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The Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture is this week hosting a five-day workshop with a delegation from Mexico to examine methodologies to advance the development of basic education in marginalised and rural communities in both countries....
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There is nothing more heart-warming to Naomi Levy Cunningham than the touch of a tiny hand, or the childlike enthusiasm expressed in the recital of a poem or the quick answer to a question. Mrs. Cunningham says she is very proud of all 80 students under h...
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Parents are urged to plan in advance when selecting early childhood facilities, so they can be satisfied that they are placing the care of their children in safe and qualified hands....
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Laureate of the 2003 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, Amira Hass, has said that the award showed international recognition and respect for her work, but accepted it with mixed feelings, because it was in stark contrast to the unease, with ...
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Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Koïchiro Matsura has called on governments worldwide to declare their categorical condemnation of the killing of journalists, as this represented the ultima...
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Madge Linton, Assistant Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture's Early Childhood Unit, has called on parents and educators to work to instill good values and attitude in children at an early age....
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Students pursuing higher education at the tertiary level, are now able to transfer credits from one tertiary institution to another, with the launching of the Tertiary Qualifications Framework by the University Council of Jamaica (UCJ)....
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Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), arrived in the island yesterday (May 1) for his first official visit to the country....
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Over 150 delegates from countries around the world are expected in the island for the World Press Freedom Day Conference, to be held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston from May 2 to 3....
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Jamaica is considered to be one of the more tolerant countries in the world, in relation to freedom of the press....
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The Government has selected the Islington Basic School in St. Mary as the National Project for Labour Day 2003 and has allocated $2 million for the renovation of the early childhood facility....
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Unknown to many, early childhood education commences before a child enters a basic or infant school. In fact, it begins as early as daycare....
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Minister of Development, Dr. Paul Robertson, said today that the growth prospects for world trade this year, were clouded by considerable uncertainty....
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Jamaica will begin manufacturing the world renowned Simmons bed very soon....
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Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), will be making his first official visit to Jamaica on Thursday, May 1 for the opening of the International World Press Freedom Day Confere...
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Two new facilities designed to improve agricultural production and training have been opened at the Ebony Park HEART Academy at Tollgate in Clarendon....
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Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Computing at the University of Technology (UTech), Gossett Oliver, has said that the institution was positioning graduates to take advantage of trading arrangements such as the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)....
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Little World Schoolhouse, a nonprofit educational organisation in Minnesota, United States (US), recently donated six laptop computers valued at $700,000, to six schools in St. Ann and Clarendon, that are a part of the River of Life Programme....
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Maxine Henry-Wilson, Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, has urged CARICOM leaders to incorporate a strong focus on regional integration in Caribbean school curricula....
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On May 3, World Press Freedom Day, journalists, media organisations and most governments across the world will reaffirm the principles of a free, independent and pluralistic press and support the right of journalists to practise their profession without c...