Jamaica’s unemployment rate (LU1) was 5.4 per cent in January 2024, according to the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) revised Labour Force Survey for the period. The revised Survey incorporates recommendations from the 19th, 20th and 21st International Conferences of Labour Statisticians. STATIN’s Deputy Director General, Leesha Delatie-Budair, presented the key indicators during Wednesday’s (July 17) Media Launch of the...

To uphold the fundamental right to education for every child, the Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY) has issued stringent guidelines, aimed at minimising the financial burden on parents and guardians during the registration process at primary schools. The MOEY's latest bulletin emphasises that no child should be denied access to education due to financial constraints. This directive underscores the...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, says it will require a substantial investment of billions of dollars to do a comprehensive infrastructural overhaul of the 1,009 primary and high schools in Jamaica. Mrs. Williams, who was the guest speaker at the recent gathering of the Holmwood Technical High School Class of 1974 50th anniversary in St Ann, said...

The Ministry of Education and Youth will be employing various teacher retention strategies for the 2024/25 academic year, which begins in September. Acting Chief Education Officer, Terry-Ann Thomas Gayle, advised that teachers are being sought from various countries. “We currently have engaged Nigeria, Ghana, the Philippines and India. So, we are looking all over,” she said in response to a...

The Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY) National Summer Academy 2024, which was postponed due to the impact of Hurricane Beryl, will now take place from July 15 to 25. According to a bulletin issued by the Ministry, the passage of the hurricane has significantly affected communities and the ability to travel to school venues; therefore, programmes will be offered...

Two primary schools in St. James are celebrating great outcomes in this year’s grade-six sitting of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations, which were administered recently. Corinaldi Avenue Primary, in Montego Bay, is once again boasting impressive passes, with 168 students getting scores over the 300 mark out of 400 in the exams. Principal of the school, Deon Stern-Anglin, told...

State Minister in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn (left) greets past student of the Ministry’s Early Stimulation Programme, Joshua Hall during the staging of the programme’s 2024 graduation exercise held on July 10 at the Apostolic Church of Jamaica Bethel Temple in Kingston.