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Minister of Education, Skills, Youth & Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (centre), engages in a lesson with students at Clan Carthy Primary School in Kingston in May.
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth & Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (centre), engages in a lesson with students at Clan Carthy Primary School in Kingston in May.

National Summer Academy Begins July 7

The National Summer Academy (NSA) 2025, hosted by the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, will get under way on July 7 and run until July 24. Under the theme ‘Every Learner, Every Level: Targeted Strategies for System-Wide Success’,...
Principal of Sheffield Primary School in Westmoreland, Dr. Vinnette Malcolm.
Principal of Sheffield Primary School in Westmoreland, Dr. Vinnette Malcolm.

Principal of Sheffield Primary Elated at PEP Results
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, addresses Friday’s (June 20) Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Press Conference at the Ministry’s National Heroes’ Circle offices in Kingston.
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, addresses Friday’s (June 20) Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Press Conference at the Ministry’s National Heroes’ Circle offices in Kingston.

2026 PEP to Include Literacy and Numeracy Exams
Education, Youth, Skills, and Information Minister, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (left), in conversation with Chief Executive Officer of e-Learning Jamaica, Andrew Lee, during the e-Learning Jamaica’s 20th Anniversary Gala and Awards Ceremony, on June 20 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston.
Education, Youth, Skills, and Information Minister, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (left), in conversation with Chief Executive Officer of e-Learning Jamaica, Andrew Lee, during the e-Learning Jamaica’s 20th Anniversary Gala and Awards Ceremony, on June 20 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston.

Jamaica Learning Assistant to Come on Stream September
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (right), speaks during Friday’s (June 20) Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Press Conference, at the Ministry’s Heroes’ Circle offices in Kingston. At left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Kasan Troupe.
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (right), speaks during Friday’s (June 20) Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Press Conference, at the Ministry’s Heroes’ Circle offices in Kingston. At left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Kasan Troupe.

PEP Placement Transfers Only Done in Exceptional or Adverse Circumstances

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Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Service Fund, Charlton McFarlane, is encouraging students to apply for the organisation
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Students Encouraged to Apply for ICT Scholarship

Students have until July 11 to apply for the Universal Service Fund (USF) Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Scholarship for the 2025/26 academic year. With the application period officially opened today, June 23, five students from underserved communities across the island will receive financial support to pursue academic studies in ICT locally. The initiative targets individuals who are former beneficiaries...
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Executive Director of the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ), Donna Powell Wilson, addresses a JIS Think Tank, today (June 18).
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Community Colleges Offer Myriad Teaching and Learning Opportunities

Aspiring tertiary students are being encouraged to see Community Colleges as an opportunity and not just a viable option. Executive Director of the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ), Donna Powell Wilson, said this is due to myriad teaching and learning opportunities that can be accessed through community colleges in Jamaica. “Our institutions are strategically positioned across the island,...
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Students of Sandy Bay Primary School in Hanover celebrate winning the rural title in the Trees for Peace 2024/2025 competition, during an awards ceremony held on the school grounds on Thursday, June 12.
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Sandy Bay Primary Wins Rural Trees for Peace Competition

Sandy Bay Primary School in Hanover has emerged victorious as the rural champion in the Trees for Peace 2024-2025 competition. The school accepted its trophy for an outstanding peace garden that integrated lessons in peace with environmental stewardship, during an awards ceremony, held on the school grounds, on Thursday, June 12. The competition was a collaboration between the Ministry of...
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Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon Dana Morris Dixon, addresses Thursday’s (May 22) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.
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Teachers Invited to Serve As Markers for Grade Five PEP Assessment

The Exam and Assessment Administration Services Branch of the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information (MOESYI) is inviting qualified teachers to serve as Markers for the electronic evaluation of the 2025 Grade Five Primary Exit Profile (PEP) assessment. Applicants must be trained teachers with a minimum of three years’ work experience and currently teaching at the primary-school level (grades...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and Member Parliament for St. Catherine Central, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses the thanksgiving service for the life of nine-year-old Kelsey Ferrigon held at the Spanish Town Seventh-day Adventist Church in St. Catherine on Monday (June 9).
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Resurrect The Village – Minister Grange

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, is encouraging Jamaicans to resurrect the proverbial village to ensure the safety and security of Jamaica's most vulnerable citizens, its children. The Minister was speaking at the thanksgiving service for the life of nine-year-old Kelsey Ferrigon at the Spanish Town Seventh-day Adventist Church in St. Catherine on Monday (June 9)....
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University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech Ja) President, Dr. Kevin Brown (seated left), Chief Executive Officer of the Amber Group and Special Investment Envoy for Technology, Ambassador Dushyant Savadia (seated centre), and HEART/NSTA Trust Managing Director, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton (seated right), affix their signatures to a Memorandum of Understanding, during the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab Signing Ceremony, held at AC Hotel by Marriott in Kingston on Friday (June 6). Observing the signing (from left) are Chair of Jamaica’s AI Taskforce, Christopher Reckord; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe; Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Efficiency, Innovation, and Digital Transformation, Senator the Hon. Ambassador Audrey Marks; Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon; Dean Faculty of Engineering and Computing at UTech Ja, Professor Sean Thorpe; and Chief Executive Officer and Founder of ScoreExl AI, Ashish Pandya. Jamaica’s first AI Lab will be established at UTech Ja by September 1.
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First AI Lab to Be Established at UTECH

Jamaica’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab will be established at the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech Ja) in St. Andrew, by September 1. In collaboration with the Amber Group, 100 data analysis engineers will be onboarded to create the lab and build agentic AI – a class of AI which can autonomously make decisions and take actions without constant human...
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