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Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Nesta Morgan, addresses graduates at the Lacovia High School Valedictory Service in St. Elizabeth on Tuesday (July 5).
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Nesta Morgan, addresses graduates at the Lacovia High School Valedictory Service in St. Elizabeth on Tuesday (July 5).

Morgan Challenges Graduates to Be Positive Role Models

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Nesta Morgan, says that the current generation of students possess the capacity to bring about momentous change to the Jamaican society. Giving the keynote...
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaks at the official launch of the online School Board Platform at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Wednesday (June 28). The establishment of the virtual portal forms part of a comprehensive strategy to transform the governance of Jamaica’s public educational institutions.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaks at the official launch of the online School Board Platform at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Wednesday (June 28). The establishment of the virtual portal forms part of a comprehensive strategy to transform the governance of Jamaica’s public educational institutions.

Plans Being Made to Transform School Boards
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams

Primary-School Teachers Urged To Redeem Laptop Vouchers
Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Homer Davis (centre) breaks ground for the rehabilitation of a sanitation block at the Lethe Primary and Infant School in St. James on June 30. Joining him (from left) are Superintendent of Police in Charge of Operations, St. James Police Division, Eron Samuels; Principal of Bickersteth Primary and Infant School in St. James, Robert Gordon; Owner of Odel Allen Construction, Odel Allen; Senior Manager for Social Development at the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Mona Sue Ho; Regional Director at the Ministry of Education and Youth – Region Four, Dr. Michelle Pinnock; and Principal of Lethe Primary and Infant School, Allison McGhie.
Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Homer Davis (centre) breaks ground for the rehabilitation of a sanitation block at the Lethe Primary and Infant School in St. James on June 30. Joining him (from left) are Superintendent of Police in Charge of Operations, St. James Police Division, Eron Samuels; Principal of Bickersteth Primary and Infant School in St. James, Robert Gordon; Owner of Odel Allen Construction, Odel Allen; Senior Manager for Social Development at the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Mona Sue Ho; Regional Director at the Ministry of Education and Youth – Region Four, Dr. Michelle Pinnock; and Principal of Lethe Primary and Infant School, Allison McGhie.

Sanitation Block at Lethe Primary and Infant to Be Rehabilitated
Rose Bennett-Cooper (right), widow of the late Jamaican artist Cecil Cooper, in conversation with Jamaican-born writer, journalist and broadcaster, Ferdinand Dennis and curator of the Cecil Cooper Scholarship Exhibition, Gilou Bauer, on July 2 at the Olympia Gallery, Old Hope Road, in St. Andrew.
Rose Bennett-Cooper (right), widow of the late Jamaican artist Cecil Cooper, in conversation with Jamaican-born writer, journalist and broadcaster, Ferdinand Dennis and curator of the Cecil Cooper Scholarship Exhibition, Gilou Bauer, on July 2 at the Olympia Gallery, Old Hope Road, in St. Andrew.

Cecil Cooper Foundation Provides Scholarships For Edna Manley College Students

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Winner in the Bustamante Hospital for Children poster competition, Shamara Chin (left), is presented with her trophy by Administrator at the hospital, Karlene Taylor-McKenzie (right), while mother of the student, Nina Brown (centre), shares in the occasion. The ceremony was at the hospital in St. Andrew on June 30.
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Bustamante Hospital Awards Children

The Bustamante Hospital for Children, with support from the private sector, has awarded several children for participating in a poster design competition for primary schools, to heighten child safety awareness. Staged as part of its Child Month activities in May, the competition was geared at sensitising parents and caregivers about critical interventions that should be implemented to safeguard children three...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Faval Williams (left), greets students at the Hope Valley Experimental School graduation exercise, held at the University Chapel in St. Andrew on June 29.
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Students Urged To Make The Best Of Upcoming Summer School

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, is urging students to take full advantage of the National Summer School Programme, which commences on Monday, July 4. The Minister, who was speaking at the Hope Valley Experimental School graduation ceremony held at the University Chapel in St. Andrew on June 29, noted that the programme is designed to recover from...
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(FILE) National Literacy Coordinator in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. André Hill.
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National Summer School Starts July 4

The Ministry of Education and Youth’s National Summer School will get under way on July 4. The four-week programme, which ends on July 28, is free of cost to students. National Literacy Coordinator, Dr. Andre Hill, said the summer school is one of several initiatives being used by the Ministry to address gaps in learning caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19)...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), accepts a copy of the National Education Sector Plan from Council Member, National Council on Education (NCE), Professor Disraeli Hutton. Occasion was the final sitting of the current NCE, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (June 29).
Education

School Board Platform Launched

The governance of public educational institutions is expected to be vastly improved with the launch of the online School Board Platform. The portal, which can be found on the National Council on Education’s (NCE) website at https://www.nce.org.jm/, was officially launched by Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, during the final sitting of the current NCE, at the Jamaica...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), peruses a magazine during a tour of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Arthur Wint Drive, St. Andrew, on June 28. Looking on (from left) are Dean of the School of Visual Arts, Miriam Hinds Smith; student, Tiffany McFarlane; and Chairman (Acting) of the institution, Donahue Martin Jr.
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PHOTOS: Minister Williams Tours School of Visual Arts Exhibition

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), peruses a magazine during a tour of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Arthur Wint Drive, St. Andrew, on June 28. Looking on (from left) are Dean of the School of Visual Arts, Miriam Hinds Smith; student, Tiffany McFarlane; and Chairman (Acting) of the institution, Donahue...
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Education

SLB To Accept Loan Payments Online By Year-End

Clients of the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) will be able to make their loan payments online before the end of this year. Deputy Executive Director, Charmaine Rose Anderson, said online payments will be facilitated via the Strategic Transformation of End-users Experience Portal (STEEP), also known as the customer portal. “Students will be able to make payments directly from the portal...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), views one of the 100, 1,000-gallon water tanks, donated by the United States Southern Humanitarian Command Program (USSHCP), which will benefit 51 primary and infant schools across the island. The tanks were handed over during a ceremony on Tuesday (June 28), at Jamaica College in St. Andrew. Looking on (from left) are: Senior Defense Attaché to the United Sates (US) Embassy, Lieutenant Robert Ramsey Jr., and US Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency, Nick Perry.
EducationYouth

51 Schools Receive Water Tanks From US Southern Humanitarian Command

Fifty-one primary and infant schools are to benefit from a donation of 100 water tanks, valued over $9 million. The 1,000-gallon black tanks, along with fittings, were provided by the United States (US) Southern Humanitarian Command Program (USSHCP), through the National Education Trust (NET). The USSHCP’s donation is in support of the Ministry of Education and Youth’s efforts to ensure...
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