Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information

Senator the Honourable

Dr. Dana Morris Dixon

Minister

Senator Dr. the Honourable Dana Morris Dixon is the Minister for Education, Skills, Youth and Information as of October 30, 2024. Dr. Dixon is a 2004 Fulbright Scholar and an alum of the University of the West Indies where she completed BSs. Economics (First Class Honours) and MSc. Government (Distinction). She is also a graduate […]

The Permanent Secretary

Dr. Kasan Troupe, JP

2 National Heroes Circle

Kingston 4

(876) 922-1400-9 [Phone]

[email protected] [Email]

https://moey.gov.jm/ [Website]

The Ministry of Education (MoE) is the government entity responsible for the management and administration of public education in Jamaica. The Ministry of Education was first established in 1953, as the Ministry of Education and Social Welfare. Currently, the MoE carries out the Government of Jamaica’s mandate of ensuring a system which secures quality education and training of all citizens of Jamaica in order to optimise individual and national development.

The MoE provides the avenue for the enrichment and upward mobility of our people through education. The organisation is one of Jamaica’s largest public entities and is comprised presently of 11 agencies, six Regional Offices, and a central office with approximately 40 units which fall under 5 divisions. These unite to provide the framework for the efficient functioning of over 1,000 public educational institutions that serve over 100,000 students and over 20,000 teachers.

The Ministry of Education is also responsible for two public universities and several community, multidisciplinary and teachers’ colleges.

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