The City and Guilds Institute is offering a fully subsidised Diploma in Engineering to secondary-level students as one of its Skills Proficiency Awards, through a contract with the Ministry of Education and Youth. A 10-year contract was signed in November 2019 for the provision of examinations in Mathematics, English, Customer Service and Skills Proficiency Awards across 12 occupational pathways, including...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (foreground), is briefed on developments at Yallahs High School in St. Thomas by Principal, Mark Malabver, during a meeting with members of the institution’s leadership on Wednesday (September 4). Also listening is Member of Parliament for St. Thomas Western, James Robertson (third left).

Students are being encouraged to consider the City and Guilds Mathematics proficiency examination as a viable exit option to the regionally administered Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exam. City and Guilds is an internationally recognised British examination body based in London and with operations in 80 countries globally. Mathematics Coach in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Tameka Lodge-Fenton, told...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, is reminding schools that the payment of fees for student enrolment is not mandatory. “Yes, we encourage our parents to contribute as they can. No student should be denied access to their fundamental human rights because they cannot pay the fee that some schools dictate for them to pay,” Mrs. Williams said....

Milk River Primary and Infant School in Clarendon has reopened after it underwent repairs with funds provided by the Ministry of Education and Youth, to correct damage done by Hurricane Beryl on July 3. On Monday (September 2), the institution began receiving students for the new school year. Principal, Gloria Grant, said the damage done by the hurricane was “severe”,...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, is reporting that only two of the island’s 1,009 primary and secondary schools have reported not having students returning as yet, whether online or face-to-face. “They expect to have full engagement by Monday (September 9),” Mrs. Williams said. She was speaking during Wednesday’s (September 4) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. Mrs....

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, says Jamaica will take one step closer to removing every single remaining school from the shift system during this school year. The Minister, who was speaking to students, teachers, administrators and other stakeholders on opening day at the Ocho Rios Primary School in St. Ann, on September 2, said that while the...