The Government will be implementing a number of strategies for child development and protection during fiscal year 2018/2019. Included in the package are improvements to early-childhood educational facilities; additional investments...

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is reporting that youth unemployment recorded the largest decline of all categories in the labour force, falling by seven per cent to 25.4 per...

A total of 835 children from 43 basic schools across the island were treated to a day of fun and learning at a reading fair staged by the Early Childhood...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says a deeper partnership can be forged with the University of the West Indies (UWI), to solve challenges in...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has reiterated the call for Jamaicans to better protect children against all harm, especially the danger of fires. This...

The Government of Japan has provided grants totalling $10 million to fund development projects at the Buff Bay and Iris Gelly Primary schools. The provision of $8 million to Buff...

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, has welcomed support from Sterling Asset Management towards an initiative aimed at improving student achievement in...

Fifty environmental wardens are to be placed in primary schools in Clarendon and Manchester under a pilot programme involving the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, and Recycling Partners of...