The learning requirements of Jamaican children with special needs is being bolstered through the provision of Accessible Digital Textbooks (ADT). The materials, developed in keeping with the Universal Design for Learning principles, will be made available to students who are visually or hearing impaired and those with intellectual developmental or learning disabilities. Writers, teachers, publishers, organisations for persons with disabilities,...

Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has called for national conversation on how the innate technology skills of young people can be leveraged for the country’s development. He noted that young persons “have been using powerful technology for devious activities such as lottery scams”, adding that “technology is perhaps playing an even more significant role in...

Clerk to the Houses of Parliament, Valrie Curtis (second right); Deputy Clerk, Houses of Parliament, Colleen Lowe (right); and Coordinator, Parliamentary Internship Programme, Dr. Donovan Johnson (left), share a photo opportunity with new parliamentary interns Anatassia Balfour (second left) and Aaron Hoilett during the induction ceremony at Gordon House, 81 Duke Street, downtown Kingston, on October 6.

The deadline for submission of nominations for the Prime Minister’s National Youth Award for Excellence (PMNYAE) has been extended to Friday, October 7. The PMNYAE is open to all Jamaican Nationals between the ages of 15 and 29 who have attained excellence in any of the following categories of agriculture/agro-processing; entrepreneurship/social entrepreneurship; journalism/e-journalism; and new media – social media, youtuber,...

e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited has donated 63 laptop and 120 tablet computers to the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) South Camp Road Juvenile Correctional Centre in Kingston, in support of the rehabilitation of young detainees. Four projectors were also donated to the institution by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). The devices will be used in the DCS’s rehabilitation programmes...

Sixteen high schools across Jamaica are slated to participate in this year’s renewal of the National Tourism Debate. The event, being funded at a cost of $3.5 million, spans more than a decade and is organised by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF). It was officially launched during a semi-virtual ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St....

The Ministry of Education and Youth will provide psychosocial support for students at Kingston Technical High School following the fatal stabbing of a pupil at the institution recently. Education and Youth Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, said that the intervention will involve collaboration with various agencies. She noted that officers from the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) have already...