May 1, 2018
Spanish-Jamaican Foundation Pays for Students’ Exams
JIS: The Spanish-Jamaican Foundation has provided $1,491,375 to cover the cost for 1,025 students to sit their upcoming Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Spanish oral examinations. The students are from schools in…
May 1, 2018
Ministry Determined to Reduce Violence in Schools – Chief Education Officer
JIS: Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, has reaffirmed the Ministry’s commitment to reducing violence within schools. Speaking at the opening ceremony for a…
April 30, 2018
Greater emphasis placed on STEM deliberate, says MOE
OBSERVER: THE Ministry of Education (MOE) says the greater emphasis placed on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in the National Standards Curriculum is deliberate and aims to rebrand the technical…
April 30, 2018
7-year high school programme to start September
OBSERVER: COME September, the Ministry of Education (MOE) will formally institutionalise a full seven-year high school programme. Speaking to reporters and editors at last week's Jamaica Observer Monday Exchange, chief education officer…
April 30, 2018
MOE’s special ed policy to be ready for September
OBSERVER: THE special education policy being formulated by the Ministry of Education (MOE) is expected to be ready for implementation in September. Dr Grace McLean, chief education officer in the MOE, told…