Students from over 30 technical, junior, and traditional high schools across the corporate area, participated in the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) junior council forum. The activity, which forms part of the Corporation’s 2023 Local Government and Community Month activities, was held on November 24, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Downtown Kingston under the theme, ‘Local Government:...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith (left), converses with Executive Director, Junior Achievement of Jamaica, Callia Smith-Harriott, during the Ja BizTown Open Day, which was held at the Ministry’s Caenwood Centre in Kingston on Friday (November 24).

Following the successful staging of the Early Childhood Institution (ECI) Learning Centre Competition in St James last year, the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Region 4, has expanded the competition to include ECIs in Hanover and Westmoreland. The competition in those parishes will be held before the end of the current school term. Development Officer for the ECC in St. James,...

The Ministry of Education and Youth is working with the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) and the Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC) to implement strategies to minimise the recurrence of breaches in the administration of examinations in the country. These measures include an audit of safety cabinets for examinations, the installation of CCTVs and the retraining of personnel who are integral to...

A trauma counselling team and education officers have been dispatched to the Petersfield High School in Westmoreland, following the deaths of two students in a motorbike accident early Tuesday morning (November 21). They will provide support for members of the bereaved family and school community in the aftermath of the tragic incident. Addressing today’s (November 22) post-Cabinet press briefing at...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, is urging parents to encourage their children to pursue careers in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). She said the view that TVET is only pursued by students who did not succeed on the traditional...

Youth from across the Caribbean are being encouraged to make their voices heard in the “overall” national and regional development. Addressing the opening of a four-day Caribbean Youth Summit (CYS), at the AC Mariott Hotel in New Kingston on November 22, Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith, said the region is at the...