The Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) is reporting strong performance by adolescent mothers, who sat the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations this year. Examination Coordinator, Georgianna Galloway Hill,...

Director of the Road Safety Unit, Ministry of Transport and Mining, Kenute Hare, is imploring students not to get into taxis and buses operated by reckless drivers. “Don’t allow anybody...

A total of 250 students from 30 tertiary institutions across the island have benefited from education grants provided by the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC). The recipients were selected...

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, says arrangements are in place to truck water to schools facing a shortage of supply. He said that tanks...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, has welcomed the expansion of ibex into New Kingston, with the opening of offices in the Courtleigh Building. The new...

The Government has provided 47 full-tuition scholarships to needy students who started their Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degrees at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona,...

The South Camp Juvenile Correctional and Remand Centre in St. Andrew will soon have a multipurpose facility to expand educational and training opportunities for wards of the State. Ground was...

Schools across Jamaica will celebrate International Literacy Day on Friday (September 6), under the theme “Literacy and Multilingualism”. Speaking with JIS News, National Literacy Coordinator in the Ministry of Education,...