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Manager of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Montego Bay Regional Office, Tashion Hewitt Stennett, reads to attentive grade three students of the Catherine Hall Primary and Infant School in St. James, during Read Across Jamaica Day activities at the institution on Tuesday ( May 9).
Manager of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Montego Bay Regional Office, Tashion Hewitt Stennett, reads to attentive grade three students of the Catherine Hall Primary and Infant School in St. James, during Read Across Jamaica Day activities at the institution on Tuesday ( May 9).

PHOTOS: Regional Office Team Members Read to Students

Chief Executive Officer, VM Foundation, Samantha Charles, reads a book to Elletson Road Basic School students during a Read Across Jamaica Day engagement at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library on May 9. Read Across Jamaica Day is used annually to promote the significance of reading and literacy among Jamaicans.
Chief Executive Officer, VM Foundation, Samantha Charles, reads a book to Elletson Road Basic School students during a Read Across Jamaica Day engagement at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library on May 9. Read Across Jamaica Day is used annually to promote the significance of reading and literacy among Jamaicans.

PHOTOS: Read Across Jamaica Day at Tom Redcam Library
Students at the Webster Memorial Basic School are engaged in a reading session led by Audit Manager at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Karen Watson. The session formed part of Read Across Jamaica Day activities across the island on May 9.
Students at the Webster Memorial Basic School are engaged in a reading session led by Audit Manager at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Karen Watson. The session formed part of Read Across Jamaica Day activities across the island on May 9.

PHOTOS: NSWMA Leads ‘Read Across Jamaica Day’ Activity at Webster Memorial Basic School
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right, seated), points to illustrations in the book ‘I Can Do My Part’, by Cathryn O’Sullivan, while reading to grade-four students at Dupont Primary and Infant School. The occasion was a visit to the institution, located in his St. Andrew West Central constituency, as part of activities marking Read Across Jamaica Day on Tuesday (May 9).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right, seated), points to illustrations in the book ‘I Can Do My Part’, by Cathryn O’Sullivan, while reading to grade-four students at Dupont Primary and Infant School. The occasion was a visit to the institution, located in his St. Andrew West Central constituency, as part of activities marking Read Across Jamaica Day on Tuesday (May 9).

Prime Minister Holness Reads to Students
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), presents the instrument of office to Chairman of the National Council on Education, Dr. Herbert Gayle. Occasion was a reception of the 24 newly appointed members of the Council held at the Courtleigh Hotel and Suites in Kingston recently.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), presents the instrument of office to Chairman of the National Council on Education, Dr. Herbert Gayle. Occasion was a reception of the 24 newly appointed members of the Council held at the Courtleigh Hotel and Suites in Kingston recently.

PHOTOS: 24 Members Appointed to National Council on Education

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Students of McIntosh Memorial Primary School performed a song at the Wesley Mount Methodist Church in Williamsfield Manchester. Occasion was the Child Month National Church Service on Sunday (May 7).
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Importance of Special Focus on Youngsters During Child Month Emphasised

Senior Director, Children’s Affairs Policy Division, Ministry of Education and Youth, Hyacinth Blair, says this year’s theme for Child Month, ‘Children Need Our Love and Protection... Get Involved’, is in keeping with the tradition of heightening national focus on the youngsters during May. “The special focus on Child Month annually is important because it allows us to reflect on the...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, reads to children in the reading room at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library on Tom Redcam Drive in Kingston on Friday (May 5). The event forms part of the Ministry
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PHOTOS: Minister Williams Reads to Students

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, reads to children in the reading room at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library on Tom Redcam Drive in Kingston on Friday (May 5). The event forms part of the Ministry's activities for Read Across Jamaica Day on Tuesday (May 9), which aims to foster a love for reading among children...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams.
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Schools to Receive Support for Assessment of Grade-Six Students

The Ministry of Education and Youth is providing support to schools for the psycho-educational assessment of grade-six students who are performing significantly and consistently below the desired grade level. The results will be used to guide the teaching and learning plans for the new school year. Grade-six teachers/supervisors are being advised to inform the Ministry of the children who qualify...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), listens as Director of The Arrow Foundation, Christopher Bonterre (second left), outlines the entity’s activities during Tuesday’s (May 2) launch of Literacy Education Acceleration Programme (LEAP) pilot, at the Holy Trinity High School in Kingston. Also listening are Chief Education Officer (Acting) in the Ministry, Dr. Kasan Troupe (second right) and Head of the European Union Delegation to Jamaica, Belize, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands and Cayman Islands, Her Excellency Ambassador Marianne Van Steen.
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Students in ZOSOs with Literacy Challenges Poised to ‘LEAP’ These Barriers

Students at six secondary schools in communities declared Zones of Special Operations (ZOSOs) are poised to benefit from the Literacy Education Acceleration Programme (LEAP) pilot, being implemented by the Ministry of Education and Youth. The beneficiary institutions are the Corporate Area-based Haile Selassie High School, Norman Manley High School, Kingston High School, and Holy Trinity High School, in the Ministry’s...
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President of the Jamaica Red Cross, Allasandra Chung.
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Benefit Performance to Assist Jamaica Red Cross and Immaculate Conception Orchestra

Jamaica Red Cross and the Immaculate Conception High School Symphony Orchestra will benefit from the staging of a concert, dubbed ’Beyond Boundaries’, at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Chapel, Mona Campus, on Thursday (May 4) beginning at 6:30 p.m. The performers will be the Julliard-trained Renaissance String Quartet of New York (NY), comprising violinists Randall Goosby and Jeremiah...
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Education Officer in the Ministry of Education and Youth’s Special Education Unit, Avarine Bradshaw.
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School-to-work Pilot to Begin September

The pilot of the Ministry of Education and Youth’s School-to-Work Transition programme, which seeks to prepare special needs students for the world of work, will commence in September 2023.  The 10-month exercise, which will run until June 2024, aims to expose the students to work experience and provide them with an opportunity for certification through HEART/NSTA Trust.  A total of...
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