The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has trained a total of 1,400 persons in school safety and security techniques, through its School-wide Positive Behaviour Intervention Support (SWPBIS) programme.

Essential back-to-school supplies were handed over to the Maxfield Park Children’s Home in Kingston, yesterday (September 6), by the Jamaica Diaspora in the United States.

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the new academic year is off to a smooth start.

With just a few days left for the start of the 2016/17 academic year, Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is reminding parents and guardians that no child should be kept at home without a good reason.

During the 2016/17 academic year, the Government will remove 12 more schools from the shift system.