The Jamaica Tertiary Education Commission wishes you and your family a warm, safe, and Merry Christmas to you and your family.

In spite of COVID 19, may your Christmas sparkle with moments of love, laughter, and goodwill, and may the year ahead be full of contentment and joy.

Have a Very Merry Christmas & a Joyful New Year!

 

CONGRATULATIONS to Kabrina Martin and Jordon Henry on winning the Big Bad Book of everything for his participation in our recently held GoHiGHER! Student Money Management Edition Webinar Series hosted by the Prime Minister's Youth Awardee Brithney Clarke with money coaches Anna Palomino and Carlton Stewart. 

The Communication and Public Education unit curated scintillating webinar series since April of this year, 2020 considering the pandemic, COVID-19, to continue our mission to educate and inform students of opportunities and tools to improve themselves personally and academically. The webinar series is an addition to the GoHiGHER! initiative to assist which was designed to support the transition of students into higher education and successful careers thereafter. 

This edition of the webinar teaches youths how to properly manage their money by educating them on debt management, credit score, key aspects of loans, and budgeting and savings. Information on why these topics are important and when to apply them was covered in the session alongside other tips.  

Look out for our next edutaining webinar series on another topic beneficial to you!
 

 

Her vivacious, outspoken, and irrepressible personality has made hostess extraordinaire Miss Kitty one of the most in-demand talents in her field. In fact, watching her come to life on stage, one would not have guessed that the entertainment journalist, born Khadine Hylton, “stumbled” into media, but that is exactly how she described her genesis in entertainment.

She has since catapulted herself to the top of the game in her field, copping her own radio show and booking some of the biggest hosting gigs on both the local and international circuit. Still, despite her massive success in media, the need to achieve more continued to burn deep within her. Revealing her inability to quell her childhood aspirations of one day becoming a lawyer or a politician, Miss Kitty told The Gleaner that she decided to start the journey to making one of those dreams a reality. She set out on her quest to become an attorney-at-law, and in 2018, she passed her final bar exams. Then on Tuesday, Miss Kitty realised her lifelong dream of becoming a practising lawyer when she was called to the Bar.

“Entertainment started by accident, and I took it, ran with it, and I really worked hard at it. I fine-tuned my craft and became one of the best in my field. I was in a male-dominated industry, and I wanted to be a... Read More

Prime Minister Andrew Holness (left) presents Youth Inspiring Positive Change founder Neville Charlton with the Prime Minister Youth Award for Excellence in the category of Youth Development. (Photo: Neville Charlton Facebook)

Prime Minister Andrew Holness honoured 28 individuals and two organisations at the Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards for Excellence on Sunday evening.

The recipients were drawn from 10 categories with the presentations and messages being interspersed with a variety of entertainment performances from the island’s youths during the just over one hour and 20 minutes function.

According to Holness, the youths were being recognised for commitment, dedication and energy that they have given to a variety of causes that will benefit the lives of other Jamaicans in tangible ways.

“In the midst of all that is taking place globally and locally and in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, our young people have shown us that they are highly innovative and can adapt to change. They are well able to join in building forward together for a better and stronger Jamaica.

“Today, we highlight and acknowledge our youth who are fully engaged to rethink our current realities and work diligently for a prosperous future.

“Your passion for excellence and your achievements to date at this very exciting and meaningful stage of your life, provide strong encouragement to those who are following in your footsteps,” Holness told the recipients. Read More

THE National Broadband Initiative which is expected to cost US$237 million for its execution as Government seeks to create universal Internet access is to be owned and managed by the private sector through a publicly listed special purpose vehicle (SPV), chair of the task force Michael Lee-Chin has divulged.

This way, he said, Jamaicans will be able to own a part of the infrastructure expected to fast-track economic recovery efforts, as Government moves to bounce back from the devastation caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Lee-Chin, billionaire businessman and chairman of Portland Holdings, was giving a breakdown of the plans to roll out the National Broadband Initiative at yesterday's Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology press briefing at the ministry's offices in St Andrew. Read More

A total of 35 principals from schools across the island have been trained under the pilot of the Inclusive School Leadership Training Programme (ISLTP).

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is undertaking the programme through its Special Education Unit, with the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL) conducting the training and the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) providing funding through its Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF).

Training started in January and is scheduled to conclude on December 31.

Principal/Director of NCEL, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton, told JIS News that the principals are being equipped with the necessary skills to make their schools more inclusive by exposing them to the nature and needs of students with varying exceptionalities and disabilities. Read More

 

COVID-19 has delivered a major shock to our societies and has clearly disrupted higher education globally. Having passed through the immediate response stage, it is now time to reflect on how prepared higher education systems were to respond to the crisis, how resilient they are and what lessons we have been learned that can be taken into the future.

A recent Strategic Debate, hosted by the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP-UNESCO), addressed this theme with panelists Hilligje can't Land, secretary-general of the International Association of Universities (IAU); NV Varghese, vice-chancellor of the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration and the founding director of the Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education in India; and Francisco Marmolejo, education advisor of the Qatar Foundation and former global higher education coordinator at the World Bank.

Together, they explored the concept of resilience in higher education in relation to the COVID-19 crisis. Read More