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Acting Chief Executive Officer of e-Learning Jamaica Limited, Andrew Lee.
Acting Chief Executive Officer of e-Learning Jamaica Limited, Andrew Lee.

e-Learning Encouraging Students To Care For Devices

e-Learning Jamaica Limited (e-LJAM) is encouraging students who received tablets under the Government’s Tablets in School Programme and the Own Your Own Device Initiative, to care for and protect the devices. “The devices should be used primarily for educational purposes...
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Zavia Mayne (second right, back row), and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and Southwest St. Elizabeth member of Parliament, Hon. Floyd Green (second left, back row) with 12-year-old triplets (from left, front row) Dennis, Tamoya, and Denrique Barrett, who recently aced the Primary Exit Profile exams at the Mountainside Primary School in St. Elizabeth. The children display tablets that were presented to them by Mr. Mayne. Sharing the occasion (from left) are Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) Social Worker, Lorrie-Ann Love Thompson; the children’s mother, Tamara Barret; and the children’s Grade-six Teacher, Phylicia Ebanks.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Zavia Mayne (second right, back row), and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and Southwest St. Elizabeth member of Parliament, Hon. Floyd Green (second left, back row) with 12-year-old triplets (from left, front row) Dennis, Tamoya, and Denrique Barrett, who recently aced the Primary Exit Profile exams at the Mountainside Primary School in St. Elizabeth. The children display tablets that were presented to them by Mr. Mayne. Sharing the occasion (from left) are Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) Social Worker, Lorrie-Ann Love Thompson; the children’s mother, Tamara Barret; and the children’s Grade-six Teacher, Phylicia Ebanks.

Triplets Ace Primary Exit Profile Exams
The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service logo.
The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service logo.

Ministry Committed to Educating Persons about Financial Inclusion
Principal of Little Bay Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland, Keron King, points to the institution’s recently constructed water tank.
Principal of Little Bay Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland, Keron King, points to the institution’s recently constructed water tank.

Laundromat to Be Established at Little Bay Primary and Infant School
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams.

Education Ministry Advancing Process To Deploy Specialist Spanish Teachers In Schools

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National Water Commission (NWC) Vice President, Garth Jackson (fifth left), along with Project Coordinator at M&M Jamaica Limited, Michael Hemming (sixth left), and Deputy Managing Director at M&M Jamaica Limited, Richard Mullings (sixth right), with other workers on the Spanish Town leg of the major NWC improvement project recently.
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NWC and M&M Jamaica Limited Partner to Facilitate Skills Development for Young Engineers

The National Water Commission (NWC) has partnered with M&M Jamaica Limited to facilitate skills development for young engineers through hands-on experience. NWC Vice President, Garth Jackson, says under the six-month collaboration, several engineers have been assigned to the Spanish Town leg of the Commission’s major improvement project, being undertaken by M&M. "We have agreed with M&M that we will both...
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Outgoing President of the Jamaica Teacher’s Association (JTA), Jasford Gabriel (left) , hands over the JTA’s gavel to incoming president of the organisation, Winston Smith. Occasion was the opening ceremony of the 57th JTA annual conference, which was held on Monday (August 16) at the Ocean Coral Spring Hotel in Trelawny.
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New JTA President Installed

Principal of the Golden Spring Primary School in St. Andrew, Winston Smith, has been installed as the 57th president of the Jamaica Teacher’s Association (JTA). Mr. Smith was installed during the opening ceremony of the 57th JTA annual conference, which was held on Monday (August 16) at the Ocean Coral Spring Hotel in Trelawny. The outgoing president is Principal of...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Fayval Williams (right) greeting the Jamaica Teacher’s Association President-Elect Winston Smith, at the 57th Annual Conference Church Service which was held at the Faith Tabernacle Shiloh Apostolic Church in Kingston on Sunday (August 15). Photo: Michael Sloley
Education

Minister Calls for Accountability to Improve on Achievements

The Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Fayval Williams is urging Jamaicans to remain accountable for raising the achievement levels of all students. She was speaking at the Jamaica Teacher’s Association (JTA) 57th Annual Conference Church Service, held at the Faith Tabernacle Shiloh Apostolic Church, in Kingston on Sunday (August 15). In her remarks, the Minister said embracing...
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Deputy Managing Director, Operations at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Owen Smith explains the JUTC
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720 Students in St Catherine to Benefit from School Train Service

Approximately 720 students in the parish of St. Catherine are expected to be transported daily by the School Train Service that will be operated by the Jamaica Railway Corporation in conjunction with the Ministry of Education Youth and Information (MOEYI) and the Jamaica Urban Transit Company. In an interview with JIS News following a final test run of the service...
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Education

Digital Literacy Skills Framework to be Established

The Broadcasting Commission, in collaboration with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), is to establish a Digital Literacy Skills Framework for Jamaica. This according to the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) 2020 Economic and Social Survey, which says, “This intends to aid the development of digital literacy in the era of the fourth revolution as a regulatory...
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Education

$4.3 Billion Allocated To Primary-Level Schools For 2021-2022

A sum of $4.3 billion has been allocated to primary, all-age, and junior high schools for the 2021-2022 academic year. The funds are being disbursed in four tranches, with the first tranche paid over in June 2021. The Ministry Education, Youth, and Information, in a recent bulletin, said that each school will receive a maintenance grant in the amount of...
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