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YOUNG Islanders aged between 16 and 18 will have to either remain in full-time education or enter an apprenticeship under new government proposals to address a looming skills shortage. Currently, students can opt to leave school at the age of 16 and enter the world of work. However, as part of a new government skills […]

HEAD teachers in Jersey are to go on strike for the first time ever next week, joining colleagues in an unprecedented co-ordinated day of action involving members of all three teaching unions. Island schools are set to close next Tuesday, just a week after the start of the new academic year – with the strike […]

MORE needs to be done to stop the ‘brain drain’ of Jersey tax-payer funded students not returning to the Island, perhaps even converting their grants into loans, a minister has said. Economic Development Minister Kirsten Morel said that he would like to create incentives for Jersey students to come back at some point once they […]

STUDENT finance maintenance grants will increase in September to support those in higher education with the cost of living. Children’s and Education Minister Inna Gardiner is due to sign an amendment to the Education (Grants and Allowances) (Jersey) Order 2018 later in the spring to enact the increase. It is not the first time Deputy […]

IT is ‘not acceptable’ for social workers to be supporting children remotely, the Children’s and Education Minister has said. Deputy Inna Gardiner made the comments during yesterday’s Children, Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel, following a critical care judgment in the Royal Court highlighting that an employee allocated to work with a vulnerable mother and […]

JERSEY must take steps to tackle the issue of excessive gaming among young people, the children’s commissioner has said. Andrea Le Saint also raised concerns about a lack of information about the number of hours Islanders are spending online and their gaming habits. She added that the effect of gaming on young people’s mental health […]

A YOUNG chef is hoping to sauté her way to success this weekend with Jersey-inspired dishes in the district finals of a national cooking competition. Scarlett Crow, a Year 10 pupil at Jersey College for Girls, triumphed over students from Les Quennevais and Grainville schools at the local round in February, tantalising the tastebuds of […]

A SENIOR Education Department official who admitted possessing hundreds of indecent images of children was subject to ‘enhanced’ background checks and his crimes are ‘understood not to involve’ Jersey children, the Education Minister has said. Deputy Inna Gardiner moved to reassure parents after 60-year-old David Gerald Berry – who worked as director of standards and […]

TRADERS will no longer be able to import or supply customers with most single-use plastic bags from today, and must charge shoppers at least 70p for a reusable one. Jersey’s new law comes into force to encourage a ‘bring your own bag’ culture, which aims to reduce carbon emissions associated with the production, transportation and […]