REMINDED THAT ‘L’ MUST BE DISPLAYED ON THE LEARNER VEHICLE;
NOT AUTHORITY TO DRIVE FREELY
PORT ANTONIO, Portland; Feb 27, 2026
Twenty-seven Titchfield High School students have passed the road code test, administered by the Island Traffic Authority (ITA) at the school on February 6.
Through the ITA’s Learner Driver Education Programme, 33 students at the Port Antonio, Portland-based school sat the test to determine whether they will be eligible for a learner’s permit.
(Administering the road code test to students at Titchfield High)
A JIS report said that the 27 who have passed will be issued with sealed envelopes to take to the offices of Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), where they will pay the $1,800 to acquire their learner’s permit.
Corporate Communications and Public Relations Manager at the ITA, Dontae Matthews, told JIS News that, “the learner’s permit becomes valid when they receive it at the tax office, and it lasts for a year. They will now be able to begin driving lessons under the supervision of a licensed driver”.
(ITA’s Dontae Matthews — They will now be able to begin driving lessons)
Titchfield High is the first school in Eastern Jamaica to benefit from the Learner Driver Education Programme.
Speaking during the launch of the programme recently, Director General of the ITA, Colonel Daniel Pryce, reminded the youngsters that “a learner’s permit is not permission to drive freely. It is a controlled privilege designed to protect you and every other road user”.
He said that, “a learner driver must display the required ‘L’ identification, so other road users know that you are learning to drive.
