Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, says schools across the country were off to a steady start on the first day of the new 2022/2023 academic year, which began on Monday, September 5. Addressing journalists in Springfield, Westmoreland, on the day that signalled the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic that all schools returned to in-class learning at...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, writes a note to students (from left) Jamarley Tyrell, Omarion Henry and Ojay Wolfe. She visited the Mountain View Primary and Infant Schools, in St. Andrew, to observe the return of students for the 2022/23 academic year, on Monday, September 5.

Students at the Franklin Town Primary School in Kingston began the 2022/23 academic year on September 5 in a newly painted school building. The facelift was done through the Embassy of the Dominican Republic’s ‘Dom Rep School Adoption Programme’. This project allows the Embassy to develop a year-long curriculum and teach the students the Spanish language and culture of the...

It was smooth sailing on opening day (September 5), at two St. Ann schools, where school administrators and students seemed thrilled at the prospect of an exciting year. “I was up from as early as 3:00 a.m… excited and nervous at the same time… thinking about opening day,” said Chalky Hill Primary and Infant School Acting Principal, Patricia Pottinger-Bailey. “I...

A senior educator is urging parents to cement their presence in the education of children long before they reach the stage of graduation at primary schools. Making the call, Principal of the Point Hill Leased Primary School in St. Catherine, Shernette Powell, said too many parents are waiting until their children reach grade six for them to be concerned about...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, has expressed condolences to the Laing family, who are mourning the loss of three children who died in a fire at their home in Springfield, Westmoreland, on Sunday, September 4. They are seven-year-old twins Jayden and Jorden Laing, as well as their brother, Adrianno Laing. According to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF),...

Students at primary, secondary and tertiary learning institutions will have an opportunity to express their views on Jamaica‘s most outstanding achievements since gaining Independence, through essays and visual arts. The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) is encouraging students to enter its annual Heritage Competition, which provides an avenue to engage in national discussions and to widen their knowledge about Jamaica’s Heritage....