A significant number of the teacher vacancies in schools islandwide, resulting from the resignation of approximately 248 educators, have now been filled, Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, has said. Addressing a virtual back-to-school press briefing on Thursday (September 1), she advised that institutions have been identifying and recruiting qualified teachers to replace those who have exited the...

Councillor of the Montego Bay Northeast Division, Senator Charles Sinclair (right), hands Institute for Workforce Education and Development (IWED) vocational and skills training programme graduate, Chrisanti Hyman, her Food Services certificate and plaque. Occasion was the graduation ceremony for the programme, held on Wednesday (August 31), at the Sea Garden Resort in St. James. Senator Charles represented Minister of National...

Head of the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC), Dr. Mara Hosang, is urging parents and caregivers to seek medical care for sick children, at the nearest health facility. In an interview with JIS News, Dr. Hosang explained that the first choice for many parents when seeking medical care for children is the BHC....

The Jamaica 4-H Clubs has continued to provide training to young people in the areas of agriculture, home economics, leadership skills, social skills, environmental awareness, and healthy lifestyles. Records for the January to December 2021 period showed that membership for 60,475 individuals was renewed in 821 clubs. Membership of the youth cohort totalled 10,797, with 6,045 being females. As outlined...

The Human Employment and Resource Training/National Service Training Agency (HEART/NSTA) Trust has been positively impacting the lives of unattached youth, through various programmes and initiatives. Particularly through its College of Beauty Services, the agency has found an avenue for unattached young men and women to use their creative skills to earn. The College, which is one of eight institutions managed...

The Ministry of Education and Youth is looking to adequately equip the nation’s education officers with the requisite resources to enable them to perform their duties efficiently during the 2022/23 academic year, which begins on Monday, September 5. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, made the disclosure while addressing the Jamaica Association of Education Officers’ (JAEO) annual general meeting (AGM) at...

Oil refinery company, Petrojam, has awarded four scholarships to this year’s top performers in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations at the Greenwich Primary and St. Andrew Primary schools. The two males and two females who have each received a $60,000 annual scholarship and a brand-new laptop from the company are St. Andrew Primary’s Adrianna Whittingham and Robert Reynolds and...