Students must not be denied access to classrooms and school resources because of unpaid fees, says Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. Speaking at a recent education townhall meeting at Jamaica College in St. Andrew, the Prime Minister said some public schools are charging parents “exorbitant fees which are exclusionary.” “If we are truly serious about creating this equal...

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness (right), makes a point to Howard Shearer, son of late Jamaican Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Hugh Shearer, during a courtesy call at the Office of the Prime Minister on September 12.

The Ministry of Education and Youth is in the process of establishing the requisite internal units to execute recommendations outlined in the ‘Reform of Education in Jamaica 2021 Report’. Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness, made the announcement during a face-to-face townhall meeting at Jamaica College in St. Andrew, on Friday (September 9). He also advised that the process...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Friday (September 9), officially launched the National Identification System’s (NIDS) ‘Operation Birthright’ Project at Jamaica House, in Kingston. The US$350,000 Government project intends to address the immediate concern among Jamaicans who are without birth certificates, where it is reported that some 200,000 of the nation’s citizens do not have legal proof of...

The Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education was presented to 80 educators on Thursday (September 8), for their outstanding contributions to the sector. The presentation ceremony, which was held at Jamaica House, saw educators from the 2021 and 2022 cohorts receiving medals. The number of awards presented this year was doubled due to the postponement of the...

The Government and people of Jamaica join with the British Royal Family, the people of the United Kingdom, and the entire Commonwealth, in mourning the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Prime Minister Holness said: “The world has lost a global matriarch, who was a steadying and constant force throughout many crises and periods of difficulty. Over the course...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says Jamaican workers are free to move into countries that want and accept them, and “we are not going to try, in any way, to limit that”. “We do want them to exercise their labour in Jamaica and be rewarded here, but our history and the nature of the economy and market forces...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, and Minister of Education and Youth, Hon, Fayval Williams, will host a Town Hall meeting focusing on Education. The meeting is scheduled to be held on Friday, September 9, at the Karl Hendrickson Auditorium, Jamaica College, starting at 5:00 p.m., under the theme: ‘Education Time for Action’. This Town Hall meeting is the...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left); President of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), His Excellency Abdulla Shahid (left); and Special Envoy to Mr. Shahid, Her Excellency Thilmeeza Hussain (second right), are engaged in discussion with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, during a meeting on...