Various stakeholders within the education sector are collaborating to implement psychosocial and socio-emotional learning activities, to help reduce violence in schools. The stakeholders include principals, guidance counsellors, health and family life teachers and the deans of discipline. “We have developed a model that was shared with all schools, and we asked that the focus be given to our high schools,...

Schools across the island are expected to develop their intervention plans using the National School Learning and Intervention Plan (NSLIP), which has been developed by the Ministry of Education and Youth to guide curriculum management for schools. “The NSLIP includes extra teaching time for students through summer school and extra lesson/homework programmes, psychosocial engagements, parental engagements, strict monitoring of attendance,...

The Ministry of Education and Youth will be launching a public education series aimed at helping parents to get actively involved in their children’s education, particularly at the early-childhood level. Dubbed, ‘What Should My Child Know and Do?’, the series will allow parents to track how their children are doing, give them the knowledge about what their children should know...

The Social Development Commission (SDC) is being hailed by Western Hanover youth leaders for its implementation of a mentorship programme, which they say will impact the lives of at-risk and unattached youth. In a recent meeting at the Grand Palladium Resort, Hanover, the youth leaders said many of the social ills that exist within the Jamaican society with young people...

The Ministry of Education and Youth is looking to increase the number of institutions participating in the Coding in Schools Programme. The initiative is designed to develop students’ abilities in logical and critical thinking, problem-solving, collaboration, teamwork and mathematics, among other skills. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, says following the Ministry’s assessment of the programme, and stakeholder consultations, “we are...

Approximately 87,446 students have been re-engaged through the Ministry of Education and Youth Yard-to-Yard, Find the Child initiative. This was disclosed by Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, during her contribution to the 2022/23 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 12. During the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately 120,000 primary and high-school students were...

The Scientific Research Council (SRC) is inviting students across Jamaica and the wider Caribbean to register for its free virtual Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) workshops. Interested students can visit the Council’s social media pages (Facebook and Instagram) and website, www.src.gov.jm, to register. Speaking with JIS News, Coordinator of the Science and Technology Education Unit of the SRC, Kavelle Hylton,...