An assessment of all four-year-old children within the Early Childhood sector has been completed, as the Government targets students who may have early reading, numeracy or behavioural challenges. “We do not yet have the results. But from pilot studies, we know that about 30 per cent of our children have issues with reading and numeracy,” Minister of Education and Youth,...

Students must not be denied access to classrooms and school resources because of unpaid fees, says Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. Speaking at a recent education townhall meeting at Jamaica College in St. Andrew, the Prime Minister said some public schools are charging parents “exorbitant fees which are exclusionary.” “If we are truly serious about creating this equal...

Young persons in schools, community clubs and church groups are being encouraged to enter the Jamaica Customer Service Song Competition. The annual competition is open to groups of three to five persons, aged 13 to 17, who are enrolled in school or are members of a church or community group. It is organised by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC),...

Over 25,000 classroom spaces are now available for secondary students under the Ministry of Education and Youth’s Sixth Form Pathway Programme. These have been provided at tertiary institutions mapped to high schools under the Programme, which caters for students attaining less than four Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) subjects. Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry, Dr. Kasan Troupe, made...

The Ministry of Education and Youth is in the process of establishing the requisite internal units to execute recommendations outlined in the ‘Reform of Education in Jamaica 2021 Report’. Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness, made the announcement during a face-to-face townhall meeting at Jamaica College in St. Andrew, on Friday (September 9). He also advised that the process...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, will head Jamaica’s delegation slated to attend the Transforming Education Summit (TES) later this month, in New York. The Summit is being convened by United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, António Guterres, during the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 77), from September 13 to 27. The TES aims to mobilise activities, solutions,...

The Human Employment and Resource Training/National Service Training Agency (HEART/NSTA) Trust, through its College of Beauty Services, enrolled between 900 and 1,000 trainees and certified up to 555 trainees over the last three years. This information was shared by the agency’s Managing Director, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton, who was speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ recently. Dr. Ingleton informed that the...