The clock has stopped on four days of high-level, hands-on display of skill and precision at the 48th WorldSkills Competition in Shanghai, China. The competitors now await the results, which will be revealed during Sunday’s (Sept. 27) closing ceremony at the Shanghai World Expo Cultural Center. Jamaica’s Autonomous Mobile Robotics competitor, Rayon-Jai Pusey, is confident that the team did well....

WorldSkills Jamaica Competitor, Omar Cockett, is competing in one of the newest skills at the 48th WorldSkills Competition in Shanghai, China. This year’s competition features 64 skills, including seven new additions, namely, Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), Dental Prosthetics, Digital Media Interactive Design, Intelligent Security Technology, Rail Vehicle Technology, Retail Sales and Software Testing. Omar is among 11 competitors vying for...

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, says the revised Environmental Protection Levy (EPL) will serve as a vital mechanism in funding Jamaica’s enhanced climate resilience amid environmental vulnerabilities. She was speaking in the Upper House on Friday (Sept. 25) as she piloted the Environmental Protection Levy (EPL) Act. The legislation, which was...

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information is urging schools that offer agricultural science to implement measures to protect students, staff, crops and livestock from the current drought conditions and extreme heat. In a bulletin issued to school administrators, the Ministry stated that the prolonged dry conditions and elevated temperatures are having a significant impact on agricultural activities carried...

Several critical questions surrounding the development, governance and responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) will take centre stage on September 28, when the seventh annual Artificial Intelligence for Information Accessibility (AI4IA) Conference is held virtually. The free global conference is being staged in observance of the International Day for Universal Access to Information and coincides with the 25th anniversary of...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) will once again celebrate the nation’s heritage through its annual Heritage Competition, now in its 16th staging. This year’s observance holds added significance, as it coincides with the organisation’s commemoration of 25 years as an Executive Agency. The dual milestone underscores the JIS’s enduring commitment to fostering national pride, cultural preservation and creative expression among...

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon today (September 12) visited one of three children severely injured by a boulder in St Elizabeth, following her admission to the Intensive Care Unit at University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) in Kingston. Two schoolchildren ages nine and ten were badly injured and a third...