A budget of $9.3 billion has been earmarked to upgrade and equip teacher-training institutions to support science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) education. Project Lead and Transformation Officer for the Transforming Education for National Development (TREND) Programme in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. Venesse Morrison-Leon, made the disclosure at a recent TREND press conference held...

Ocho Rios Primary School in St. Ann has a new smart room, equipped with technology devices to create a more interactive and modern learning environment for students. The state-of-the-art facility, which is a gift from Digicel Foundation, includes tools like smart boards, tablets and laptops. A bright symbol of innovation, it is designed to incorporate digital tools and interactive technologies...

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, will observe School Safety Week from October 26 to 31, under the theme ‘Safe Schools. Stronger Futures. Together for Resilience’. The observance will coincide with Fire and Life Safety Awareness Week, under the theme ‘Safe Home, Safe Communities, the Power of Prevention’. National Coordinator of the School Safety and Security Branch, Richard...

Jamaica Information Service (JIS) team members (from left) Kavanaugh Campbell, Veta McPherson, Paul Johnson, and Donovan Patterson, proudly display their national awards, during Monday’s (Oct. 20) Ceremony of Investiture and Presentation of National Honours and Awards, held at King's House in St. Andrew.

Educational institutions remain a powerful bedrock for preserving Jamaica’s rich culture and heritage. This vital role was recently underscored as the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) concluded the central parishes leg of its 2025 Heritage School Tour. The final stop, on Wednesday, October 15, featured school visits across Manchester. Students from Bellefield High School, McIntosh Memorial Primary School, deCarteret College, and...

Students at the Clarendon-based Rest Primary and Infant School now have safer and more reliable transportation following the donation of a bus valued at over US$42,000 by the Japanese Government.  The 15-seater Toyota Hiace bus was handed over to the school on Thursday  (Oct. 2), by Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuhiro Atsumi.  The donation was made under Japan’s...

Senior Director of the Access to Information Unit (AIU), Damian Cox, says raising environmental awareness among youth is crucial in ensuring a sustainable future. He argued that as future leaders, young people must be empowered through education to protect the environment. “Our children must be educated to build and maintain a sustainable future for Jamaica. In fact, the United Nations...