The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information will be establishing a Boys’ Committee to come up with strategies to improve the achievement of male students. The move comes as the results of the 2026 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) show that girls continue to outperform boys. In Language Arts, 80.2 per cent of girls were proficient compared to 63.5 per...

Parents and guardians seeking transfers for children assigned through the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) process are being reminded that they are responsible for securing placement at another school. The reminder comes as the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information reiterates that it will only assist in transfers involving adverse circumstances. The Ministry said parents and guardians should obtain an...

The impact of Hurricane Melissa did not damper achievement at Crawford Primary and Infant School in St. Elizabeth, with students producing commendable results in this year’s Primary Exit Profile (PEP). Principal Shellian Madden said that several students secured placements at schools of their choice, including Black River High, Belmont Academy, Maud McLeod High and St. Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS)....

The Primary Exit Profile (PEP) performance of students in western Jamaica was on par with other parishes, despite the impact of Hurricane Melissa, says Education, Skills, Youth and Information Minister, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon. “In the areas affected by the hurricane, we did a separate set of studies to see how they compared to previous years and...

Students and teachers at Falmouth Primary and Hague Primary and Infant School in Trelawny are celebrating strong performances in the 2026 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) with several students earning placements at some of the island’s top secondary institutions. These include York Castle High School in St. Ann; Westwood High, William Knibb Memorial, Holland and Muschett in Trelawny; Herbert Morrison Technical...

Eleven-year-old Jasonnia Beadle of Park Mountain Primary and Infant School in St. Elizabeth is Jamaica's top primary-school student in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination. She scored 394.2 out of 400 points. The grade-six student said she felt proud and excited when she learned of her achievement following the release of PEP results on Monday, June 22. “I did not...

Seventy-nine per cent of students exiting primary school in June 2026 have demonstrated mastery of literacy, while 75 per cent have mastered numeracy. Literacy and numeracy competencies were assessed at the grade-six level of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) for the first time this year. Addressing Monday’s (June 22) PEP Press Conference at Jamaica House, Minister of Education, Skills, Youth...