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Education Ministry Partners with USAID to Promote Safe and Secure Environment

November 11, 2018

JIS: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has allocated US$625,000 to the youth component of its Partnership for Improved Safety and Security in...

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Government Committed to Protecting Children

November 11, 2018

JIS: State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says that the Government is committed to making it easier to treat with the abuse...

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Focus on Mental Health Issues for Youth Month

November 6, 2018

JIS: Two wellness fairs will be staged this November that will focus on mental issues affecting young people.

Minster of State in the Ministry of...

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Enid Bennett High Motivating Boys to Achieve

November 6, 2018

JIS: In an effort to boost the morale of its more than 60 per cent male population for higher academic performance, the Enid Bennett High School in St. Catherine has embarked...

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New Curriculum for Intellectually Challenged Students

JIS: The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has developed a new curriculum for students with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities.

The document, which replaces the curriculum that was... Read more
Prime Minister Calls on Parents to Desist from Keeping...

JIS: Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is imploring parents engaged in the practice of withholding their children from school on some weekdays, to involve them in economic activities to generate household income... Read more
Stacey Taylor wins! Maths Teacher of the Year comes from...

OBSERVER: Stacey Taylor of Hatfield Primary and Junior High School in Manchester is the 2018 National Mathematics Teacher of the Year.

The announcement was made at Mona Visitors' Lodge in St Andrew, on... Read more
Specialist Spanish Lecturer for Shortwood Teachers College

JIS: Shortwood Teachers’ College has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) for the provision of a specialist lecturer in Spanish to bolster the... Read more
Foster Care: Making a Difference in a Child’s Life

JIS: After losing both her parents in quick succession, Maxine Williamson found herself in an interesting situation.

The two children that her parents fostered had suddenly become her responsibility.... Read more
NYS Accepting Applications for HOPE Youth Summer Work Programme

JIS: The National Youth Service (NYS) is accepting applications for its HOPE Youth Summer Work Programme until April 13, 2018.

The programme will enable 14,000 young people to benefit from valuable work... Read more
$31-m Japanese grant to ease problems at Fair Prospect Primary...

OBSERVER: A Japanese Government grant for new classrooms will soon make life more comfortable for students of Fair Prospect Primary School who will no longer have to contend with termite-infested facilities and puddles that... Read more
$120 Million Allocated for Solar Project in Schools

JIS: The Government, in an effort to reduce schools’ dependency on the importation of fossil fuels to create energy, will spend approximately $120 million on the implementation of projects in schools under the Solar Systems... Read more
More Students to Receive Tablet Computers

JIS: The Government is to spend $700 million to increase learning opportunities to students by providing them with more access to tablet computers and other information and communications technology (ICT)-based equipment,... Read more
Grade Four Test results in rural schools show literacy...

OBSERVER: The percentage mastery figures for the better-performing rural schools across 12 parishes in the 2017 Grade Four Literacy and Numeracy tests are highlighted below.

Schools with very low school... Read more