The Ministry of Education and Youth, in collaboration with Public Higher Education Institutions (PHEIs), will host a Tertiary Recruitment Drive. In a bulletin issued by the Ministry, the proposed dates and venues for the event are outlined as follows: April 19, Manchester High School in Mandeville; April 26, National Arena, Kingston; and on May 3, at Harmony Park, Montego Bay,...

At-risk youth engaged in the European Union (EU)-funded BRIDGE Project are being exposed to art as a channel to prevent violence. The Project is intended to prevent youth crime and violence by targeting at-risk youngsters, aged 15 to 29, in specific communities. Executive Director of the MultiCare Youth Foundation, the non-governmental organisation (NGO) implementing the project, Alicia Glasgow Gentles, told...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, is in conversation with Founder of Creative Language-Based Learning Foundation, Mandy Melville and Programme Manager of the Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Luca Lo Conte at the Lindamood-Bell Seeing Stars Workshop Luncheon and Ceremony at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (March 27). Lindamood–Bell is a teaching...

More than 70 schools across the island are benefiting from the expanding Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Ambassador Programme. The initiative is spearheaded by the Scientific Research Council (SRC), which seeks to promote the interest, awareness and understanding of science and technology among Jamaica’s school population. Executive Director (SRC), Dr. Charah Watson, told JIS News that approximately 98 individuals...

The Ministry of Education and Youth has been actively promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in a concerted effort to advance student learning and innovation throughout the country. The Ministry’s Director, Region Four, Dr. Michelle Pinnock, has highlighted the significance of this approach, noting that the Ministry currently has several schools engaged in STEM pilots to pioneer that...

National Museum Jamaica (NMJ), a division of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), held its annual Primary Exit Profile (PEP) lecture on Tuesday, March 26, to assist primary-level students to prepare for the upcoming curriculum-based test on April 24 and 25. The lecture, held at the IOJ lecture hall on East Street in downtown Kingston, was delivered by teacher at the...

Director of the Victim Services Branch (VSB) in the Ministry of Justice, Dionne Dawn Binns, says a slew of special intervention programmes are available for children who are victims of crime or are at risk. She told JIS News that children make up the majority of the branch’s clientele at around 50 per cent, leading to the creation of these...