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► September 2018

  • Youth Organisation Lauded For Assistance to Students
  • PEP Students Will Have Enough Materials – Education Minister
  • More Metal Detectors in Schools
  • PM Opens Festo Training Centre at CMU
  • Mental Health Centre to be Built at Maxfield Park Children’s Home
  • Behaviour Change Programme to Help at-Risk Youth
  • Behaviour Change Programme to Help at-Risk Youth
  • Mineral Heights Primary Taken Off Shift
  • Education State Minister endorses G20 Declaration on training for employment and sustainable development
  • More Public Education Needed to Raise Awareness about Mental Health – Reid
  • Education Minister Highlights Importance of TVET
  • Education Management Information System Being Developed
  • Give PEP A Chance to Succeed – Education Minister
  • Safety and Security Unit of Education Ministry Gets Support of US$3 Million
  • Literacy More than Reading and Writing – Senator Reid
  • Training For Unattached Youth at Renovated Red Hills Skills Centre
  • Time-Out Facilities to Help Students with Behavioural Problems
  • Runaway Bay All-Age School Gets New Classrooms
  • Education Ministry To Host PEP Workshops For Parents And Teachers
  • Michael-Anthony Dobson-Lewis | PEP A Step Up On GSAT
  • Education, Training Opportunities for Youth Involved in Crime
  • Education Minister Satisfied With Start of New School Year
  • Parents of Path Students Worry Less
  • Home-School Relationship Programme for St. James
  • Infants Who Enrol in Brain Builder Centres Stand A Better Chance – Education Minister
  • Education Minister Says All In Place for Smooth Start to New School Year
  • Curriculum Reforms Catering to 21st Century Learner – Green

► August 2018

  • PEP Sensitisation Sessions for Parents and Teachers
  • Western Schools Ready for New School Year
  • Cabinet Approves Contracts for Additional Textbooks
  • NPSC Ramps up Social-Intervention Machinery
  • ECC Calls on Operators of ECIs to Get Registered
  • Parents Encouraged to Take Advantage of Options in Purchasing Textbooks
  • Maths Specialist Conducts Lesson with Grade-Five Students and Teachers
  • Over 30 Youth Certified Under WROC Training Programme
  • 540 Participants Graduate from Youth Enrichment Programme in St. James
  • Education Ministry Expanding Behaviour Intervention Programme Roll-Out in Schools
  • Education Ministry Introducing Grooming Policy for Schools
  • Government Investing More Resources in Education
  • Education Ministry to Conduct Schools’ PEP Readiness Survey
  • State Minister Highlights Importance of PEP
  • More Early Childhood Institutions Being Certified
  • Minister Says PEP Will Create Inclusive Education System
  • Education Minister Hails Edna Manley College
  • Over 30 Youth Certified Under WROC Training Programme
  • PM Holness Encourages Society to Embrace Primary Exit Profile Examination
  • Education Minister Lauds Teachers
  • Licensing Regime to Professionalise Teaching
  • 100 Teachers Being Better Equipped to Impart Spanish
  • United Way and Partners Assisting Early Childhood Institutions
  • Needy Students in St. Catherine Awarded Scholarships
  • Education Ministry to Push for Greater Performance by Students
  • Public Sector Workers Not Required to Pay School Auxiliary Fees for Children
  • Roll-Out of National School Leaving Certificate in Sept.
  • New School Year Brings Opportunity for Renewal – Senator Reid
  • NPSC Receives Assistance in Home-School Relationship Programme
  • Basic Schools Get Facelift
  • Education Ministry Deploying 100 Mathematics Coaches to Schools Islandwide
  • Education Ministry Launches Mathematics Development Programme
  • Walker’s Place of Safety to be Rebuilt As State-of-the-Art Facility
  • United Way Donates $1.47 Million to Six Basic Schools
  • Increase in CSEC Passes
  • Employers Should Diversify Job Requirements – Education Minister
  • Parents Urged to Start Saving Early for Children’s Tertiary Education
  • Schools Equipped with Metal Detectors
  • Furniture, Funds Already Delivered to Schools
  • Corporate Jamaica Urged to Support Brain Builders Programme
  • High School Students Receive Scholarships from PAEF
  • Education Ministry Stages Sensitisation Sessions for Parents
  • Seaview Gardens Primary Nurturing Young Scientists
  • Education Ministry Working with BIAJ in Preparation for PEP
  • Education Ministry Working with BIAJ in Preparation for PEP
  • Education Ministry Ramping Up Career Guidance Programme
  • Parents Encouraged to Help Children Focus on Tertiary Education
  • Education Minister Hails NPSC as Catalyst for Social Change

► July 2018

  • 50 Animation Instructors Trained under Youth Employment Project
  • Tertiary Education System Being Restructured
  • Education Ministry Urges Private-Sector Support for Maths Thrust
  • Entrepreneurship Classes in All High Schools September
  • Gov’t Providing $8.39b in High School Budgetary Support for 2018/19 Academic Year
  • Mentoring the Youth Matters
  • PEP Will Better Enable Teachers to Design Lesson Plans
  • Education Ministry and Parent-Teacher Association to Stage PEP Sessions
  • Education Ministry Partners With Mexico to Preserve Records
  • Government to Train More Young Persons Through HEART/NTA
  • Education Ministry to Increase Promotion of TVET in Secondary Schools
  • Education Ministry to Increase Promotion of TVET in Secondary Schools
  • Gov’t Increasing Focus on Skills Training
  • Retired Vice Principal Elated to Receive PM’s Medal of Appreciation
  • More Fathers Encouraged To Get Involved In Education System
  • PM Says Sixth-Form Option Provides Opportunity to Develop Leadership Skills
  • Schools Benefiting From Leadership Training of Principals
  • Distinguished Educator Recognised for his Service to Education
  • Education Minister says PEP will Better Prepare Students for High School
  • 600 Maths Coaches to Benefit from Book Merchant’s Training Workshop
  • High-School Students to Benefit from Hospitality Programme
  • Jean Hastings Honoured for Contribution to Education Transformation
  • More Children with Disabilities to Receive Early Stimulation
  • Senators Begin Debate on Child Diversion Bill
  • Brain Builders Programme Launched
  • JSIF Hands Over Equipment to Protect Teachers and Students from Fire
  • Education Minister Hails Teachers
  • Educator Receives PM’s Medal for Nearly 40 Years of Service
  • Education Minister Commends NCEL
  • Non-Traditional High School Students Awarded for Academic Excellence
  • PM salutes Teachers
  • PM Calls for Stakeholder Support for PEP

