These days, the B.B. Coke High School in Junction, St Elizabeth, no longer faces repeated requests for the transfer of students placed there through the Grade Six Achievement Test. That reflects brighter days for the school, which has been turning around its performance and image since receiving a rating of 'unsatisfactory' from the National Education Inspectorate (NEI) in January 2015.

Students from four rural non-traditional high schools in St Mary and Manchester seem ready to ace the core subjects in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams next year.

The Jamaica Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL) will host a graduation ceremony in October for the first cohort of students who were successful in five Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) subjects.

Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Rosalee Gage-Grey, said she is pleased with the performance of children in state care in the grades six and nine achievement tests.

Sixteen students from non-traditional high schools across the island have been honoured by the National Child Month Committee (NCMC) for outstanding performance in their external examinations.