The Ministry of Education's (MOE) thrust towards achieving 100 per cent literacy at the primary school level by 2015 was boosted Wednesday (September 16), with the opening of an Enrichment...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dwight Nelson, has said that the Government's Safe School Programme has been successful in the schools in which it has been tested. He said that,...

The Ministry of Education has said that classes for the 115 students placed at the Steer Town Primary and Junior High School, after sitting the Grade Nine Achievement Test (GNAT),...

Representatives of the European Commission's (EC) Delegation to Jamaica and the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) signed contracts and broke ground for a multi-million dollar expansion project at the Maverley...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has reiterated the Government's decision, that no child will be allowed to sit the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), without achieving mastery on the...

Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, says greater emphasis will have to be placed on reading comprehension, citing less than satisfactory results in the 2009 Grade Four Literacy Test. Data from...

Chairman of the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughn, has stressed the importance of investing in early childhood development, noting that spending in this area offers the highest rate...

Senior Territorial Education Officer at the Ministry of Education, Mrs. Yvonne McLeod, has said that children learn best when they are interested in a subject, or when they are stimulated...

Thirty-six outstanding secondary and tertiary-level students were today (Sept. 13) presented with scholarships, bursaries and book grants by the Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS). Of the recipients were 27 secondary...

Cabinet, on the recommendations of the National Contracts Committee and its Infrastructure Subcommittee, has approved the award of a contract for the renovation and extension of the Nain Basic School...

An Enrichment Centre was handed over to the Victoria Town Primary School, Manchester, by the Digicel Foundation on Thursday (September 10). Digicel refurbished and equipped the Centre, in partnership with...