The Government is moving to strengthen measures to reduce incidents of violence in schools. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says it is important that every step is taken to reduce instances of violence, so that children can learn in a safe environment. To this end, the Ministry of Education and Youth, as well as the Ministry of National...

The parish of St. Mary, with its verdant landscapes and rural charm, boasts two leaders who are shaping the future of youth empowerment and agricultural innovation within the 4-H community. Vice Principal of the St. Mary High School and leader of the school's 4-H Club, Major Christine Wright, and Agricultural Science Teacher of the St. Mary Technical High School, Captain...

Innovative teaching methods are reaping success at Hopewell High School in Hanover, through the Alternative Pathways to Secondary Education (APSE) of the Ministry of Education and Youth, led by English Teacher and Grade-nine Coordinator, Natalie Wedderburn. Hopewell High School is among a cluster of schools in Region 4 that actively use the APSE to ensure that every child has the...

An Education Forum and Workshop, organised by the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) St. Elizabeth Special Education Committee, has brought heightened awareness to the requirements of children with special needs. Held under the theme ‘Improve Your Care By Being Aware’, at the St. Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) on May 3, the event, which coincided with National Child Month, focused on...

Cameka Ingram knew very early in life that she wanted to be a teacher, and specifically a teacher of mathematics. Her favourite childhood memories are of playing shop with her friends and selling them pretend items. “I would put soil in bags and sell to them and even give them back change. From then, I knew maths was in my...

The Board of Supervision’s 2023 Top Achiever in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC), Mickeisha Golding, is a beacon of inspiration, raising above challenges to achieve academic success. The 17-year-old sixth-form student at Montego Bay High School, who hails from Hopewell in Hanover, passed 10 subjects in one sitting with seven grade ones, two grade twos and one grade three....

Ward of the State, Jehvoun Byfield, has been honoured for being the Top Performing Boy in the 2023 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination, by the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA). The Kingston College (KC) lower sixth-form student attained nine subjects in the CSEC sitting, copping seven distinctions in Add Maths, CSEC Maths, Physics, Information Technology, Principles of...

Students from seven high schools in St. James are set to benefit from the recently launched drone pilot programme training, which is spearheaded by the Cornwall College Old Boys’ Association Mid-Atlantic Chapter in the United States (US) and the Sandals Foundation. The beneficiary institutions are Cornwall College, Spot Valley High, Herbert Morrison Technical High, Maldon High, Irwin High, Mount Alvernia...