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Executive Director of the Council of Community Colleges in Jamaica (CCCJ), Donna Powell Wilson, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on December 1.
Executive Director of the Council of Community Colleges in Jamaica (CCCJ), Donna Powell Wilson, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on December 1.

Council Of Community Colleges Stages Activities For 20th Anniversary

The Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ) is celebrating its 20th anniversary in December, and will stage a series of activities to mark the occasion, under the theme ‘CCCJ at 20, Expanding the Possibilities’. Speaking today (December 1) at...
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addressing the House of Representatives, recently. (JIS File Photo)
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addressing the House of Representatives, recently. (JIS File Photo)

Education Minister Emphasises Importance Of Safe Transportation For Students
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaks at the sitting of the House of Representatives, on November 30.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaks at the sitting of the House of Representatives, on November 30.

56,300 Secondary Students In Face-To-Face Classes
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaking during the sitting of the House of Representatives on November 30.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaking during the sitting of the House of Representatives on November 30.

383 Larger Primary Schools Approved For Face-To-Face Learning
Minister of Education, Youth, and Information, Hon Fayval Williams (centre, joins Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (third left); and Chief Executive Officer of the Toll Authority, Lerone Laing (left), in presenting tablets to benefit students from rural schools. The devices, donated by the Toll Authority, were handed over at the Ministry of Transport and Mining in Kingston on Tuesday (November 30). Receiving the tablets are students from Iona High School in St. Ann, Anastacia Henry (second left) and Tewalie Reid (third right); principal of St. Ann’s Bay Primary, Trevor Cole (second right); and Guidance Counsellor at Iona High School, Kareen Purcell Bourne.
Minister of Education, Youth, and Information, Hon Fayval Williams (centre, joins Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (third left); and Chief Executive Officer of the Toll Authority, Lerone Laing (left), in presenting tablets to benefit students from rural schools. The devices, donated by the Toll Authority, were handed over at the Ministry of Transport and Mining in Kingston on Tuesday (November 30). Receiving the tablets are students from Iona High School in St. Ann, Anastacia Henry (second left) and Tewalie Reid (third right); principal of St. Ann’s Bay Primary, Trevor Cole (second right); and Guidance Counsellor at Iona High School, Kareen Purcell Bourne.

Toll Authority Donates 100 Tablets For Rural Students

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Examinations and Assessment Officer at the Council of Community Colleges Jamaica (CCCJ), Vanessa Buchanan Williams.
EducationIndustry

Council Of Community Colleges In Jamaica ISO 9001 2015 Certified

The Council of Community Colleges in Jamaica (CCCJ), can now boast that it is ISO 9001 2015 certified, having embarked on the journey in 2017. The CCCJ is a statutory agency under the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information (MoEYI), formed by an Act of Parliament to supervise and coordinate the work of Community Colleges in Jamaica. Speaking with JIS...
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Principal of Little Bay Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland , Keron King, examines the chicken coop located in the school’s farm.
AgricultureEducation

Little Bay Primary And Infant School To Expand Farm

Principal of the Little Bay Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland, Keron King, says the school’s farm will be further expanded. This expansion forms part of the school’s three-year plan to be a self-sufficient institution, the Principal told JIS News. What began as a small school garden containing mostly vegetables, now has chicken coops for the growing of chickens and...
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Minister of Education, Youth, and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams.
EducationTechnology

School Leaders Urged To Make Greater Use Of Technology

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, has called on school leaders to make greater use of technology in order to ensure that students are not left behind amid the rapid technological changes. “Undoubtedly, some societies with more resources than we have will be ahead of us, but we must ensure our students are exposed to these new...
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Project Manager for the ‘Own Your Own Device’ initiative, at e-Learning Jamaica Limited (e-Ljam), Seymour Rhoden
EducationTechnology

Some 5,000 Teachers To Receive E-vouchers To Purchase Laptops

Some 5,000 public school educators could commence receiving electronic vouchers (evouchers) to purchase laptop computers in December, under the ‘Laptop for Teachers’ programme, being developed by e- Learning Jamaica Limited (e-Ljam). Project Manager for the ‘Own Your Own Device’ initiative at e-Ljam, Seymour Rhoden, told JIS News that the e-vouchers will enable teachers to visit an approved vendor location to...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), and Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left) participate in the launch of the National Coding in Schools Programme, during a virtual ceremony on Friday (Nov. 19). The function involved the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate the implementation of the initiative, which will benefit 400,000 students in grades one to 13 in public schools across the country. Other participants (from left) are: Acting Permanent Secretary in the Education Ministry, Maureen Dwyer; Managing Director, Amber Group, Michael McNaughton; and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Digicel Jamaica, Jabbor Kayumov.
Education

400,000 Students to Benefit From Roll-Out of National Coding in Schools Programme

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Friday (Nov. 19), officially launched the National Coding in Schools Programme, which will benefit 400,000 students from grades one to 13, and 15,000 teachers in public schools across the country. This follows the successful pilot programme, which was launched by the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Information on May 7, through partnership...
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Official logo United Nations Jamaica.
Education

More Than 170 Complete Results-Based Budget Training

One hundred and seventy-four officials completed training in Results-Based Budgeting as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) joint programme. The programme, which exceeded its projected participant target by 45 per cent, included 10 participants from the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, 87 from the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Information, and 77 from the Ministry of Health...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addressing students at a Sixth-Form Pathway programme town hall held at the Excelsior High School in Kingston on Thursday (November 18).
Education

Students Can Still Graduate at Fifth Form

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says that students are allowed to graduate at fifth form but are encouraged to return for two additional years of study under the Sixth-Form Pathways. “You are allowed to have all your school-leaving ceremonies… do the speeches, take the pictures, do all of that, but we're saying to you, once you...
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