier grades, she now holds passes in a total of 10 subjects. “When I opened the portal and I saw my results I was very proud of myself, because I knew...

As the new school year begins on September 1, parents are being encouraged to become more involved in their children’s preparations for the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations. Grade-six teacher at the Bethabara Primary School, in Manchester, Anne-Marie Plummer-Wright, who has been in the education system for over 20 years, said children who have great parental involvement, most times, are...

The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) is calling on parents to remain closely connected with their children, particularly those who are transitioning from primary to secondary school this new academic year. Chief Executive Officer of the NPSC, Kaysia Kerr, stated that transitioning to high school can be both exciting and overwhelming for students. “It is also at this stage that...

Regional Director for Region Four of the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. Michele Pinnock, says career education will be a central focus in schools across the region during the 2025/26 academic year. “We want to focus, as a region, on a purpose-driven kind of living, and we are focusing specifically on career guidance and education,” she told...