Young achiever Chelsia Reynolds of Brompton, St. Elizabeth, is set to become a houseowner under the Government’s Indigent Housing Programme. This was announced by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, when he visited the 19-year-old and her family on June 22. In March of this year, Ms. Reynolds was awarded by the Board of Supervision for...

Little Bay Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland is boasting outstanding results in the 2023 Primary Exit Profile (PEP). Principal of the small rural institution, Keron King, tells JIS News that of the 17 students who sat PEP, approximately 12 were placed in traditional high schools of their choice. “The Manning’s School, the Hampton School [in St. Elizabeth] and Frome...

Thirty boys from 10 schools across St. Thomas were feted recently at a one-day all-inclusive symposium by several leaders in the parish. The youngsters, who derived from grades four to six, were catered and mentored to, pampered, and entertained inside Rudolf Elder Park in Morant Bay. The event was organised by LASCO/Ministry of Education and Youth/Jamaica Teaching Council Teacher of...

Students of Savanna-la-Mar Infant School in Westmoreland are now benefiting from a much-improved learning environment, financed by the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund at a cost of $46.2 million. An upgrade to the old timber frame building, the newly constructed block includes four classrooms, a kitchenette, sickbay, and male and female bathroom facilities. CHASE has also donated...

More than 70 employees at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) participated in a capacity-building conference held recently as part of the Agency’s mechanism to strengthen its service delivery. Realising that the consistent delivery of quality service largely depends on improving the competencies of all staff to meet the changing needs of clients, the agency hosted its inaugural...

Seventeen-year-old Afaya Pollack, a grade-11 student at St. Catherine High School, has committed to be the voice of the voiceless. She was elected President of the fifth cohort of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) Children’s Advisory Panel (CAP), which was installed recently. “I want violence against children to stop. I want to see children being given the...

A Kingston-based special needs institution has invested in music and sporting programmes to advance its students. Genesis Academy was founded in 2003 by Pauline Beaumont, the mother of a dyslexic child and a visionary who saw the need for an institution where special needs students could transition and access world-class resources for learning. The Academy’s Principal, Stacey-Ann Newman, a staunch...

The Ministry of Education and Youth, Region 4, is charting the way for future innovators, having hosted a Robotics Symposium at the HEART College of Innovation & Technology (HCIT) in Montego Bay, St. James, from May 30 to June 1. The seminar featured 15 primary-level students from grades one to six who, along with their teachers, were engaged in basic...

The Special Education Unit at the Catherine Hall Primary and Infant School in Montego Bay has been serving the educational needs of primary-age children who have learning and other intellectual challenges. For more than 40 years, the institution has been providing the appropriate interventions and designing strategies to help special needs children succeed in school and in life. It is...