Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (centre), shares a photo opportunity with the 2024 finalists in The Gleaner's Children’s Own Spelling Bee, during a courtesy call at King’s House on Thursday (February 8).

Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Web Master, Sean Hunter (right), engages students of Christel House Jamaica about careers in the field of technology during a visit to the institution in St. Catherine on February 8. Christel House is staging Career Week from February 5-9 under the theme ‘Dare to Dream STEAM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics’. During the week,...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) successfully hosted the eighth staging of its annual sensitisation session for students who will be sitting Geography in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination. Tailored specifically for fourth and fifth-form students, the event took a hybrid approach, providing a platform for them to enhance their understanding of key geographical concepts, deepen their...

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) will host a celebratory luncheon for 63 youth representing the agency’s Western, Southern, North East and South East regions, for their outstanding academic achievements. The Awards Ceremony will be held on Thursday, February 8, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston. These youngsters are part of the CPFSA’s programmes – Residential...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), engages in an interactive learning session with students at the McCam Child Care & Development Centre in Kingston on Wednesday (February 7) in observance of Global School Play Day. She is joined by UNICEF Jamaica Country Representative, Olga Isaza (second left) and Director, Regulation and Monitoring, Early Childhood Commission, Dr. Tracey-Ann...

The Ministry of Education and Youth in encouraging secondary-level students to enter the Water Resources Authority (WRA) 2024 Essay Competition, for which entry is now open. Students are invited to pen a paper of between 800 to 1,500 words on the topic ‘The water management strategies and technologies that can address climate issues in Jamaica’. The Education Ministry, in a...

Wednesday, February 7 has been designated Global School Play Day, and Jamaica will join the rest of the world with a national observance – Play Day Ja. The Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY) is encouraging educational institutions across the island to organise activities in observance of the day. In a bulletin issued by the Ministry, it is stated that...