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Resident Manager for Round Hill Hotel, Conroy Thompson (centre); emphasises a point during the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo) ‘Let’s Talk Tourism’ panel discussion at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, on March 29. Listening are Coordinator of Corporate Communications & Community Awareness, TPDCo, Marline Stephenson Dalley (left); and Group Human Resource Director for Couples, Floyd Burchell.
Resident Manager for Round Hill Hotel, Conroy Thompson (centre); emphasises a point during the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo) ‘Let’s Talk Tourism’ panel discussion at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, on March 29. Listening are Coordinator of Corporate Communications & Community Awareness, TPDCo, Marline Stephenson Dalley (left); and Group Human Resource Director for Couples, Floyd Burchell.

Students Urged To Consider Career In Tourism

Students are being encouraged to consider a career in tourism as they make plans for their future. Director of the Jamaica Centre of Tourism Innovation/Craft Development Institute, Carol Rose Brown, said that more than 1,500 new hotel rooms are to...
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon Fayval Williams (standing centre) witnesses the signing of the energy savings performance contract for the ‘Schools Energy Efficiency (EE) and Solar Pilot Project’, held at the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) in Kingston on March 29. The signatories are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Maureen Dwyer (seated right) and Managing Director of Roswall Development Inc, Daniel Roscoe (seated left). Also witnessing the signing (standing from left) are Chairman of Roswall Development Inc, Michel P. Samson; Head of Finance, Roswall Development, David Howell; Managing Director of the DBJ, Milverton Reynolds; and Deputy Chairman of the National Education Trust (NET), Andrew Warwar.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon Fayval Williams (standing centre) witnesses the signing of the energy savings performance contract for the ‘Schools Energy Efficiency (EE) and Solar Pilot Project’, held at the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) in Kingston on March 29. The signatories are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Maureen Dwyer (seated right) and Managing Director of Roswall Development Inc, Daniel Roscoe (seated left). Also witnessing the signing (standing from left) are Chairman of Roswall Development Inc, Michel P. Samson; Head of Finance, Roswall Development, David Howell; Managing Director of the DBJ, Milverton Reynolds; and Deputy Chairman of the National Education Trust (NET), Andrew Warwar.

30 Schools To Benefit From Energy-Efficient Retrofits Under Pilot Project
Policy and Advocacy Coordinator, Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network (JYAN), Shereika Mills, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (March 29).
Policy and Advocacy Coordinator, Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network (JYAN), Shereika Mills, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (March 29).

JYAN Works With Stakeholders To Protect Health And Wellness Of Students
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams.

Positive Behaviour Programme For Schools
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams.

Smooth Sitting Of PEP Ability Test

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Administrative Assistant for the Editorial and Photography Department, at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) and past student of Brown
Education

JIS Donates 10 Tablets To Brown’s Hall Primary School

Ten students from the Brown’s Hall Primary School in rural St. Catherine have benefited from a donation of tablets, which will enable them to access online tools to support learning. The tablets were provided under a partnership between the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) and the Digicel Foundation. A package containing JIS publications was also presented to the school. At the...
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Minister of Education, and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams
Education

Audit To Be Conducted On Use Of Metal Detectors In Schools

Beginning Monday, March 28, the Ministry of Education and Youth will be conducting a full audit of the extent to which metal detectors are being used in public schools. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, says this will form part of the Ministry’s response to reduce the incidence of violence among students by detecting and confiscating implements, such as knives and...
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(FILE) National Mathematics Coordinator, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, and Chair for the Primary Specialist Teacher Model Oversight Committee, Dr. Tamika Benjamin, addresses a JIS Think Tank on June 5.
Education

Emphasis On Parents And Students During Maths Week

The Ministry of Education and Youth is expected to impact more than 20,000 students along with parents during Maths Week, which will be observed from March 27 to April 1. This year’s theme is ‘Born to do Maths’, and according to the National Mathematics Coordinator, Dr. Tamika Benjamin, the Ministry is using its 2021 theme again, particularly in the face...
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Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Cambridge (left), speaks with young students of the Shortwood Practising Primary and Infant School. Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, visited the Shortwood Teachers’ College in St. Andrew on Wednesday (March 23). The Duke and Duchess met briefly with researchers and members of the early-childhood faculty to discuss the administration of early-childhood education in Jamaica. The Royal couple is on a three-day (March 22 to 24) official visit to the island as part of activities to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of The Duke
EducationForeign Affairs

Duchess Of Cambridge Lauds Shortwood Teachers’ College

Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have extended commendation to Shortwood Teachers’ College for its commitment to excellence in education. In their visit to the institution located in Kingston on Wednesday (March 23), The Duke and Duchess met briefly with researchers and members of the early-childhood faculty, Permanent Secretary (Ag) in the Ministry of Education and Youth,...
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EducationForeign Affairs

Jamaica Diaspora Education Task Force Stages Education Summit

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, has lauded the Jamaica Diaspora Education Task Force for staging its seventh education summit. Declaring the one-week summit open at the Marymount College in New York on Monday March 21), Ambassador Marks pointed out that “the Government of Jamaica continues to invest heavily in its education sector”. “We are aware...
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Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna-Marie Rowe (left), looks on as University of the West Indies (UWI) student Katherine Bryan-Rattray (second right) presents the proceeds of a fundraiser to Director of the Mt. Olivet Boys’ Home, Patrick Newman. At right is Nordia Thompson, also of UWI. The students participated in the Applied Group Dynamics course, which raised funds towards the purchase of tablets for the boys at the Home. The facility, located in Walderston, Manchester, was adopted by the JIS in 2009 and remains the agency’s main corporate social responsibility project.
EducationYouth

Mount Olivet Boys’ Home Benefit From UWI Students’ Fundraiser

A group of enterprising final-year students from the University of the West Indies (UWI) have handed over the proceeds of a fundraiser to the Mt. Olivet Boys’ Home. The money is a contribution to the Home’s project to purchase tablets to boost online learning for the boys. Psychology major and member of the group, Katherine Bryan-Rattray, told JIS News that...
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