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Bursars Urged to Embrace Technology

By: Garwin Davis, April 30, 2026
Bursars are being urged to leverage technology to strengthen financial stewardship across the education system. Principal Finance Officer in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Richard DePass, in...
Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Marlon Morgan (centre, back row), and Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Kohei Maruyama (second left, back row), lead the ribbon-cutting ceremony to formally hand over the 2026 Toyota Coaster Bus donated by the Government of Japan to Port Antonio Primary School in Portland on Tuesday (April 28). They are joined by (from left, back row) Port Antonio Primary Principal Kennecha Davis-Williams; Executive Director of the National Education Trust (NET), Latoya Harris-Ghartey; Acting Regional Director for Region Two in the Ministry of Education, Yashieka Blackwood-Grant; and students of the institution.

Japan Donates School Bus to Port Antonio Primary

By: Mickella Anderson-Gordon, April 30, 2026
Students of Kingston Technical High School participate in a psychosocial session.

Targeted Strategies Introduced to Safeguard Education Community’s Well-Being

By: Judith A. Hunter, April 30, 2026

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EducationYouth

Autism Webinar on April 29

The Sam Sharpe Diagnostic and Early Intervention Centre is to host a webinar on Wednesday, April 29, aimed at equipping parents with strategies to manage autistic behaviours in children. Intermediate...
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By: Reneek Brown, April 27, 2026
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Hon. Rhoda Moy Crawford (third left), along with (from left) United States Chargé d’Affaires to Jamaica, Scott Renner; Principal of Bethany Primary, Prudence Bennett-Blake; Executive Director of the National Education Trust (NET), Latoya Harris-Ghartey, and Senior Defence Officer attached to the United States (US) Southern Command Humanitarian Assistance Programme, Lieutenant Angel Lopez Jr., celebrate the official handover of two 1,000-gallon tanks to the Bethany Primary School in Manchester, on April 22.
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Primary Schools Receive Water Tanks

Fifty-one primary schools across the island are now benefiting from the distribution of water tanks, under a multi-year initiative funded by the United States Southern Command Humanitarian Assistance Programme and...
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By: Garfield L. Angus, April 23, 2026