► June 2018

  • No Foreign Language Testing Under PEP!
  • McLean: No Parental Aid - PEP Performance Task Will Challenge Students To Apply Knowledge
  • Green To Appoint Board Of Visitors For Children's Facilities
  • Ministry Understands Parents' PEP Anxieties
  • PEP To Place Students On Suitable Learning Pathway - Officials
  • Young People Encouraged to Acquire Skills
  • Ground Broken for Additional Classrooms at Immaculate
  • Govt Focussed on Equity and Inclusion in Education
  • All High Schools Equipped With Metal Detectors
  • Special Education Policy to be Submitted to Cabinet
  • Road To PEP | Encouraging Collaboration
  • First Transitional Complex for Children in State Care to be Opened In August
  • State Minister Highlights Importance of Sport in Schools
  • No Fallout in GSAT Results from ZOSOS, SOE
  • Education Ministry, UWI Partnering to Provide Teacher-Training Scholarships
  • Ministry Places Full GSAT Cohort In High Schools - Says Zoning Inevitable
  • Improved Performances in Four GSAT Subjects
  • Dunrobin Primary Gets Wheelchair Ramp
  • New Curriculum for Intellectually Challenged Students
  • Youth Innovation Centres Can Help to Fight Crime – Green
  • Study to Improve Health and Well-Being of Children
  • PEP Preparations on Track

► May 2018

  • Children Warned Not to Overshare Personal Information Online
  • Youth Employment and Digital Animation Project Moved to OPM
  • Grade-Five Students to Sit Mock Performance Task Test
  • Reid To Heighten Focus On Early Childhood Learning
  • Gov’t Enabling Greater Youth Participation in Decision-Making
  • More Children with Special Needs to be Reached
  • Education Ministry to Intensify Outreach for ‘Zero-To-Three’ Initiative
  • Education Ministry to Re-Introduce the Truancy Officer Programme in Schools
  • Gov’t Allocates $50 Million for Wheelchair Ramps in Schools Project
  • School Board Members Attend Training Sessions
  • New Facilities for Early Stimulation Programme
  • Government and Teachers Sign Wage Agreement
  • Government to Build New Schools to Tackle Shift System
  • Declaration on Higher Education Emerges from Two-Day Summit
  • Gov’t Looking to Create Integrated Higher Education System
  • Youth Ministry to Establish Access Points to Assist Youth
  • Online CXC Exams Coming
  • Decline in the Number of Children Reported Missing
  • $1.2 Billion Injected Into National Service Corps
  • Gov’t Serious About Training – Green
  • Gov’t Tackles Bullying
  • Gov’t Working with Family Life Ministries to Establish Privately Run Foster-Care Programme
  • Dispute Resolution Foundation School Suspension Intervention Programme Yielding Success
  • Education Minister Cites Reading as Key to Primary Exit Profile Student Preparations
  • Multipurpose Classroom Being Built at Granville Place of Safety
  • CHASE Fund Commits $120M to Early-Childhood Certification Programme
  • Education System Being Transformed
  • Education Ministry to Establish Two Day-Care Centres in Each Constituency
  • Happy Teachers Day
  • Happy Teachers Day
  • Teachers Urged to Listen to Students
  • Prime Minister Calls on Parents to Desist from Keeping Children out of School
  • Private Sector Urged to Increase Support for Financially Challenged Students
  • Road To PEP - Mastering Communication
  • World Press Freedom Day
  • Young Persons Encouraged to Pursue Career Options in Geoscience
  • Education Minister Calls on Students to Plan for Tuition Fees and to Join JAMVAT
  • Bog Walk High Introduces Programme to Recognise Boys
  • Spanish-Jamaican Foundation Pays for Students’ Exams
  • Ministry Determined to Reduce Violence in Schools – Chief Education Officer

► April 2018

  • Greater emphasis placed on STEM deliberate, says MOE
  • 7-year high school programme to start September
  • MOE's special ed policy to be ready for September
  • Lady Allen Launches 2018 I Pledge Reading Programme
  • Mentorship Programme for Youth Exiting State Care
  • Review of Tertiary Education Funding Arrangements Being Considered
  • PM Lauds CAP Students on their Performance on the International Stage
  • Prime Minister Lauds Educators of Bog Walk High School
  • New $16M Multipurpose Building Opened at St. Augustine Place of Safety
  • Teachers Should Not Fear Pending Licensing Regime – Education Minister
  • Education Minister Expresses Condolences to Family and Friends of Late Eltham High Teacher
  • Education Minister Expects Improvement in Math Results
  • More Than 500 Young Persons to Be Certified Through HOPE
  • CAPE Students to Earn Credits
  • Ministry of Youth celebrates Jamaicans elected to Commonwealth Youth Council executive
  • More Teachers to Be Trained in Restorative Justice
  • Education Ministry and JCF to Stage Anti-Gang Week
  • Education Ministry to Embark on One-Year Maths Promotion
  • Floyd Green Bats For More Scholarships
  • Affirm Our Children – National Child Month Committee
  • April 15 to 20 is Maths Week
  • Jamaica Centre of Tourism Innovation Certifies First 150 Persons
  • Ward of State Among Three Recommended for Gallantry Award
  • Unattached Youth Encouraged to Register for Skills-Based Programmes
  • Mcclaren Family Hands Over Training Facility to Heart Trust/NTA
  • NEI report shows improvements in all eight school indicators
  • Stacey Taylor wins! Maths Teacher of the Year comes from Hatfield Primary

► March 2018

  • SLB Working to Remove Stigma
  • Well-Rounded Curriculum for TAP Trainees
  • Education Minister Praises GSAT Teachers and Administrators
  • Every Student to Be Placed in Full Five-Year High School
  • Strong Support for Muirton Child Care Facility
  • $6 Million Donated Towards Rebuilding of Walker’s Place of Safety
  • Unattached Youth Programme to Be Absorbed Under Hope – 12,600 to Be Engaged
  • Specialist Spanish Lecturer for Shortwood Teachers College
  • Foster Care: Making a Difference in a Child’s Life
  • NYS Accepting Applications for HOPE Youth Summer Work Programme
  • NYS to Reach More Young People With Disabilities
  • Education Officer Says GSAT Preparations Going Extremely Well
  • SLB Disburses $3.1 Billion to Students
  • Additional Support for School-Feeding Programme
  • Gov’t Working on Special Education Policy
  • $2.7- Billion Hike in Education Budget
  • $31-m Japanese grant to ease problems at Fair Prospect Primary, Black River High
  • Ground to Be Broken for Five New High Schools
  • ECC Remains Focused on Certifyng 300 Basic Schools by 2019
  • Tertiary Institutions Offering New and in-Demand Courses – Senator Reid
  • Let's Have A 'PEP Talk'
  • 103 Early-Childhood Institutions Fully Registered, another 300 Soon
  • Gov’t in Advanced State of Readiness for Primary Exit Profile Roll-Out
  • Education Minister Commends Japan for Assistance
  • G-G Says Education Can Take Persons from Poverty to Success

