The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, in collaboration with the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), will launch National Parent Month 2024 on Friday (November 1), under the theme ‘Surf Beyond the Surface’. The theme focuses on empowering parents and guardians to embrace and responsibly utilise new technologies, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), in their parenting practices. Chief Executive Officer...

Newly appointed Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, has pledged to work to unlock the potential of every child impacted by the Ministry’s institutions. Senator Morris Dixon’s appointment comes as her predecessor, Hon. Fayval Williams, assumes duties as Minister of Finance and the Public Service. Speaking during a tour of the Education...

The cashless schools e-pay card system, a digital payment solution designed for the education sector, was launched on Tuesday (October 29) during a ceremony at Campion College in St. Andrew. The system, developed by ePay Jamaica, is intended to modernise the payment experience within the school environment by facilitating seamless, secure cashless transactions for essential services, such as meals and...

Young people are being encouraged to engage, speak up, listen to others and to dream big to transform lives. Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, made the call at the opening of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 2024 Ready Set Great Youth Conference, on October 17, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams has extended gratitude to principals and vice principals of schools affected by the passage of Hurricane Beryl in July for their work in aiding the recovery of the institutions. “I want to thank all the principals and vice-principals from the hurricane-impacted schools for the extraordinary work that you did during the eight...

‘Music and Visual Art for Change,’ a competition aimed at engaging high school students in creating powerful messages against violence, particularly gun violence, has been launched by the Ministry of Education and Youth. The initiative involves collaboration with the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC). Speaking with JIS News, Director...

The Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) is reminding borrowers that there is an incentive for maintaining a high grade point average (GPA) during their period of study. Manager of the SLB’s Loan Servicing Department, Cheryl Surjue, told a JIS Think Tank on October 17 that students who maintain a GPA of 2.5 and over qualify for a reduction in their interest...