Twenty-two agricultural science students from 11 schools in St. Elizabeth have received academic grants worth a combined $660,000, from Jamaican workers at Gebbers Farms in Washington, United States (US). The initiative was done in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and GraceKennedy Company Ltd. The money was collected by the workers during their annual Jamaica Day celebrations...

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has reversed its decision to discontinue four subjects at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) levels, due to low enrolment. CXC will continue to offer syllabuses for CAPE Green Engineering, CAPE Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technology, CSEC Agricultural Science (Double Award) and CSEC Industrial Technology – Mechanical Engineering. CXC...

The tuition-free Christel House at Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, now has a multipurpose court, partly funded by the Sport Development Foundation of Jamaica (SDF), at a cost of $9 million. Speaking at the official handover of the facility today (June 4), Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, said she is excited, as the court is a...

As the summer holidays approach, parents are being implored to properly store medication and household chemicals to prevent them from being ingested by children. Health Promotion and Education Officer for Westmoreland, Gerald Miller, in making the call, said that accidental poisoning among children remains an issue. “While we are seeing fewer cases in comparison to previous years, we are still...

More than 400 children and their families have received care packages consisting of grocery items from the National Child Month Committee (NCMC). The distribution of the packages, which marked the conclusion of Child Month 2024, took place on Friday, May 31, at the Pentecostal Gospel Temple, 111 Windward Road, Kingston. This initiative involved sponsorship and support from National Baking Company...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith (seated second right) and Acting Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education and Youth, Terry-Ann Thomas-Gayle (seated second left) share a photo opportunity with members of a delegation from Boston College in Montserrat during their visit to the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kington on June 3.

The 2022 LASCO Teacher of the Year and Founder/Organiser of the Boys’ Symposium, Jody Brown, shares the motivation behind his initiating the event with JIS News, during this year’s second staging at Rudolph Elder Park in St. Thomas on May 31. The event aims to empower boys attending primary schools in Portland and St. Thomas. This year’s attendees participated in...

Students are being urged to resist tobacco amid the pervasive use of vapes or e-cigarettes among youth. State Minister in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith, said tobacco usage has the potential to take as many lives as the COVID-19 pandemic did. She likened the COVID-19 pandemic to tobacco on steroids, as she implored students to find...

President of the Jamaica Independent Schools Association, Tamar McKenzie (left) and Registrar, Independent Schools Unit in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Sharon Hunt, share a laugh at the media launch of the Jamaica Independent Schools Association Preparatory School Champs on Friday (May 31), at the Ministry in Kingston.