Form Pathways Programme News Today

Criminal violence is the ultimate manifestation of dysfunctional behaviour rooted in several identifiable causes. Over the past decade and a half, the situation in Jamaica has reached epidemic proportions, with an average of about 48 homicides per...

Merry Christmas to you all! Yes, it’s still Christmas! Today is only the fifth day of the 12 days of Christmas, and we still have seven days to go! I see that my colleague columnist Basil Jarrett from up the road has declared that “another...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - A total of 21,701 students are enrolled in the Sixth-Form Pathways Programme for the current academic year. Making the disclosure during Wednesday’s post-Cabinet press briefing at ...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr Kasan Troupe, says students have a critical role to play in the transformation of Jamaica’s education sector. Addressing the inaugural Transforming Education for National Development (...

This newspaper’s commitment to the transformation of Jamaica’s education system is persistent and of long standing. The call in Wednesday’s editorial for the government to table and debate two recent reports produced by consultants, both of which...

PwC Jamaica has extended its investment in education and community partnership with a recent donation of $250,000 to Youth Reaching Youth (YRY), a faith-based independent school established in Sep...

The Ministry of Education and Youth is reporting significant improvements in the results for Jamaican students sitting this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) external...

The Ministry of Education is reporting an increase in the number of students enrolled in the Sixth-Form Pathways Programme for the 2023/24 academic year. This was disclosed by Acting Chief Education Officer, Dr Kasan Troupe, while speaking on...

Almost a decade after a promise from the Ministry of Education, Donald Quarrie High School in St Andrew is still waiting to be taken off the shift system, says the institution’s vice-principal, Patrick Williams. The promise was made eight years ago...

WHILE ATTENDING Robert Lightbourne High School in St Thomas, Homar Richardson was frequently absent. The 17-year-old told The Gleaner that on some school days, he had to help his father at the family farm in the rural district of Moffat in the...