June 16, 2017
No Immediate Shift To Zoning Of Schools
GLEANER: A proposed formal policy for the zoning of secondary schools will not be in place for the 2019 implementation of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP), which is slated to replace…
June 15, 2017
Education Ministry to Allocate $1 Billion to Support Schools
JIS: The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is to allocate $1 billion in budgetary support to primary, all-age and junior high schools for the 2017-2018 academic year. This is in line…
June 14, 2017
All-Age, Shift Schools To Be Phased Out
JIS: THE Ministry of Education says it is on track to phase out the remaining all-age and junior high schools in the Jamaican education system, as well as those operated on…
June 14, 2017
New Curriculum to Improve Methods of Teaching
JIS: Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the new National Standards Curriculum (NSC) will improve methods of teaching, particularly for boys. Mr. Reid was responding to…
June 14, 2017
Education Minister Confident 100 ECIs will be Certified by August
JIS: Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, remains confident that the Ministry will meet the August 2017 timeline for the certification and registration of 100 early childhood…