The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is seeking to develop strategies for the acquisition of data for the establishment of an early warning alert for the child protection sector. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, who made the disclosure while making her contribution to the 2021/2022 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 28, said the present system depends...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says more than 16,000 primary- and secondary-school students are set to benefit from intervention programmes. Making her contribution to the 2021/2022 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 28, she said the programmes are geared at boosting achievements of the students, building their human and social capital to transform...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will be creating an online repository of lesson plans for teachers. “The platform will be easy to use. Lesson plans will be organised by subject and grade level. Within each lesson plan, you will find clear objectives, description of materials needed, a thorough procedure with an opening and a closing, as well as...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Government will not ignore the 440 schools rated as being in danger zones for landslide and flooding in Jamaica. During her contribution to the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (April 28), the Minister said that the World Bank and the University of Technology (UTech) did...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says Cabinet has granted approval for the development of a National Higher-Education Policy, in a bid to increase quality assurance and monitoring of higher-education institutions. The Minister pointed out that the new Policy will “govern the higher-education sector”. Mrs. Williams provided details during her contribution to the Sectoral Debate in the...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says that the Ministry is looking to move from the generalist teaching model in primary schools to a specialist system. “We will begin this transition by having specialist teachers in our worst performing schools as identified by the National Education Inspectorate (NEI),” she said. Mrs. Williams, who was making her contribution...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says that a revised teacher appraisal model is to be implemented within the education sector. “The difference between this teacher appraisal model and the past one is that this one is standards based. It demands evidence of performance and is aligned to the National Standards Curriculum,” Mrs. Williams said. She was...