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High School Diploma Equivalency Officer at the HEART/NSTA Trust, St. Thomas parish office, Cleopatra Francis, addresses the Bath Community Forum, held at the Bath Primary School on Wednesday (January 28).

Residents of Bath Encouraged to Enrol in HSDE Programme Offered by HEART/NSTA TRUST

Residents of Bath, St. Thomas, are being encouraged to enrol in the High School Diploma Equivalency (HSDE) programme offered by the HEART/NSTA Trust, as a pathway to improved employment prospects and sustainable community development. The call was made by HSDE...

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, speaks during Friday’s (January 30) sitting of the Senate at Gordon House.

Agencies Partnering To Train First-time Offenders In Job Skills

Executive Director of the National Education Trust (NET), Latoya Harris Ghartey, delivers remarks during the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) In Action Expo, held on Thursday (January 29) at the Chinese Benevolent Association in St. Andrew.

NET Executive Director Urges Students to Embrace Critical Thinking

Postmaster General, Post and Telecommunications Department, Lincoln Allen, greets Managing Director, HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton, during the official launch of the Department's staff empowerment programme at the Central Sorting Office on South Camp Road in Kingston on Tuesday (January 27).

Over 300 Jamaica Post Employees to Benefit from Empowerment Programme with HEART/NSTA Trust

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, provides a post-Hurricane Melissa update in a Ministerial Statement during Friday’s (January 23) sitting of the Senate at Gordon House.

Education Ministry Announces Full Resumption of Schools Post-Hurricane Melissa

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe (right), cuts the ribbon to officially open the Electronic Document Preparation and Management (EDPM) and Customer Engagement Laboratory at Stony Hill Technical High School in St. Andrew on January 9. Joining her are State Minister in the Ministry of National Security and Peace and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (second right), along with other stakeholders.

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Technical High Schools Being Outfitted With Digitisation Labs

Technical high schools are being equipped with digitisation laboratories by the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, as part of a national effort to modernise technical and vocational education and better align student training with labour market needs. As part of the initiative, a digital construction lab is being established at the Stony Hill Technical High School in St....

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe (right), engages with Bustamante High School students, during the handover of renovated and expanded information communications technology (ICT) facilities at the institution in Clarendon on Thursday (Jan. 15).

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Bustamante High School Gets Modern ICT Labs

Nearly two years after a fire severely damaged two Information Communication Technology (ICT) laboratories at Bustamante High School, the Clarendon-based institution is the beneficiary of modern facilities through public-private collaboration. The restoration and expansion project was done at a cost of $20 million by the Universal Service Fund (USF) in partnership with e-Learning Jamaica Company (e-LJam) Limited, the Flow Foundation...

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth & Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (second left), engages HEART/NSTA Trust trainees (from third left) James Hamilton, André Bender and Kevaughn Williams, during the handover ceremony for the Trust’s Region 1 National Development Project, at the Jamaica Society for the Blind in Kingston, on Thursday (January 15). Also pictured are Chairman of the Jamaica Society for the Blind, Damion McLean and Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton.

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Youth in the West to Be Equipped with Construction Skills Through BRIDGE Initiative

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth & Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, has announced the rollout of a training initiative for youth, aimed at supporting recovery efforts in communities severely impacted by Hurricane Melissa. The Building Resilience and Inspiring Development through Guided Experience (BRIDGE) initiative will be implemented through the HEART/NSTA Trust in parishes where efforts are under...

Acting Chief Education Officer, Terry-Ann Thomas-Gayle, gives an update on the education sector at a post-Cabinet press briefing, held at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston, on Wednesday (January 14).

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All Schools Operational

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information has indicated that all 1,010 of the island’s public schools, across the infant, primary, and secondary levels, are now operational, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa in October 2025. The institutions are using different operational modalities, including face-to-face classes, remote lessons and a staggered approach to reopening. “Within the seven most severely...

Acting Chief Education Officer, Terry-Ann Thomas-Gayle, provides an update on the education sector during a post-Cabinet press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston, on Wednesday (January 14).

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Changes to Administration of PEP to Accommodate Students Impacted by Hurricane Melissa

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information has announced several changes to the administration of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP), to accommodate students impacted by the passage of Hurricane Melissa last October. The Ministry has also modified the National Standards Curriculum, which is used in primary-level institutions and up to the grade-nine level. Acting Chief Education Officer, Terry-Ann Thomas-Gayle,...

Regional Director for Region Five in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Susan Nelson Smith.

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Psychosocial and Learning Loss Interventions Bolster Region Five’s Post-Hurricane Education Recovery

Psychosocial support and targeted learning-loss interventions have served as central pillars of the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information’s recovery effort in Region Five in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. Regional Director, Susan Nelson Smith, told JIS News that emotional well-being was prioritised before and during the reopening of schools. She noted that the initiative was first implemented among...

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$10m EDPM and Customer Engagement Lab Commissioned at Stony Hill Technical High

Students at Stony Hill Technical High School in St. Andrew are now benefiting from enhanced access to digital training and workplace-ready skills, following the official opening of an Electronic Document Preparation and Management (EDPM) and Customer Engagement Laboratory at the institution. The facility, valued more than $10 million, was commissioned on Friday (January 9) and represents a major investment by...