Teachers and students at the Whitehouse Early Childhood Centre in Montego Bay, St. James, should experience a more comfortable learning environment when face-to-face classes resume, due to infrastructural upgrades being carried out at the institution. The work, which is being undertaken by the St. James Police, MBJ Airports Limited and Sandals Foundation, aims to help the institution attain certification from...

The International University of the Caribbean (IUC) continues to position itself as a tertiary educational institution of choice in Jamaica, particularly in preparing young people to meet the demands of a competitive global employment environment. Founded in 2005 by the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, the institution is committed to taking students “from where they are” and...

Janelle Johnson, a student of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, says being selected for the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) Tertiary Education Grant was “beyond amazing”. “It was amazing because the financial aspect of university sometimes feels like it’s choking you, and to have an entity helping you… it was beyond amazing for me… I don’t...

When Gari Tomlinson and Christopher Gooding met and realised that their entrepreneurship dreams were aligned, they wasted no time in pooling their resources to make those dreams a reality through the establishment of the Aeronautical School of the West Indies (ASWI). Mr. Gooding, who is Director of Maintenance at ASWI, tells JIS News how the two young men from different...

Rosheika Grant knew she wanted to make an impact in the world of sports despite not being athletic.  Little did she know that in 2021 she would be given a platform to do so when she was awarded a Chevening Scholarship. Rosheika is one of 17 Jamaicans awarded a 2021/2022. Chevening Scholarship to enrol in a one-year master’s degree course...

The Government is on a drive to provide farming lands to young Jamaicans as part of efforts to encourage them to engage in farming, and also to put unused lands into food production. To make this happen, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has reserved 20 per cent of government-owned lands for youth farmers. Additionally, 20 per cent of the...

Montego Bay High School student Dre'anna Hill is the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Female Youth Ambassador for 2021. She, as well as the Male Youth Ambassador, Manning’s School student Kriston Chambers, were selected at the recently held Jamaica 4-H Clubs virtual National Achievement Expo. Dre'anna was introduced to agriculture at a young age as she searched for an alternative to her...

Their response is described as immediate, calculated, and direct, and is carried out in an effective manner. They are the trained investigators assigned to the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) First Responder Programme (FRP). These individuals are among the first to arrive on location in response to situations where children are victims of abuse or any other traumatic...

When other students were preparing to sit the recent Diagnostic Test, St. John’s Primary School student Natalia Steer was hospitalised and battling an illness. After surgery, the student returned to online school, and despite missing out on a great number of classes, she sat the examinations and scored the highest. This propelled her to becoming the Top Girl at the...