The top four institutions have advanced to the second phase of the Westmoreland Primary Schools’ Container Gardening Project. They are New Hope Primary, which took first place, Grange Hill Primary, which placed second and New Works and St. Paul's Primary, which tied for third place. Organised by Icon Importers and Distributors Limited, the competition is designed to promote sustainable agriculture...

Head of the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA), Superintendent of Police, Kerry-Ann Bailey, is assuring the public that every report of sexual abuse brought to the unit is fully investigated and handled with the utmost care and confidentiality. “We treat with every reported case that comes to us,” she said, while speaking recently on...

Government Senator, Kavan Gayle, said the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) Act, 2025, represents a decisive step towards modernising the governance framework of the teaching profession in Jamaica. Making his contribution to the debate on the legislation in the Senate on April 25, Senator Gayle said the legislation acknowledges the realities of the country’s current education landscape, and introduces mechanisms to...

The Education Transformation Oversight Committee (ETOC) is reporting 23 per cent progress in the implementation of the 365 recommendations contained in the Jamaica Education Transformation Commission (JETC) report. This represents a one per cent increase over the last reporting period. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe, advised that work has begun on...

Educational technology firm, EduHub Company Limited, has developed an innovative solution aimed at assisting students preparing for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) external tests. The Study Smart Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tutor for the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), also known as the CXC AI Tutor, will be officially launched on the final day of...

The Government, through the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, is testing artificial intelligence (AI) tools in schools to assist teachers with marking and administrative tasks. “We have AI technology that we're testing in schools now, to have AI mark the papers so that the teachers can spend more time doing what is really important, which is interacting with...

Government is currently undertaking the expansion and upgrade of laboratory facilities in technical high schools across Jamaica. Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, said this move will address years of neglect in technical education. She was addressing day one (April 22) of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) Education Conference 2025, being held...