State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the target set by the Ministry for mastery in literacy among grade 4 primary school students has been surpassed....

The Government remains committed to ongoing implementation of strategies to eliminate gender-based violence and discrimination. Notable among these are provisions in the National Policy for Gender Equality; the proposed National...

Come June 2017, all high-school students will be required to sit a technical or vocational subject in their exit examinations. Those subjects will be done in conjunction with four others,...

Graduates of the Career Advancement Programme (CAP) are being encouraged to use the skills learnt for employment or to access higher education. Director of CAP in the Ministry of Education,...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is urging school principals to review the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) student profiles that accompany the results, and...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information indicates that it has received applications from over 70 training institutions that are interested in accommodating students for the expanded Career Advancement Programme...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is urging secondary school principals to ensure that the cost of registration packages are in keeping with the Ministry’s...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) has launched a disaster risk-reduction sensitisation programme targeting primary-school students islandwide. It aims to heighten the youngsters’ awareness about the dangers and challenges posed by...