June 25, 2019
Renovated Homestead Place of Safety Re-opens
JIS: The Homestead Place of Safety, in Stony Hill, St. Andrew, has been renovated, making life more comfortable for the 44 young girls who reside there. The facility, which was refurbished at…
June 25, 2019
Primary and Junior High Schools Get $7.98 Billion for 2019/20
JIS: The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will be increasing funding for primary, all-age and junior high schools to $7.98 billion for academic year 2019/2020. This is in keeping with its…
June 25, 2019
63 Per Cent of Students Show Proficiency in Social Studies
JIS: Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, says the results from the first sitting of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) are showing that students had the…
June 19, 2019
Systems to Be Established to Guarantee Equity in Education Sector
JIS: Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, says the Government will move to establish systems that guarantee equity within the education sector. The Minister was speaking at…
June 19, 2019
Improvement in Literacy and Numeracy at Gregory Park Primary
JIS: The Gregory Park Primary School in St. Catherine is seeing an improvement in student achievement consequent on measures undertaken over the last five years. Principal of the school, Richard Williams, told…