► February 2018

  • Jamaica Day Still Relevant
  • Safety Plan In Place For Schools - Minto
  • Education Minister Highlights Need for Skills Training
  • Grade-Five Students to Do PEP Mock Exams in June
  • Thousands of Students to Celebrate Jamaica Day Feb. 23
  • HEART Commended for Preparing Jamaicans for Technical Jobs
  • Education Minister Highlights Reduction in Youth Unemployment
  • $27.8 Million Earmarked for Education Sector Reform
  • Education Transformation Programme Gets $461 Million
  • $120 Million Allocated for Solar Project in Schools
  • $466 Million Allocated to Construct New Classrooms
  • $466 Million Allocated to Construct New Classrooms
  • Sewerage Systems at Primary Schools to be Improved
  • Gov’t Spending $30 Million to Further Advance Early-Childhood Education
  • More Students to Receive Tablet Computers
  • $80M Provided for Education Ministry Renovations
  • Over 800 Children Benefit From Early Childhood Commission Reading Fair
  • Audrey Sewell Honoured for Contribution to CAP
  • Quality Education Circle Launched for East Central St. Andrew Schools
  • Education Minister Wants Deeper Partnership with UWI
  • Youth Minister Appeals to Jamaicans to Protect Children
  • Government of Japan Provides $10 Million in Grant Funding to Buff Bay and Iris Gelly Primary Schools
  • MICO Math Centre Gets $500,000 Boost
  • 50 Environmental Wardens to Be Placed in Primary Schools
  • Students to Showcase Technical Skills at National Careers Week Event
  • HEART Signs with BPIAJ for Training
  • Private Schools Encouraged to Partner with Government
  • Minister Reiterates Commitment to Take Schools off Shift System
  • Special Education Teachers More Marketable

► January 2018

  • Digital Mobile Classroom Project to Benefit More Than 9,000 Students
  • Education Ministry and UCC Partner to Assist Grade 11 Students
  • Education Minister Says Students Performing Admirably
  • UCC, Education Ministry Agree To Widen Access To Higher Education
  • Ministry Of Education Strengthens Public Awareness For PEP
  • Government Reaching Out to Unattached Youth
  • Education Minister Highlights Importance of Jamaica Day
  • Education Minister Highlights Importance of Jamaica Day
  • Young People to Be Trained for Jobs in Manufacturing and Export Sectors
  • Maths Improvement Programme Being Piloted in Five Primary Schools
  • Education Ministry Working With OAS to Establish Youth Innovation Centres
  • ECC Reports Success with Reading Projects
  • Education Ministry Looking to Offer More Science Scholarships
  • Clarendon Schools to Receive Funds for Improvement Works
  • Education Minister Wants Infant Department in Every Primary School
  • Additional Support for Jack’s Hill Primary
  • Gov’t Provides Counselling, Relief Supplies in Wake of Fire
  • Grade Four Test results in rural schools show literacy surpassing numeracy
  • Literacy, numeracy results show girls outmastering boys
  • Education Minister Wants Bus System for Students in All Parishes
  • Exam Results Encouraging – Senator Reid
  • Education Regulation Review Far Advanced
  • Grooming and Nutrition Policy for Schools to Be Outlined
  • CXC trains teachers for green engineering subject
  • Physical Activity Must Be Incorporated into Teaching
  • Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, Minister of Education, Youth and Information Back to School National Broadcast
  • Youth Benefit From HEART/NTA Art And Craft Workshop

► December 2017

  • Gov't, OAS Partnership To Establish Youth Innovation Centres
  • More Tertiary Programmes Online
  • PEP Will Help Tailor Learning to Meet Students’ Needs – Senator Reid
  • Cabinet Approves Law School for Utech
  • Education Minister Hails Council of Community Colleges
  • PM Says He Supports Concept of Occupational Degrees
  • New Infant School Opens in Negril
  • 79 Receive PM Youth Awards for Excellence
  • Young Persons Guided to Areas Where Employment is Being Generated – PM
  • Education Ministry Introduces Associate Degree in Occupational Studies
  • University Establishes Scholarship in Honour of Education Minister
  • 61 Nominees Shortlisted for PM’s Youth Awards for Excellence
  • Manchester Educators Named Teacher, Principal Of The Year
  • Ministry Releases Ebooks For Early Childhood Learning
  • Education Ministry Committed to Transformation – Green
  • Education Ministry Signs MoU With BAU University to Provide 107 Scholarships
  • Gov’t to Invest $20 Million in Sixth-Form Block at Mount St. Joseph High

► November 2017

  • Schools Being Retrofitted to Improve Disabled Access
  • Class Sizes to be Reduced
  • Youth at the Centre of Development – Senator Reid
  • Calmer Students - New Report Shows Drastic Reduction Of Violence In Schools
  • Child Abuse Prevention and Parenting Education Campaigns to Roll Out
  • Youth Ambassadors Receive Instruments of Office
  • Youngsters in State Care Awarded for Their Achievements
  • Discussions under Way to Broadcast Stem Content to Schools
  • Education Minster Pledges to Assist Alpha Institute
  • Gov’t Committed to Ensuring Access to Tertiary Education – Senator Reid
  • Gov’t Training 20,000 for Labour Market
  • Government Lobbying Diaspora’s Support for National School Bus Service
  • MoU Signed to Further Boost Child Protection Services
  • State Minister Green Wants to Reach More Young People
  • On A Mission To Defeat The Maths Monster
  • Green Expects Improved Accountability With Merger
  • Fearsome Four - MOE Fits First Set Of Violent Schools With Metal Detectors
  • National Mathematics Programme Yielding Results at Green Island Primary
  • All Set For PEP - Reid
  • 100 Young Persons to be Appointed National Youth Parliamentarians
  • Parents to Learn Effective Disciplinary Strategies
  • Deputy Chief Education Officer Urges Jamaicans to Do More to Protect Children From Abuse
  • NYS Launches Volunteer Project Competition for Upgrading of Basic Schools
  • MOU to Better Align Education and Training with Labour Market Needs
  • Student Motivational Programme Launched
  • Work of Parenting Support Commission Key in addressing Crime – Senator Reid
  • HEART TRUST/NTA Develops Bamboo Training Courses
  • Reid says Government to start procuring CCTV for schools
  • New Child-Protection Agency Formed From Merger Of CDA, OCR
  • Government Getting Ready To Roll Out PEP
  • Education Ministry To Lead Crime Fight - Reid
  • Parents Urged to save for Child’s Tertiary Education

► October 2017

  • More than 250 Youth Trained and Certified
  • Youth Urged to Focus on ‘substance Ova Hype’
  • Education Minister Says More Persons Should Become Multilingual
  • Nominations Open for Math Teacher of the Year Competition
  • Applications now Open for Occupational Studies Associate Degree
  • Education Ministry Wants to Increase Uniformed Groups in Schools
  • Parent of Hearing-Impaired Teenager Welcomes Literacy Enhancement Project
  • UWI Develops Material to Improve Media and Information Literacy in Schools
  • Parents Urged to be Main Influencers in Children’s Lives
  • Use technology for teaching and learning, educators urge
  • High Schools Receive Vocational Education Grant
  • Third International TVET Conference Slated for November 29 to December 1
  • Parent of Hearing-Impaired Teenager Welcomes Literacy Enhancement Project
  • Universities Urged to Ensure Degrees are in Line with Country’s Development Goals
  • Blended Learning - Integrating Technology In Classrooms
  • Reaching Vulnerable Youth Through Art On The Street
  • Teachers Use Drama To Foster Creativity And Writing Skills
  • University Graduates Urged To Pursue Political Office
  • Vocational Training To Strengthen Regional Economy - Reid
  • Trench Town Polytechnic Looking to Attract More Students
  • State rebuilding youth clubs to promote peace
  • Teachers Trained To Assist Students With Behaviour Issues
  • Use information to make a difference in the world — education minister
  • Seminar To Help Boost Parent-Child Relationship
  • Universal School Enrollment Up To Age 16
  • Cabinet Approves Final Draft of National Youth Policy
  • More Students Achieve Mastery In Literacy And Numeracy Tests
  • Jamaica to Benefit from US $4-Million Safety and Security in Schools Project
  • Reid: Grade Four Literacy And Numeracy Test Scores Up
  • All Young Persons Should Have a Pathway to Higher Education – Minister
  • Encourage Youngsters To Read
  • Japan Hands Over Calculation Time Booklets To Government Of Jamaica
  • Online Video Resource Tool Pitched To Teach Students Maths Basics
  • CDA Improves Monitoring Of Children

