Come September, young Z’iandra Tabanor will leave her home in St. Mary to begin the next phase of her education at her first-choice school – Immaculate Conception High, in Kingston. Z’iandra, who graduated from Three Hills Primary, in the parish, performed outstandingly in the 2022 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations. She was assessed ‘Highly Proficient’ in Mathematics, Language Arts, Science,...

Five hundred young children in the St. James Social Development Commission (SDC) ‘Teach the Youth Summer Camp 2022’ competed in Sport and the Performing Arts and enjoyed the fun-day activities presented on Friday, August 5. The event was held on the SDC playground in Albion, Montego Bay. Parish Manager for the SDC in St. James, Randy Hayle, told JIS News...

Thirty-five children benefited from a two-week Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF)-sponsored literacy and numeracy summer camp, held in Rosemount Gardens, Montego Bay, St. James. The camp, which culminated on Friday (August 5), was designed to improve the youngsters’ conflict resolution skills, while impacting their education and personal development. Children from six to 17 years of age were targeted and engaged in...

Young Jamaicans are being encouraged to apply to the Jamaica 4-H Club’s Rural Youth Economic Empowerment Programme (RYEEP), by 27-year-old farmer, Chomaine Thomas. Owner of Chomaine Foods and a recent beneficiary of RYEEP, Mr. Thomas, who operates a farm in Clarendon, told JIS News that he applied to join the initiative earlier this year. “I read about it and applied....

“A people without knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” These are the words of Jamaica’s first national hero, the Rt. Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey. They are words that resonate with University of the West Indies (UWI) lecturer, Dr. Dave Gosse, who is highlighting the need for greater knowledge and appreciation of the...

Chief Education Officer (Acting) in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr Kasan Troupe, has applauded bauxite and alumina company, Jamalco, for continuing with its annual scholarship programme, despite suffering a major fire last September. For this academic year, 70 students across Clarendon and Manchester received scholarships and grants from the company totalling $10 million. The awards were presented in...

Principals, teachers and students of schools that participated in the recently concluded Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Inter-School Spelling Bee Competition are singing high praises for the initiative. The Spelling Bee Competition is an initiative under phase two of the Integrated Community Development Project (ICPD II), being funded by the Government of Jamaica. It was geared towards supporting literacy development...

Principals of 51 primary and infant schools across the island that have benefited from a donation of water-storage tanks are expressing gratitude for the contribution. The 100 black tanks, each with capacity for 1,000 gallons of water, were donated by the United States (US) Southern Humanitarian Command Program (USSHCP), through the National Education Trust (NET) in the Ministry of Education...

St. Joseph’s Teachers’ College is singing the praises of the Culture, Health, Arts, Science and Education (CHASE) Fund, after becoming one of the most recent beneficiaries of its Music in Schools initiative. The College received a $2-million grant in the 2021/2022 financial year, and Acting Principal, Winsome Francis, says the money was used to purchase much needed musical instruments, including...