Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has reiterated that the Government does not intend to breach its promise to pay outstanding retroactive amounts owed to the islands teachers. "The Government...

Educator and former principal of the College of Arts, Science, and Technology (CAST), now University of Technology (UTech), Dr. Alfred Sangster, will be honoured by the Merl Grove High School...

Approximately 5,300 secondary and tertiary level students will be employed this year under the National Youth Service's (NYS) Summer Employment Programme, at a cost of some $58 million. The young...

Jamaican students have been urged to reject alien cultures so that the country can return to the days when neighbours looked out for each other and children felt protected, former...

Professor of English at the United States-based Howard University, Dr. Thorell Porter-Tsomondo, has credited Jamaica's education system for giving her the solid foundation for success. She said that while the...

The University of the West Indies (UWI) Alumni Association, Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area Branch in the USA, will mark its 20th Anniversary with a service of thanksgiving on June 28,...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Audrey Sewell, has said that assessments carried out in the public education system, have shown an overall increase in literacy levels. Citing statistics...

Six students, who excelled in mathematics in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), have been awarded scholarships valued at $50,000 each, by Kraft Foods Jamaica Limited, to help offset the...

A three-day conference, aimed at training early childhood practitioners to recognise and understand the causes of challenging behaviours, as well as to develop techniques and strategies to address them, is...

Hazard Primary School, in Clarendon, has outperformed other special education units to place first in the Special Education Unit's Excellence in Literacy competition. The school edged out Catherine Hall Primary...

President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Wayne Cummings, has argued that the only way to overcome the challenges of HIV/AIDS at the workplace is to allow people,...