Many early-childhood educators across the island are now equipped to manage the learning environment of young children, observing the best practices established internationally to promote literacy. The teachers successfully completed a recent literacy intervention programme, dubbed ‘Read Right from the Start’, geared at delivering improved outcomes for children in the sector. The project resulted from a partnership involving United Way...

The Cawayne Barton Foundation, in collaboration with the Jamaica Library Service (JLS), hosted a back-to-school event at the St. Mary Parish Library, to support students from communities across the parish, in preparation for the new academic year. The event, held on September 19, benefited more than 650 students with essential back-to-school supplies, including knapsacks, stationery, and other educational materials. Senior...

At just 11 years old St. Thomas’ Kemuel Brown has already accomplished what many hope for at the end of their high-school journey – a pass in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams. The brilliant youngster earned a Grade 2 in English A this year while in grade six at Morant Bay Primary School, under the tutelage of his...

The Government is looking to expand the introduction of restorative justice practices in schools, in a bid to curtail growing incidents of conflicts and violence among students. Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says his Ministry and the Ministry of Education and Youth have been in discussions, with a view to jointly pursuing this undertaking. Restorative justice refers to the process...

Adolescent mothers at the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) are now benefiting from a new parenting programme, designed to empower them and their babies as well as promote positive parenting practices. Dubbed the Empowered Futures Parenting Curriculum, the programme’s development, which was funded by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Jamaica with an investment of more than $10 million,...

There is considerable prestige that institutions can potentially derive from being named after notable figures in society. Additionally, there are great expectations of those institutions associated with these names. Such is the case for the Louise Bennett-Coverley Primary School, located in the hills of St. Andrew East Rural, which was named after one of Jamaica’s foremost cultural icons. The school,...

For attorney-at-law, 26-year-old Shanique Sommerville, receiving the Governor-General’s Achievement Award for 2024, in the 25 to 35 age category, is the culmination of years of dedication to both the academics and community service. Hailing from the small district of Peggy Barry in the parish of Westmoreland, Ms. Sommerville’s path to success is nothing short of inspiring, particularly for young Jamaicans...

Twelve-year-old Zidane Anderson is on his way to fulfilling his career dream of becoming an animator, with placement at the Glenmuir High School in Clarendon. The former deputy head boy at Osborne Store Primary and Infant School, in the parish, has blazed a path of excellence and is now at his school of choice for the new academic year, which...

Students of Toll Gate Primary and Infant School in Clarendon sitting the 2024 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) have excelled in their exams. Of the 56 candidates entered, 38 were placed on Pathway One, representing a 68 per cent success rate, and the remaining 18 on Pathway Two. The exam’s pathway system is tailored for the candidates’ level of competence. Pathway...