► September 2017

  • Education Ministry to Place all GSAT Students in High School in 2018
  • Teachers Benefit from Summer Skills Training Programme
  • Students to Pay for Damaged, Lost Textbooks
  • All Primary Students Must Matriculate to Secondary School – Minister
  • Gov’t Committed to Free Flow of Information – Minister Reid
  • NPSC to Use Research to Improve its Work
  • Education Minister Pledges $6 Million to Improve Industrial Arts Department at Wolmer’s Boys
  • Government to Stand Surety for Bonded Students
  • 42 Schools to be Taken off Shift System
  • Schools Urged To Submit Needs Early
  • STEM has gathered steam ...increased ministry funding; the arts now included
  • SLB on education minister's radar - Reid hopes to increase service delivery at financing agency
  • 23 Retired Educators Honoured
  • Training and counselling for staff of childcare facilities ministry
  • High schools receive $34 billion for academic year
  • Cabinet to Approve Merger of CDA and OCR
  • Parents Urged To Dialogue With Children To Tackle Bullying
  • Maritime Institute to Officially Become University on September 28
  • Maritime Institute to Officially Become University on September 28
  • Education Ministry To Make Physical Activity Mandatory For Schools
  • Youth Climate Change Conference Slated for October 10 and 11
  • Education Ministry Committed to Ensuring that all Students Attain Qualifications
  • More Schools For JA - St Ann Ranks High On Ministry's Three-Year Expansion Programme
  • Deaf Students to Benefit from Literacy Project
  • Students Must See Investment As Push To Achieve Greatness – Education Minister
  • Placement of All Students in Full High Schools Next Year
  • Jamaica Urged to Adopt Singapore Math Model
  • Grade-Nine Students Create History at Mico Practising
  • MOE Gives Helping Hand To Mount Salem's Youth
  • Government Unwavering in Commitment to Education – Reid
  • NCEL To Launch New Initiatives
  • Education Ministry Sets Up ICT Steering Committee
  • September 8 is International Literacy Day
  • Ministry Allocates $698 Million for School Upgrading Projects
  • Educators Optimistic About National Standards Curriculum
  • Schools Report Smooth Transition from Shift System
  • School Administrators, Parents and Students to Be Prepared For PEP
  • Education Minister Opens New Sanitation Facility at Mona Heights Primary
  • School Grooming Policy Expected This Month - Reid
  • Smooth Start to New School Year
  • Back-to-School Message by Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid
  • Hundreds of Schools Spruced Up
  • 35,000 Pieces of Furniture Being Distributed to Schools
  • Gov’t Targeting Increased Use of Technology in Education

► August 2017

  • Education Ministry Rolls out Pilot Rural School Bus System September
  • Revised Standards for Teacher Education Available by October
  • Rural Educators Ready for New School Year
  • Education Minister Reiterates that Parents’ Contribution is Not Compulsory
  • Tertiary students urged to use critical thinking to advance country
  • Multiple Education Pathways At Secondary Level
  • Education Matters: Guidelines For PE And Contact Sports In Schools
  • Gov’t Placing Greater Focus On Advancing Early Childhood Education
  • 440 Scholarships Awarded to Stem Student Teachers
  • Education State Minister Urges Skilled Parents to Become Volunteers
  • Government Committed to Providing High-Quality Education – Minister
  • Plans Well Advanced for National Mentorship Scheme
  • Government Working to Achieve Teacher-Pupil Ratio of 1:25
  • Parents Urged to Educate Children About their Safety
  • Education System Must be Re-engineered- PM Holness
  • 900 youngsters participate in National Children's Summit
  • Minister Floyd Green leads a delegation to Commonwealth Youth Ministers Conference
  • Education Minister Apologises Again - Reid Vows To Work With Teachers
  • Overseas Examinations Commission To Invest Millions In Technology For Schools
  • Ministry Taking Steps To Secure Students
  • Improved Pass Rates for 18 of 34 Subjects in CSEC
  • Performance in CAPE Improves by 3.2%
  • Improved Showing For Non-Traditional CXC Subjects
  • Robert Miller | Don’t Shut Out The Children
  • Maths Passes Up But Ministry Reports Drop In Sciences and English Language
  • Services in Child Protection Sector Being Streamlined
  • Maths Coaches and Specialists to Attend Training Workshop
  • More ECIs Attain Certification
  • 60 Students Awarded $4 Million in Scholarships and Bursaries
  • TVET Critical in Advancing Economic Development of Jamaica
  • Students Benefitting from Supervised School Intervention Programme
  • PM Launches Youth Summer Employment Programme
  • Education Ministry seeks to clarify schools funding policy
  • Govt Looking to Double Tertiary Enrollment by 2030
  • Education Ministry Providing $226.3 Million in Support to Seven Named Schools
  • Reid warns of 'strong action' against schools that breach fee policy
  • More GSAT Students Pass Mathematics
  • More GSAT Students Pass Mathematics

► July 2017

  • Jamaicans Have a Responsibility to Report Child Abuse – Senator Reid
  • Diaspora Members Make Donations to Education Sector
  • Diaspora Conference | Reid Backs Diaspora In Public-Private Alliance On Early Childhood Education
  • 50 Infant Departments To Be Established at Primary Schools
  • Green Defends NYS Programme
  • Diaspora Urged to Utilise Education Trust for School Donations
  • Integrated Assault On Violence Against Children Takes Shape
  • Education Minister Says Sector Must Respond to Needs of Industry
  • Coffee Production To Be Introduced In School Curriculum
  • New Security Measures For Schools
  • Youth Welcome National Service Corps
  • 900 regional primary school teachers to receive training in mathematics
  • JET-Setting In Japan
  • 50 Children Graduate from Early Stimulation Programme
  • Don’t Place Lewd Posters at Schools
  • CCTVs to be Installed in Secondary Schools
  • Education Ministry Commences Procurement Process for Literature Texts
  • Principals and Teachers Invited to Apply for Lasco Awards
  • USAID Provides US$3 Million for Safety and Security In Schools Project
  • Schools Urged to Participate in Youth Environment Advocacy Programme
  • Education Meaningless Without Values, Says Reid
  • Parents Urged to Support PTAs
  • Community Colleges Providing Access to Affordable Tertiary Education
  • Education Ministry Disburses $1.4 Billion in Subventions to Schools

► June 2017

  • PM's National Youth Awards Nomination Form
  • Education ministry signs deal to offer students free access to Microsoft Office 365 tools
  • Education Ministry Begins Inspection of Schools
  • Students Honoured by National Child Month Committee
  • Education Matters | Aspiring Principals’ Programme Prepares Effective Leaders
  • PM Hails Nation’s Teachers
  • 1500 Unattached Youth Attend HOPE Orientation
  • New Categories Added to PM’s Youth Awards
  • Parents Urged to Support Children in the Arts
  • Principals Urged to Stick to School Support Contribution Policy
  • Entrepreneurship Major Focus in Creative Industry
  • All School Leavers Have Options - Students Who Don't Move On To Six Form Can Get Qualified Through Alternative Government Programmes
  • Grade Four Students to Sit Literacy and Numeracy Exams on June 21 And 22
  • Defend Yourself - Education Minister's Message To Teachers Attacked By Students
  • Reid Seriously Considering 'Time Out' Facilities
  • Education Ministry Confident Step Towards PEP Will Improve Student Outcome
  • NCU Urged to Undertake More Agricultural Based Studies
  • Diaspora Contributed US$186,000 to Education Sector
  • Gov’t to Review Tertiary Education Funding
  • Not Hair Police - Ministry Will Still Allow Latitude With School-Grooming Policy
  • No Immediate Shift To Zoning Of Schools
  • Education Ministry to Allocate $1 Billion to Support Schools
  • All-Age, Shift Schools To Be Phased Out
  • New Curriculum to Improve Methods of Teaching
  • Education Minister Confident 100 ECIs will be Certified by August
  • No Transfer Policy Remains in Place
  • Teacher of the Year runs Spanish classes for colleagues
  • PEP pilot to be introduced in September
  • National College For Educational Leadership - Preparing Principals For Effective School Leadership
  • Universal Numeracy at the Primary Level a Priority – PM
  • Education Minister Salutes Parents
  • Education Ministry Expanding Assistance to Autistic Children
  • Schools Ready to Offer Entrepreneurship Training
  • Children Encouraged to Speak out Against Abuse
  • Gov’t to Spend $100M Per Annum to Improve Schools’ Safety and Security

► May 2017

  • Basic School Receives Help from Foreign Affairs Ministry
  • Basic School Receives Help from Foreign Affairs Ministry
  • JIRC Urges Companies to Donate Books
  • Career Advancement Programme
  • Education Matters | Centre Of Occupational Studies Earns Accolades
  • New Employment Opportunities - Bridging The Skills Gap
  • Community colleges to offer BPO, logistics programmes
  • Residents Take Part in Child Protection Sensitization Session
  • 500 Volunteers Trained to Search for and Rescue Missing Children
  • Robert Miller | Investment In Education To Reap Prosperity
  • HEART Trust to break ground for BPO Finishing School
  • NCMC Celebrates Nation’s Children
  • 25,200 Young People to be Employed Under Summer Work Programme
  • Government not about Censorship – Education Minister
  • Child Month Message by Hon. Floyd Green
  • John Rollins Success Scores with Calculation Time
  • Most Students Sat Exams; Schools To Reopen Today
  • CAP creating career opportunities through education and skills training
  • Education ministry continues measures to improve student performance in maths
  • Oversight Committee Established For Early-Childhood Sector
  • Teachers Recognised in South West St. Elizabeth
  • Gov’t Placing TVET at Core Of Education System – Senator Reid
  • Cabinet to Get Special Education Policy in June
  • Read Across Jamaica Brings Out The Joy Of Reading!
  • Teachers' Day Joy! - Educators Pampered, Saluted For Service
  • CDA Wants Laws To Prevent Child Abandonment In State Care
  • Traditional Education Must be Joined With TVET – Minister
  • Education Key to Nation Building – Senator Reid
  • Use child month to renew commitment to children – Green
  • Senator Ruel Reid’s Statement to Cabinet on Early Childhood Programmes
  • Government to Restructure Funding for Tertiary Education
  • Service Clubs Urged to Help Basic Schools Meet Certification Standards
  • Skills Training is a Valid Choice – Green
  • Assistance for Students Preparing for CSEC Exams
  • GRADE FOUR NUMERACY TEST RESULTS BY SCHOOL

► April 2017

  • 400 More Trained Teachers for Early Childhood Sector
  • Education Matters | Clubs And Uniformed Groups Key Allies In Students’ Development
  • Government to Take Over Private Early Childhood Institutions
  • Girls Create Innovations to Address Social Issues
  • Grade-Nine Students to Learn Entrepreneurship
  • Private-Sector Support for Social Bonds to Fund Tertiary Education
  • Students Urged to Write Plan for Goals
  • Montego Bay to Host Third Caribbean TVET Conference
  • Students Must be Included in School Leadership – Green
  • Students urged to explore computer-based careers
  • Union Gardens Infant Meeting the Nutritional Needs of Students
  • Teachers Urged to View Profession as their Most Valuable Asset
  • Government Making It Easier To Adopt Wards Of The State
  • Summerfield Child Facility Refurbished
  • Students Need to be More Aware About CARICOM
  • Early-Childhood Sector to Benefit from Mobay City Run
  • 50 teachers participate in workshop on special learning needs
  • Home Economics Education Plays Key Role in National Development
  • $60 Million Expansion Project Opens at Brown’s Hall Primary
  • Gov’t Spending $300 Million to Repair Primary Schools
  • Cumberland High School to Get Asst. Dean of Discipline
  • Education Minister Urges Diaspora Group to Partner in the Provision of School Buses
  • 150 Youth Being Trained in 3D Animation
  • MINISTER OF STATE MAKES FIRST SECTORAL DEBATE PRESENTATION
  • HEART Trust/NTA Increases Grant to SLB
  • Int’l Partnerships Being Forged to Address Child Abuse
  • Cashless System for Schools Launched
  • Child Development Agency Gets Mobile Mental Health Unit
  • Parents Urged to Support JADCO’s Public Education Programme
  • Children’s Homes to be Renovated
  • Gov’t to Partner with Facebook to Broadcast Ananda Alerts
  • Two Buses for Children in State Care
  • Facebook To Help Jamaica Find Missing Children
  • Prime Minister’s Youth Awards Returns this Year
  • MPs Urged to Help ECIs Become Certified
  • More Youth to Gain Work Experience Under GWEP
  • IPAD 4 Life Beneficiary Shines at Champs
  • Portmore Basic School Gets Support Towards Achieving Certification Standards
  • Jamaica tertiary Education Commission Scholarships
  • Wolmer’s Boys’ Student Takes Top Prize in ATI Essay Competition
  • Second Phase of Tablets in Schools Programme to Launch September
  • Infant Department Opens at Allman Hill Primary and Junior High
  • Operational Standards Set for ECIs

► March 2017

  • Senator Reid to Receive ‘Man of the Decade in Education Award’
  • Schools to be Expanded
  • Seaga Praised for Creating Heart Trust/NTA
  • Mocho Primary Students Benefit from Literacy Programme
  • St. Joseph’s Infant Seeks Support to Meet ECC’s Operating Standards
  • Rural PATH Students to Benefit from School Transportation
  • Simplify Early Childhood Teaching, Urges Reid
  • Principal Looks to Transform Rural St. Andrew Primary School
  • Knox Community College Making an Impact in Central Jamaica
  • Caribbean Maritime Institute – Driving the Economic Growth Agenda Through Education and Training
  • More than 3,000 Athletes at Boys and Girls’ Champs
  • Gov’t Must Ensure that all Students Have Access to Education – Senator Reid
  • Education Minister Engages Tertiary Institutions on Affirmative Action
  • Genesis Academy to Host Spell off on March 29
  • The Jamaica Library Service Embraces the Use of Technology in its Services
  • Education State Minister Encourages Stakeholders at Bog Walk High School
  • Don’t let fees affect students’ education, Green urges schools
  • Vauxhall High Host Open Day
  • Touchdown Project Launched
  • Japan Provides $10 Million for Hospitality Training Facility in Hanover
  • Teachers Urged to Find Creative Ways to Teach Math
  • ECC Forms Partnership To Help Early Childhood Schools
  • Literacy Project Reaping Success
  • Students Must be Guided to Choose Careers
  • The Mico University to Launch Education Conversation Series
  • Resource App for Young People to Roll Out Shortly
  • OCA Undertakes Public Outreach and Education Campaign
  • Principals Welcome Assistance from Japan
  • More Participants in NYS Summer Employment Programme
  • HEART Merger to Expand Access to Training and Certification
  • Increased Access to Technology in Public Libraries
  • Math Scholarship Flyer
  • Education Minister wants More Students to Pursue Careers in the Sciences
  • Elevate Youth Festival Takes Place Thursday
  • Education Minister to Discuss Funding with Tertiary Institutions
  • JFLL Gets $18.2m Grant from Japanese Gov’t
  • Wanted: Primary School Maths Specialists
  • Schools in St. Mary to be Expanded
  • Mocho Primary to Get Resource Centre
  • St. Richard’s Early Childhood Education Centre Expanded
  • Portmore-Based Genesis Daycare and Learning Centre Certified By ECC
  • Jamaicans Urged to Embrace Mathematics
  • Government To Build Five High Schools Over A Five-Year Period
  • Education Ministry Ensuring Smooth Sitting Of GSAT
  • Jamaica House Basic School Gets ECC Certification
  • Improved Student Performance in GSAT and CSEC
  • Ja REEACH Stages World Water Day Video Competition
  • Ensure Children are Prepared for GSAT
  • Ministry intensifies measures to improve CSEC Maths passes
  • Crescent Primary Educator is Mathematics Teacher of the Year
  • Inmates to Benefit From MOU to be Signed by Security Ministry and JFLL
  • Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education Week from March 6-10
  • USAID-Funded Skills Training and Employment Programme to Benefit At-Risk Youth
  • More Help for PATH Students
  • Jamaicans Should Support and Promote Positive Messages in Music
  • Innovative Workforce the Way Forward

► February 2017

  • Early Childhood Commission Looking to Certify 300 Schools by 2019
  • Early Childhood Commission Looking to Certify 300 Schools by 2019
  • Early Childhood Commission Helps To Raise Standards Of Basic Schools
  • Focus on Mathematics March 5-10
  • Gov’t Committed to Inclusive Education System
  • JN Project to Use Dancehall in Teaching Maths and Science
  • Legacy to be focus of Jamaica Day
  • $30-Million Scholarship Programme Launched
  • Parents Urged to Pay More Attention to their Children
  • CDA Empowers Child-Abuse Victims through ‘Aria’s Story’
  • Schools Being Provided with Quality Leaders
  • Inner-City Children to Benefit from GSAT Clinics
  • Inner-City Youth to Benefit from Internships
  • Inner-City Youth to Benefit from Internships
  • Pit Latrines to be Replaced in Schools
  • Education Minister Pleased with Utilisation of Resources in Schools
  • Increased Funding for Early-Childhood Institutions
  • Govt Committed to Addressing School Infrastructure Needs – Senator Reid
  • Strides Made in Improving Adoption Process
  • $63 Million to Build Two Early Childhood Schools
  • Education Minister Welcomes Social Enterprise Study
  • Ministry Of Education Endorses Stay Alert App
  • Youth Urged to Delvelop Innovations to Help Solve Society’s Problems
  • Education Minister says NSC better for Students
  • Students Urged to Become Developers of Goods and Services
  • Second Chance for Persons Without Formal Qualifications
  • Gov’t has Honoured Financial Commitments to Secondary Schools
  • Apprenticeship a Solution to Youth Unemployment, Low Certification
  • $56 Million Set Aside to Complete Upgrading Works at UTECH
  • Education Ministry Working to Develop First-Rate Apprenticeship System
  • Great Demand for Upskilling and Retooling Programme
  • Cultural Heritage the Focus for Jamaica Day
  • $11 Million Allocated for Pilot Project to Strengthen School Feeding Programme
  • Outstanding Principal Credits School for Award
  • Education Ministry Meets with Stakeholders Groups on Merger of Training Agencies
  • Education Gets $5 Billion Increase in 2017/18 Budget
  • Gov’t Committed to Increasing Payments to Early Childhood Educators
  • $641M Allocated to Provide Additional Classrooms
  • Students Encouraged to ‘Stay Alert’
  • Paul Adams is Jamaica Teaching Council’s Outstanding Principal
  • ECC Urges Parents, Teachers to Keep Children Safe
  • Gov’t Firmly Committed to Ensuring the Safety of Children – Reid
  • Full Implementation of National Standard Curriculum this Year
  • Jamaicans Urged to do More to Protect Children
  • Gov’t Taking Zero Tolerance Approach to Child Abuse – Green
  • Merger of Training Agencies to Benefit At-Risk Youth – Senator Reid
  • Education Minister Commends the Church
  • Work of Teachers Lauded by Education Minister
  • Thousands of Students to Take Part in National Careers Week
  • Education Minister Commends NCB Foundation
  • Government to Re-establish Leadership of Institutions
  • State Minister Urges Teachers to Ensure their Safety
  • Education Ministry Looking at Special Needs Framework
  • Education Minister to Make Submission for PISA
  • HEART/NTA, JFLL and NYS to Merge
  • Nutrition Products to Increase Output
  • UNESCO Providing Technical Support to Craft Strategic Plan for Tertiary Education
  • Empowerment Day for Boys at St. Catherine High School
  • Education ministry to provide more assistance for Liberty Academy

