Last week we met young entrepreneur 14-year-old Alison Jacobs who identified that finding consolidated CXC, CSEC & CAPE study material was a challenge for her especially as a then 8th grade student.

It is unusual to see a secondary school student below Grade 10 sitting a Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination. But in Grade 8, Alison Jacobs took on that challenge, driven by her interest in Electronic Document Preparation and Management (EDPM) and her growing passion for information technology.  

A 14-year-old Florida student, Jayden Toney this summer fulfilled his mission to change the lives of a few students at Spring Garden Primary and Infant School helping them to sharpen their literary skills ahead of their new school year through his “Write across Borders” mentorship programme. Twelve students, through online lessons - delivered via WhatsApp, participated in writing activities and...

Tucked away in the hills of St. Andrew, Lawrence Tavern Primary School continues to prove that saying they are the number one school of excellence is more than just a boast, after students achieved stellar performances in the 2026 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations.

“The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward through the night…” These words could easily describe the boys and girls of the Lyssons Primary School track and field team, who did not toil merely through the night, but for months to remain among Jamaica’s premier...

At Creative Kids Learning Academy in Kingston, "Building Brighter Futures" is more than the school’s motto, its a commitment to nurturing students who reach their full potential intellectually, physically, and even spiritually.

Behind every outstanding result is a story of sacrifice, perseverance and determination. For 11-year-old Creative Kids Learning Academy’s Neeraj Sahukar who also emerged as Jamaica's top-performing boy in the 2026 Primary Exit Profile (PEP), that journey was anything but easy.

Hurricane Melissa came and left us in total devastation...…severely damaging many school infrastructure and has disrupted teaching and learning for months. That’s the story of many schools in western Jamaica.  Their road to recovery seemed uncertain, yet amid the devastation, one thing never changed: their commitment to ensuring that students continued learning and with the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations...