Eighteen General Construction students from the HEART/NSTA Trust Buff Bay Vocational Training Centre in Portland, have been given firsthand experience of a major construction site through a recent tour of the Boundbrook Urban Centre Project in the parish. The massive development is the second Urban Centre to be built in Jamaica and is now 51 per cent complete. It is...

For more than two decades, Head of the Language Department at Enid Bennett High School in St. Catherine, Camille Brown, has quietly but powerfully shaped young minds, leaving an indelible mark on her students, colleagues and the wider school community. For her dedication, the veteran educator was named Teacher of the Year 2025-2026 by Friends of the Ministry of Education,...

The familiar hum of academic debate during the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) Research Day Expo in March gave way to the sizzle of grills and the whir of blenders, as students set aside textbooks for burners to test their entrepreneurial mettle. For students enrolled in the Portland-based institution’s Small Business Management Programme, the Expo was transformed into...

At St. Mary Technical High School, the hum of innovation is not confined to classrooms. It spills into workshops, projects and collaborative initiatives where students are being shaped into future-ready citizens. Leading this transformation is Principal Orville Richards, who recently received the title of LASCO/Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information/Jamaica Teaching Council 2025 Principal of the Year. In an...

In classrooms where equations meet encouragement and technology unlocks new horizons, Dorette Rhoden-Henry has quietly shaped a legacy—one student, one success story at a time.   With 31 years in the education sector, the Mathematics and Information Technology teacher at deCarteret College in Manchester now proudly holds the title of LASCO/Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information/Jamaica Teaching Council 2025 Teacher of the Year.  Yet, for Mrs. Rhoden-Henry, the...

The recent donation of 28 Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enhanced computers to the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) in Portland by late Jamaican-born philanthropist, Denna Bogle, and her church family, represents only one of the many significant investments she made in the institution throughout her lifetime. On March 19, the institution celebrated this latest gift with the dedication and relaunch...

In classrooms where equations meet encouragement and technology unlocks new horizons, Dorette Rhoden-Henry has quietly shaped a legacy—one student, one success story at a time. With 31 years in the education sector, the Mathematics and Information Technology teacher at deCarteret College in Manchester now proudly holds the title of LASCO/Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information/Jamaica Teaching Council 2025 Teacher...

In classrooms where equations meet encouragement and technology unlocks new horizons, Dorette Rhoden-Henry has quietly shaped a legacy—one student, one success story at a time. With 31 years in the education sector, the Mathematics and Information Technology teacher at deCarteret College in Manchester now proudly holds the title of LASCO/Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information/Jamaica Teaching Council 2025 Teacher...

For the organisers of the St. Mary Maths Expo, the event was designed not only to sharpen children’s understanding and appreciation of mathematics, but also to strengthen the bond between schools and their surrounding communities. The expo, held on March 27 at Galina Primary and Infant School, formed part of Maths Month activities observed throughout March. Staged under the theme...