► January 2017

  • Education Minister Welcomes New Law School
  • Education Matters | Education Ministry Partners With Stakeholders To Assist Students Choose Career Paths
  • Students Urged to Pursue Studies in Non-Traditional Areas
  • 300 Additional Basic Schools to be Certified by 2019
  • ECC Standards Have to be Very High – State Minister
  • More Basic Schools to be Rationalised, Certified this Year
  • Special Devotion for Mona High Student who Died Jan. 23
  • Tertiary Graduates to Help Clear Backlog at OCR and CDA
  • Clifton Boys’ Home wards relocated to better facility
  • Govt Committed to Providing Opportunity for Continuous Learning
  • Heart Foundation Urges Jamaicans to Screen for SCA
  • Public Access to Education for 763,798 Students
  • Second in Series Upskilling Jamaica Training Courses Gets Under Way Monday
  • Youth Ministry Appoints Committee Chairman To Oversee CDA, OCR Merger
  • Special-Education Regional Round Table from January 24 to 26
  • ECC Receives $20 Million to Assist with Development Of ECIs
  • Debate on Bill to Give CMI University Status Gets Under Way
  • Gov’t Increases Funding to Child-Abuse Hotline
  • State Offering Assistance to Child and Family
  • Education Ministry, Hocking College partnership yields scholarships
  • Education Ministry cites new, continuing initiatives to help students
  • HEART Trust/NTA, National Youth Service Among Learning Agencies To Be Merged
  • GSAT Mock Exam January 11-12
  • National Broadcast
  • National Broadcast
  • National Broadcast
  • New Jamaica/China exchange programme to include students, teachers

► December 2016

  • ECC Invites Donations to Help Schools Meet Certification Standards
  • Lasco Teacher of the Year Passionate About Education
  • Education Minister Emphasises Importance of CAP
  • JCTE, HEART-Trust / NTA launch new Occupational Studies degree project
  • Caribbean Maritime Institute to be Expanded
  • PM Says Access to Education is an Inalienable Right
  • Gov’t to Make Significant Investments in the Early Childhood Sector
  • Revamped Values and Attitude Campaign to Begin in 2017
  • Revamped Values and Attitude Campaign to Begin in 2017
  • Effective School Management Requires Principals with Leadership Skills – PM

► November 2016

  • Education Minister Reiterates Position on School Fees
  • Every Child will be Given Appropriate Attention – Education Minister
  • Youth Festival at Devon House Nov. 25
  • Sixteen Outstanding Youth Leaders Selected for YACJ
  • Prime Minister Launches Youth Advisory Council of Jamaica
  • Message from the Honourable Floyd Green Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information - International Students’ Day
  • National Education Trust Partners with JDETF to Raise US$2 Million
  • Support for Spanish Town High to Transition from Shift System
  • HEART Trust NTA Merger
  • Six Inducted into Executive Principals’ League
  • Young People Take on Pivotal Issues
  • Cabinet to Consider Proposal For District Constables at Transport Centre
  • Education Ministry Explores Wellness Programme for Teachers
  • Countries In Region Urged to Adopt Licensing System for Teachers
  • Special bus service for students, increased patrols along targeted corridors
  • Ministry of Education Appoints New Permanent Secretary
  • Education Trust Invites Donor Support
  • Gov’t Increasing Support for Primary Schools
  • Jamaicans Urged to Protect Youth from Harm
  • Church Invited to Partner with Education Ministry

► October 2016

  • Educators Encouraged to Use More Technology
  • More Funding for Early-Childhood Institutions Next Year
  • Primary Schools to be Equipped with ICT
  • High Schools Adequately Funded – Senator Reid
  • Education Ministry to Review Student Councils
  • Wards of the State and PATH Students to Get More Help from Education Ministry
  • Human Trafficking Added to School Curriculum
  • Message from Education Minister, Senator Ruel Reid, in Observance of World Teachers’ Day 2016
  • Schools to remain closed Tuesday
  • Foreign Languages To Be Compulsory Up To Grade Nine
  • Education State Minister Endorses Stock Market Game
  • Education Ministry Updates Nation on School Operations and Hurricane Matthew

► September 2016

  • Parents Urged to Complete GSAT Registration Form
  • Another 168 basic schools to be merged
  • Steady GSAT Pass Rates in Maths and English Over Four Years
  • Education Ministry Sets Up Corporate Financial Committee
  • Prime Minister Says More Children Have Access to Education
  • Math Project for Parents to be Implemented November
  • Education Minister Pleased with Improvement in Student Behaviour at Transport Centre
  • Ministry Strengthening Support Systems for Child-Abuse Victims
  • Education Minister Endorses UNICEF’s Global Goals
  • Education Curriculum Realigned to Benefit the Youth
  • Education Ministry Welcomes Study to Improve Performance in Mathematics
  • Early Disbursement of Funds Results in Smooth Start to School Year
  • Ministry of Education to Implement Suicide Prevention Strategies
  • Grooming Standards to be in Place for Academic Year 2017/18
  • Ministry Partners With JCF to Ensure Students Attend School Safely
  • Smooth Start to New School Year
  • 12 More Schools to be Removed from Shift System
  • Strategies to Improve Math Results
  • Gov’t Spends $800 Million to Procure Textbooks
  • Schools to be Repaired Before New Academic Year
  • Gov’t Provides Budgetary Support for All School Operations

► August 2016

  • NATIONAL BROADCAST
  • Discussions Under Way for CCTV to Link Schools and Transport Centre
  • All in Place for New School Year
  • Early-Childhood Learners at Acceptable Level
  • Principals Receive Advanced Training
  • Government Committed to Universal Access to Secondary Education
  • Adult Literacy Now at 87%
  • Education Ministry Receives Furniture from the Joseph Assignment Global Initiative (JAGI)
  • Schools to Get More Money for Maintenance
  • Gov’t contemplating incentives to keep specialist teachers
  • Three Top GSAT Students Receive Scholarships
  • Improved Passes in 13 CSEC Subjects
  • Education Ministry to Address Decline in CSEC Math Passes
  • Government Committed to Youth Development
  • UNFPA: Unleash the Power of the Youth, International Youth Day 2016
  • Joint Statement from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and the United Nations Population Fund for International Youth Day 2016
  • No Compromise on ECC Standards – PM
  • Show More Love and Care for Children – PM
  • Schools Agree To Cooperate With Auxiliary Fees Policy

► July 2016

  • Teachers Must Use Regular Contact with Students to Improve System – Minister Reid
  • Gov’t Moving to Make Education a Legal Right
  • Statement from the Office of the Prime Minister on the New Funding Arrangements for Schools
  • Toll-Free Line for Jamaica House Fellowship
  • Compulsory Education A Priority – PM
  • Education Ministry To Host School Safety Workshops
  • Every School Must Have Functional PTA – Senator Reid
  • Senator Reid Wants More Teachers to be Trained in Special Education
  • Mico Hosts STEM Training Camp
  • Scholarships for Persons to Teach Mathematics and Science
  • Teachers Trained for New National Standard Curriculum
  • Literacy Target Surpassed by Grade 4 Students
  • CAP Graduates Urged to Seek Employment, Higher Education
  • Schools Urged to Make Use of GSAT Profiles
  • Over 70 Institutions Apply to Offer Cap
  • Principals Urged to Stick to Registration Fee Guidelines
  • Changing the game with CAP
  • Teachers Must be Well Trained – Education Minister
  • Education Key to Country’s Prosperity – Senator Reid
  • Teacher Training For New Curriculum Starts This Week
  • Adult Education Deemed Pivotal to Advancing Caribbean Development
  • Gaps in training needs for workforce being identified

