The Ministry of Education and Youth is reporting a 43 per cent decline in teacher resignation from January to June this year, when compared to the same period last year. “In January to June 2022, our internal figures show 506 resignations versus 287 [this year],” said Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, during a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on...

Graduates of Lyssons Primary School in St. Thomas have been encouraged to pave the way for their families as they take on the next stage of their lives, by Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe. “Your parents and [other relatives] have invested in you… . Whatever you can do to open the...

The Ministry of National Security is taking steps to improve the island’s juvenile correctional centres and ensure that wards have greater access to education and training opportunities. Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn, said the Government is focused on the rehabilitation of juvenile offenders as part of measures to strengthen the national security infrastructure. “The Government...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the Youth Summer Employment Programme (YSEP), which is in its seventh year, has evolved into being the biggest initiative of its kind in the Caribbean. The annual programme provides employment opportunities for young people during the summer months, enabling them to gain valuable skills and work experience while earning...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), presents an award to Pastor Claudia Ferguson for dedicated and faithful service to the United Church of the Seventh-day Baptist Churches and the Kingston Seventh-day Baptist Church. Pastor Ferguson was recognised during the 100th Anniversary Banquet of the Jamaica Seventh-day Baptist Conference of Churches held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel...

Sales Education Consultant for Promethean, South Florida and the Caribbean, Amanda Leich (left), looks on as Titchfield High School students, Zerena Davis (right) and Sherona Kirkland, use the company’s ActivPanel Interactive Display, which was handed over to the institution in Portland on June 29.

Communities across the island are being urged to “band together” to protect the nation’s children against all forms of abuse. Making the call while speaking at a school-leaving exercise at the Naggo Head Infant School in St. Catherine on Thursday (June 29), Portmore-based Youth Advocate, Claudine Duncan, said there should be no relenting in the fight to safeguard children. “It...