Senior Accreditation Officer at the University Council of Jamaica (UCJ), Grace Gordon, has appealed to members of the public to ensure that educational institutions to which they apply are registered...

National Literacy Coordinator, Laurel Brent-Harris, has said the recent Literacy trend has been encouraging, as there has been evidence of improvement based on the results of the Grade 4 Literacy...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, has called on past students to continuously contribute to the schools that helped to groom them into successful adults. "No successful school is able to do...

National Literacy Coordinator, Laurel Brent-Harris, has asked that parents do their part in helping to raise national literacy levels. Mrs. Brent-Harris says that this is necessary in order to broaden...

The Government has increased the 2008/2009 Budget by $18.4 billion, with the bulk of the additional expenditure going to liquidity support for the financial sector, as well as increased salaries...

Cabinet has approved the award of two contracts, totalling just over $277 million, to effect construction work at two schools in Portland and St. Ann. Speaking at last week's post-Cabinet...

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC), in collaboration with the George Brown College and the Canadian High Commission, has launched a Best Practices Document for Early Childhood Development. The document, 'Best...

As the Ministry of Education targets 100 per cent literacy, a number of interventions will be made at the primary level, including a screening programme for children entering Grade 1,...

A resource centre, valued at some $3 million, and equipped with modern teaching and learning aides, has been established at the Duckenfield Primary School in St. Thomas. The centre, financed...

Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, has said that tertiary students, who have benefitted from the Government's investment in their education, have a social responsibility to give back to the country....

Resource rooms, equipped with technology to enhance the literacy and numeracy skills of students, will be established in some 12 primary schools across the island. Digicel Foundation is undertaking the...