The St. Elizabeth-based Balaclava High School has won the 2010 Health Debating Competition organised by the parish's Health Department. At the finals of the competition held on Tuesday (April 13)...

I bring you greetings on behalf of my husband the Honourable Bruce Golding, Prime Minister of Jamaica and the Jamaican people. I am very pleased to be invited to speak...

The Atlanta-based Integrity Children's Fund (Integrity) has contributed US$280,000 to three schools in Kingston and St. Andrew over the past seven years. The schools are Joy Town Learning Centre, a...

Senior Advisor to the Minister of Education, Dr. Rebecca Tortello, is encouraging Jamaicans to actively participate in the Government's literacy drive, particularly at the primary level, by committing themselves to...

Principal of the St. Elizabeth-based Santa Cruz Primary and Junior High School, Mrs. Ivorine Dwyer, has called on the country's educators to always seek to upgrade their skills and attain...

Minister of Education, Hon Andrew Holness, in a statement Tuesday (April 13) said that he understands and empathises with the plight of tertiary-level students, who are concerned about reduced Government...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, has said that government will be increasing its investment in education and is on target to bring expenditure on the...

The first public consultation on the findings and recommendations of the GSAT Review Committee was held Thursday (April 8) at deCarteret College in Mandeville, Manchester. The public consultation, which is...

Some 18,000 more Jamaicans are to benefit under the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) as the Government continues to put measures in place to lessen the hardship...

Ground was broken on April 6 for expansion of the Lionel Town Hospital's training facility, in Clarendon. Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, said that the facility, to be funded...

The Ministry of Education is moving to ensure greater efficiency and effectiveness in school management and to better track the performance of students. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing the...