KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) has warned applicants who use artificial intelligence (AI) to generate the 600-word essay that is required for consideration of its tertiary education grant will be automatically disqualified.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Dr. Irfaan Ali has announced his intentions to explore making Spanish a compulsory subject in secondary schools across Guyana in order to instill needed skills in students.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The University of the West Indies (UWI) Friday named Professor Densil A. Williams as principal of the Mona Campus of the regional tertiary institution replacing Pro Vice-Chancellor and Campus Principal, Professor Dale Webber who resumes teaching and research duties as a Marine Biologist after July 31, 202

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, Candace Bond has launched a project intended to reduce the likelihood of students engaging in violence in a school setting or on the way to and from school.

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands - Education Minister Sharie de Castro says the ministry is getting ready to recruit interested students, who are at the end of their high school journey, to teach at various schools across the territory.

WASHINGTON, DC – Jamaican Academic economist and policy advisor Peter Blair Henry has returned to Stanford University where he was jointly appointed to the Hoover Institution and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), both at Stanford.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica's government says it will be spending an estimated J$2.4 billion (One Jamaica dollar=US$0.008 cents) to provide scholarships to students from low-income homes over a five year period.

Whenever Keturah Hamilton visits Jamaica, she is struck by the challenges many parents face to give their children a sound education. The actress/philanthropist has assisted schools and students through her Keturah Hamilton Foundation by donating educational items.

Kingston, Jamaica - The High Commission of Canada, in collaboration with renowned Olympian Brendon Rodney and his Rodney's Life Beyond Sports Foundation, proudly announced the launch of the inaugural Rodney's Life Beyond Sports Foundation Excellence Scholarship Awards. This ground-breaking initiative aims to foster excellence in sports and education by providing scholarships to tertiary students at the GC Foster College of Physical Education and Sport in Jamaica.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Public health experts from the University of the West Indies (UWI) have expressed concern over the lack of Caribbean representation on the O’Neill-Lancet Commission on Racism, Structural Discrimination and Global Health.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is receiving support from the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), as the island seeks to curb the incidence of violence in schools.

KINGSTON, Jamaica -The Association of Caribbean Social Work Educators (ACSWE) has described as “unimaginable” the fire that engulfed the dormitory of the Mahdia Secondary School in Guyana on Monday, killing 19 students and injuring several others.