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Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (right), speaks during Friday’s (June 20) Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Press Conference, at the Ministry’s Heroes’ Circle offices in Kingston. At left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Kasan Troupe.
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (right), speaks during Friday’s (June 20) Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Press Conference, at the Ministry’s Heroes’ Circle offices in Kingston. At left is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Kasan Troupe.

PEP Placement Transfers Only Done in Exceptional or Adverse Circumstances

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information (MOESYI) is reminding that it does not facilitate routine student transfers between schools, except in exceptional or adverse circumstances. In a bulletin issued by the MOESYI, parents and guardians seeking to transfer...
Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Service Fund, Charlton McFarlane, is encouraging students to apply for the organisation
Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Service Fund, Charlton McFarlane, is encouraging students to apply for the organisation's Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Scholarship for the 2025/26 academic year.

Students Encouraged to Apply for ICT Scholarship
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (left, front row), congratulates Primary Exit Profile (PEP) students, during Friday’s (June 20) PEP Press Conference at the Ministry’s Heroes’ Circle offices in Kingston. Sharing in the celebration are (from left) Acting Chief Education Officer, Terry-Ann Thomas-Gayle; Deputy Chief Education Officer in the Exam and Assessment Administration Services Branch, Maryah Ho Young (partly hidden); President, Jamaica Independent Schools’ Association (JISA), Tamar McKenzie; and Permanent Secretary, Dr. Kasan Troupe.
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (left, front row), congratulates Primary Exit Profile (PEP) students, during Friday’s (June 20) PEP Press Conference at the Ministry’s Heroes’ Circle offices in Kingston. Sharing in the celebration are (from left) Acting Chief Education Officer, Terry-Ann Thomas-Gayle; Deputy Chief Education Officer in the Exam and Assessment Administration Services Branch, Maryah Ho Young (partly hidden); President, Jamaica Independent Schools’ Association (JISA), Tamar McKenzie; and Permanent Secretary, Dr. Kasan Troupe.

Jamaica on Course to Meet PEP Proficiency Target for 2030
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, addresses Friday’s (June 20) Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Press Conference, at the Ministry’s Heroes’ Circle offices, in Kingston.
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, addresses Friday’s (June 20) Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Press Conference, at the Ministry’s Heroes’ Circle offices, in Kingston.

89.5% of PEP Students Placed in School of Choice
Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz, aboard one of the new compressed natural gas (CNG) buses, procured for the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC). Mr. Vaz was on site for the arrival at Kingston Wharves on Thursday (June 19).
Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz, aboard one of the new compressed natural gas (CNG) buses, procured for the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC). Mr. Vaz was on site for the arrival at Kingston Wharves on Thursday (June 19).

First Set of Rural School Buses to Arrive Next Week

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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Andrew Holness, greets students at the Jeffrey Town Primary School in St. Mary on June 18. The Prime Minister announced that the school is to get a new campus.
EducationYouth

Jeffrey Town Primary School to Get New Campus

Students and staff at the Jeffrey Town Primary School in St. Mary are to engage in teaching and learning in a more comfortable and modern environment, following the announcement of the construction of a new campus for the institution. Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who visited the school on June 18, told the students that a multipurpose...
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Executive Director of the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ), Donna Powell Wilson, addresses a JIS Think Tank, today (June 18).
EducationInformationSkillsYouth

Community Colleges Offer Myriad Teaching and Learning Opportunities

Aspiring tertiary students are being encouraged to see Community Colleges as an opportunity and not just a viable option. Executive Director of the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ), Donna Powell Wilson, said this is due to myriad teaching and learning opportunities that can be accessed through community colleges in Jamaica. “Our institutions are strategically positioned across the island,...
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Local and foreign stakeholders who toured the Sav Inclusive Academy in Westmoreland, on Friday, June 13.
EducationYouth

Sav Inclusive Academy to Add Grade Six in Upcoming School Year

The Savanna-la-Mar (Sav) Inclusive Academy in Westmoreland is to expand its academic offering with the introduction of a grade-six class in the upcoming school year. Chairman of the Academy, Peter Rose, who made the disclosure during a special tour of the institution on June 13, told JIS News that this development will allow students who entered the school as three-year-olds...
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Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, addresses Wednesday’s (June 18) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.
EducationYouth

PEP Results to Be Released June 20

Results of the Grade Six Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination will be released on Friday, June 20. Addressing Wednesday’s (June 18) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, advised that results will be made available to schools at 11:00 a.m., and then to parents at 1:00 p.m....
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Students of St. Aloysius Primary School display baskets with children’s shoes as the Litany for Healing is recited during the Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC) Service of Lament for Violence Against Children, on Tuesday (June 17) at Kingston Parish Church.
Youth

Youth Minister Urges Greater Action to Protect Jamaica’s Children From Violence

Jamaicans are being urged by Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, to take greater action in protecting the nation’s children from violence. “Collectively... all of us have to take responsibility... not one singular entity,” she said while addressing the Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC) Service of Lament for Violence Against Children, on...
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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the launch of the Youth Summer Employment Programme, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston, on June 17.
Youth

20,000 Young People Engaged in Youth Summer Employment Programme

This year, nearly 20,000 young people are being engaged in summer employment programmes across multiple government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). This was disclosed by Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during today’s (June 17) launch of the Youth Summer Employment Programme, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Downtown Kingston. “This year’s programme involves 10,000 youth being employed,...
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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (left), engages with participants in the Rural Youth Economic Empowerment Programme (RYEEP) Builder, during a graduation ceremony on Friday (June 13) at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston.
AgricultureYouth

Agriculture Ministry Looking to Scale Up Training under RYEEP

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining is looking to ramp up the Rural Youth Economic Empowerment Programme (RYEEP) to reach at least 1,000 participants over the next three years. This is an increase over the 360 young people who have benefited from the programme over the previous three-year cycle. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, made the disclosure while addressing...
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