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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).
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).

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...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (background, third right), looks on as students of Vision Plus Early Childhood Institution in Westmoreland display some of the tablets that he handed over to the institution on Thursday, November 18. He is joined by staff at the institution.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (background, third right), looks on as students of Vision Plus Early Childhood Institution in Westmoreland display some of the tablets that he handed over to the institution on Thursday, November 18. He is joined by staff at the institution.

Pm Donates 120 Tablets to Four Westmoreland Schools
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams.

Implementation of MyHR+ In Schools Will Improve Efficiency – Minister
Education Youth and Information Minister The Hon. Fayval Williams (second right) and Member of Parliament for Clarendon South East The Hon. Pearnel Charles jr. (right), present a tablet to student Rhianna Morris during the ceremonial handover of tablets at Green Park Primary and Junior High School on Wednesday (November 17). Principal of the school Michael Jackson (left) looks on.
Education Youth and Information Minister The Hon. Fayval Williams (second right) and Member of Parliament for Clarendon South East The Hon. Pearnel Charles jr. (right), present a tablet to student Rhianna Morris during the ceremonial handover of tablets at Green Park Primary and Junior High School on Wednesday (November 17). Principal of the school Michael Jackson (left) looks on.

Tablets Distributed to Green Park Primary and Junior High School
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (third left) converses with 11th grade students Nicola Leslie and Juwanna Mitchell during the official handover ceremony of a Huawei Idea Hub Interactive Classroom System on Thursday (November 18). Looking on are Member of Parliament for St. Andrew North Western, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (right); Principal of Pembroke High School, Rev. Claude Ellis (left) and Chief Executive Officer, Huawei Jamaica, Bo Zhou.
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (third left) converses with 11th grade students Nicola Leslie and Juwanna Mitchell during the official handover ceremony of a Huawei Idea Hub Interactive Classroom System on Thursday (November 18). Looking on are Member of Parliament for St. Andrew North Western, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (right); Principal of Pembroke High School, Rev. Claude Ellis (left) and Chief Executive Officer, Huawei Jamaica, Bo Zhou.

Huawei Donates Interactive Classroom Systems to Ministry of Education

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Tonia Williams is 2022 Rhodes Scholar

Tonia Williams is the 2022 Rhodes Scholar for Jamaica. The announcement was made on Thursday (November 18) from King’s House after a full day of interviews of the 11 candidates, who vied for the scholarship. A former student of Immaculate Conception High School in St. Andrew, Ms. Williams studied Psychology at Vassar University in the United States (US) and is...
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Acting Coordinator for the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Social Intervention Programme, Sylvester Anderson.
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Trelawny Youth Targeted Under Education and Employment Programmes

Young people in Trelawny are being urged to take advantage of opportunities under the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Special Employment Programme (SEP) and the Education and Entrepreneurship Grants Programme. Coordinator for the Ministry’s Education and Entrepreneurship Grants Programme, Sylvester Anderson, made the call during the monthly meeting of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation held recently, where he made a...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Fayval Williams, presenting her remarks at the Jamaica Tertiary Education Commission’s Registration Conferral Ceremony held today (November 17).
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Eleven Tertiary Institutions Receive Certification From J-TEC

Eleven tertiary institutions were registered with the Jamaica Tertiary Education Commission (J-TEC) and received certification during a Registration Conferral Ceremony held in Kingston today (November 17). The certified institutions are: in St James - the International Postgraduate Medical College; in Manchester -  Church Teachers’ College; in St Ann - Moneague College; Sigma College of Nursing and Applied Sciences and Brown’s...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses researchers and crew members aboard the research ship, the ‘Statsraad Lehmkuhl’, which is docked at Port Royal in Kingston. The Prime Minister toured the Norwegian vessel on Wednesday (November 17).
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PM Welcomes Opportunity For Local Students Aboard Norwegian Research Vessel

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government welcomes the opportunity provided to Jamaican students for marine and scientific research aboard the Norwegian vessel ‘Statsraad Lehmkuhl’. “Jamaica is grateful that you have given the opportunity to some of our student scientists to participate in this very important exercise and the effect of that on our research community will...
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Commissioner of Jamaica Tertiary Education Commission (J-TEC), Dr. Dameon Black, addressing Tuesday’s (November 16) Think Tank at the JIS head office in Kingston.
Education

11 Tertiary Institutions To Receive J-TEC Certification

Eleven tertiary institutions that have satisfied the requirement for registration with the Jamaica Tertiary Education Commission (J-TEC), will be presented with their certification at a Registration Conferral ceremony on November 17. They are the St. James-based International Postgraduate Medical College; Church Teachers’ College, Manchester; Moneague College, Sigma College of Nursing and Applied Sciences, and Brown’s Town Community College in St....
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Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a ceremony for the presentation of tablets to grade-four students from primary schools in St. Elizabeth, at the Black River Primary and Infant School in the parish on November 12.
Education

Sixth-Form Pathways Will Better Prepare Students For Higher Studies, Work

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, is assuring parents that the compulsory Sixth-Form Pathways will better prepare students for higher-level academics or entry into the workforce. The new initiative, slated to commence in September 2022, is part of the Ministry’s implementation of a seven-year high-school programme. It allows for students who complete grade 11 to enrol and pursue...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (fourth right) and Ambassador of Japan in Jamaica, His Excellency Masaya Fujiwara (third left), officially open the new classroom block at Black River High in St. Elizabeth on Friday (November 12). Looking on (from left) are Director, Donor and Partner Relations, National Education Trust (NET), Latoya Harris; Black River High Head Girl, Joneel Johnson; Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth South West, Floyd Green; Black River High School Chairman, Vincent Gutherie; the Ministry’s Region 5 Director of Regional Education Services, Ottis Brown; and (front) Black River High Grade 8 student, Mickayla White.
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$20M Classroom Block Built at Black River High School

An additional classroom block has been constructed at Black River High School in St. Elizabeth at a cost of approximately $20 million. The structure, which comprises four classrooms and a staff room, was built under the Government of Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project and is expected to help ease overcrowding at the institution. The National Education Trust...
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