As the Government continues its drive to create effective schools, through a modernization agenda, good leadership and management have become major factors and are being prioritized through improved training and...

The University Council of Jamaica (UCJ) is currently processing 25 programmes for accreditation from eight institutions. The programmes include: three masters, 12 bachelors, eight associates, one diploma, one certificate in...

The Ministry of Education has been working to enhance the reading skills of students through its literacy programmes. As set out in a Ministry Paper tabled in the House of...

Government has allocated an addition $200 million to assist early childhood institutions that are in danger of closing because they are in breach of public health and safety guidelines, Education...

The Government has made some $2.7 billion available in the 2008/09 budget to fund the secondary schools tuition fee programme for the new academic year commencing in September, Education Minister,...

Construction has been completed for six buildings under the development of model learning environments component of the Enhancement of Basic Schools Project (EBSP). These include the Yallahs, Hope Village, and...

During the 2007/08 fiscal year, the HEART Trust/NTA and the National Council on Technical Vocational Education and Training (NCTVET) enrolled a total of 106,258 persons for training, assessment and certification...

Some of the functions of the Social Housing Unit of the Ministry of Water and Housing (MoWH) are to be carried out under the Constituency Development Fund, which allocates $40...

The Manchester Social Development Commission (SDC) is encouraging persons to participate in Labour Day projects across the parish, especially at the Manchester Infirmary, which is the parish project. SDC parish...

The Consulate General in Miami is reaching out to Jamaican nationals in the Belle Glade, Florida, a number of whom are facing health and economic hardship. At a recent community...

The Government is putting up twenty-million dollars to help fund Premier League football in Jamaica for the upcoming football season. The announcement came from the Honourable Olivia "Babsy" Grange, Minister...