► June 2016

  • Exam to replace GSAT pushed back to 2018
  • Grade Nine Diagnostic Test to be Introduced 2019
  • JA to Host Conference on Adult Education
  • Innovators Urged to Develop Apps to Boost Gov’t Operations
  • 45,000 Students to Benefit from Entrepreneurship Programme
  • Phasing out of junior high schools continuing
  • Youth Encouraged to Include Vocational Education
  • Education Ministry Releases Fee Guidelines For Public Schools
  • Schools Urged to Keep Down Registration Cost
  • $295 Million Allocated to NYS
  • PM Hails Nation’s Teachers
  • Education Minister Calls for Partnership
  • CAP has to Work – Dr. Cornwall
  • Education Ministry to Undertake Major Infrastructural Projects
  • Education Minister Satisfied With First 100 Days
  • Prime Minister to Honour 40 Educators on June 23
  • Ministry Increases Funding to High Schools, Supports Parents’ Contribution

► May 2016

  • New HEART Trust Board to Target Marginalised Groups, Mainstream Technical Education
  • National Child Month Broadcast by Hon. Floyd Green
  • National Child Month Broadcast by Hon. Floyd Green
  • Caribbean Maritime Institute Signs MOU
  • Governor General: Scholarship Announcement
  • Education Ministry Honours Former Employees
  • Ruel Reid: Our Youth Still Need CAP
  • Education Minister Discusses Sexuality Education With Advocacy Group
  • MOEYI Launches Our-Children-JA Campaign
  • Teachers’ Day 2016 Message
  • Church Urged to Help Counsel Abused Children
  • Reading Programme Lauded
  • OCR Invites Students to Become Child Ambassadors
  • Permanent Secretary Welcomes Turks and Caicos Islands Educators
  • Math app now available for Primary schools
  • Education Minster Tours US Special Needs School

► April 2016

  • Minister's Message for Education Week
  • Youth Ministry to Launch National Campaign in May
  • Minister Outlines Funding of Education
  • Fixing Families A Priority Says Education Minister
  • Education Minister Urges Parents to Put Children First
  • Jamaica to Host UNESCO Conference in June
  • Education Minister Endorses ERP System at CMI
  • MINISTRY TO REMOVE AUXILIARY FEES IN SEPTEMBER
  • Tell the Children the Truth
  • NCEL/UWI awards second batch of Aspiring Principals
  • Education Minister Meets Prince Ermia Sahle - Selassie
  • Government and Opposition to Lead Values Campaign
  • Information Minister Meets Flow Executives
  • State Minister Green Accepts Donation for Child Month
  • Child Month 2016 Calendar
  • Minister Welcomes Removal of Offensive Poster from School Gate
  • Child Month 2016: Healthy Children Build a Stronger a Nation
  • Education Ministry to Work Closer with Autism Body
  • NCEL and MIND Sign Training Agreement
  • Information Minister Discusses Media Access with Press Body
  • Cabinet Approves Award to Procure Primary Textbooks
  • JTA Holds First Meeting With New Education Minister
  • Mexico to Strengthen Cooperation in Education with Jamaica
  • Minister Green Urges Young Men to Be Role Models
  • Ministry Commits $3.5 million Improvement at Padmore Primary
  • Plans Progressing Well for Implementation of APSE
  • US Ambassador Calls On Minister of Education
  • Singapore Math Resources Available to Local Teachers
  • Primary School Principals Welcome TVET Integration

► March 2016

  • Gov’t, Opposition Discuss Youth Development
  • Education Minister Praises Diaspora for Supporting Education
  • Gov’t Launches Alternative Pathways to Secondary Education
  • Minister Green Congratulates Shamoy Hajare on Winning Commonwealth Youth Award
  • CXC Students Will Receive Extra Answer Sheets if Needed
  • Education Minister Gives High Marks to GSAT Administrators
  • Increase in Number of Students Sitting GSAT
  • Maths Expo 2016 Gateway to Knowledge and Opportunities
  • Maths and Science Scholarships
  • Jamaica Day Edutainment at Belmont Academy
  • Welcome Aboard
  • Oneal McLeod Awarded Maths Teacher of the Year
  • Holy Trinity High Students Sing A New Song
  • New Ministers' First Day in Office
  • All in Place for GSAT 2016 Sitting
  • All in Place for GSAT 2016 Sitting
  • Thwaites says farewell to staff
  • 6000 Students to Attend Math Expo
  • Schools Celebrate Jamaica Day on Friday

► February 2016

  • Vere Technical High a Leader in Innovation
  • Insurance Industry pleased with its investment in ‘Maths Workshops'
  • Public Libraries to Provide Job Information
  • Ministry To Provide 400 Math, Science Teachers Scholarships
  • Minister of Education Launches Jamaica Day 2016
  • Zika Virus Update

► January 2016

  • Education Achievements in 2015

► December 2015

  • International Council On Education For Teaching - Call For Papers

► November 2015

  • Education Programme Launched for PATH Parents

► October 2015

  • JAMAICAN STUDENTS SCORE HIGH ON CITY & GUILDS EXAMS
  • Mathematics & Science Education Scholarship Awards

► September 2015

  • Back to School 2015

► July 2015

  • Education Minister receives copy of Vision 2030 Jamaica storybook

► June 2015

  • All in Place for Grade Four Literacy and Numeracy Tests
  • JAMVAT Office Relocation
  • GSAT Statement by Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, Minister of Education
  • Ministry Launches Grade Four Tests TV Programme
  • Ministry To Increase Transfer of GSAT Students Due to Distance
  • Ministry Commends Schools on Preparation for Grade Four Tests
  • High Cost Of Graduation Packages

► May 2015

  • Challenge Issued to Global Teacher Trainers
  • Education Ministry Bans Disruptive Game From Schools
  • Junior Achiever Calls on Public and Private Sectors to Support Youth
  • Education Ministry Focuses on Resocialisation at Grade 7
  • Industry Leaders to Spur Growth of STEM Academies

► April 2015

  • Educators Trained in Positive Behaviour Management System
  • Aspiring Principals Complete Training
  • Sectoral Presentation 2015 - 2016
  • Educational Television Guide 2015
  • High School Deans of Discipline Upgrade Skills
  • Parents Empowered to Care for Children with Special Needs
  • Students with Special Needs Accommodated at GSAT Exams
  • SEVEN JAMAICAN STUDENTS AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS

► February 2015

  • Sectoral Presentation 2014 - 2015
  • Education Ministry distributes literacy books to 800 schools
  • Minister Praises Staff, Stakeholders for Achievements by the Education Sector
  • New Guidelines for Managing SBAs
  • Ministry Steps up Training for Potential School Principals
  • Ministry Updates Public on Plans to Administer GSAT
  • Education Ministry Aiming for Full Compliance with Procurement Procedures

► January 2015

  • Statement by Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites
  • Security and Safety Policy Guidelines

► December 2014

  • Killing of Belmont Academy Student
  • Examination Reports 2013
  • Approved Textbook Lists 2018-2019

► November 2014

  • Education Ministry Condemns Match Fixing and Trading of Athletes
  • Education Ministry Condemns Match Fixing and Trading of Athletes
  • Education Ministry Says No to Screening Students for CSEC
  • SJF Spanish Teacher of the Year
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