State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the target set by the Ministry for mastery in literacy among grade 4 primary school students has been surpassed.

Come June 2017, all high-school students will be required to sit a technical or vocational subject in their exit examinations.

Twelve-year-old Shannel* is looking forward to the new school year, when she will embark on a new chapter of her life at Mount Alvernia High School in St. James.

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is urging secondary school principals to ensure that the cost of registration packages are in keeping with the Ministry’s funding guidelines.

The Government remains committed to ongoing implementation of strategies to eliminate gender-based violence and discrimination.