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...

Education Minister, Andrew Holness, is urging tertiary students to maximise opportunities as the Government's investment in tertiary education is a trade off, which has a ripple effect on the entire...

The Diaspora organisation Read Across Jamaica Foundation, has extended its literacy programme to the Auchtembedie All-age in Manchester, on Monday (Jan. 19) donating reading material and a computer to the...

The Ministry of Education's (MOE) Competence-based Transition Policy, which will ensure that every child progressing to secondary school is literate, will come into effect in June this year. Senior Director...

The country's health sector has been boosted with the recent graduation of 44 general nursing and basic midwifery students from the Cornwall School of Nursing. Addressing the graduating ceremony held...

The Ministry of Education is drafting a policy which seeks to regulate the movement of students from the primary level of the school system to the secondary level. The 'Competence-based...

Fifteen-year old John-Henry Noel Marley, Jamaican born and resident of Tampa, Florida, will join the millions expected to attend the inauguration ceremony of the 44th President of the United States...

Preparing for, and facing disasters is customary for the people of Portland as in recent years, several natural disasters including hurricanes, landslides, and flooding, have affected many communities in the...

Education Minister Andrew Holness today (January 14, 2009) met with the leadership of the Heritage International Scholarship Foundation, a Canadian-based non-profit organisation, to discuss funding options for higher education in...

This year as Earthquake Awareness Week is observed, and activities spearheaded by the ODPEM, the nation has been reminded that necessary precautions must be taken on a continuous basis as...