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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), hands over a printer to Principal, McCauley Primary School, Claudia Byer (right), at Harmony Hall Gospel Church on Corletts Road in St. Catherine South Central, on June 18. Sharing the moment is Member of Parliament for the area, Dr. Andrew Wheatley.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), hands over a printer to Principal, McCauley Primary School, Claudia Byer (right), at Harmony Hall Gospel Church on Corletts Road in St. Catherine South Central, on June 18. Sharing the moment is Member of Parliament for the area, Dr. Andrew Wheatley.

PM Hands Over Tablets To Students In St. Catherine South Central

More than 30 students living in St. Catherine South Central now have tablets for their online classes, thanks to Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, and his Positive Jamaica Foundation. Mr. Holness visited Harmony Hall Gospel Church on Corletts...
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaks in the House of Representatives. (File Photo)
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaks in the House of Representatives. (File Photo)

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), presents student at the St. Catherine-based Kitson Town Primary School, Annique Campbell, with a tablet computer, in Pedro, on Friday (June 18). Sharing in the occasion is Member of Parliament for St. Catherine West Central, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. The Prime Minister donated tablets to 30 students in the parish, from his Positive Jamaica Foundation.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), presents student at the St. Catherine-based Kitson Town Primary School, Annique Campbell, with a tablet computer, in Pedro, on Friday (June 18). Sharing in the occasion is Member of Parliament for St. Catherine West Central, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. The Prime Minister donated tablets to 30 students in the parish, from his Positive Jamaica Foundation.

Prime Minister Donates Tablets To Students In St. Catherine
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (fifth right), is joined by staff and education stakeholders at Ferris Primary School in Westmoreland, on Thursday, June 17, when 21 tablets valued at $260,000 were handed over to the institution by several non-profit organisations.
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (fifth right), is joined by staff and education stakeholders at Ferris Primary School in Westmoreland, on Thursday, June 17, when 21 tablets valued at $260,000 were handed over to the institution by several non-profit organisations.

Thousands of Tablets to Students
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, participates in a meditation exercise during a yoga session on June 13, at the High Commission of India in Kingston. The session is one of a series of activities being hosted by the High Commission of India to commemorate International Day of Yoga, to be celebrated on June 21. The exercise aims to highlight the benefits of yoga. This is the seventh International Day of Yoga, which is observed across the world.
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, participates in a meditation exercise during a yoga session on June 13, at the High Commission of India in Kingston. The session is one of a series of activities being hosted by the High Commission of India to commemorate International Day of Yoga, to be celebrated on June 21. The exercise aims to highlight the benefits of yoga. This is the seventh International Day of Yoga, which is observed across the world.

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The NCE Supports the Government’s Plan for Schools to Return to Face-to-Face Teaching and Learning in September 2021

The National Council on Education (NCE) welcomes the announcement made by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, that schools will reopen for face-to-face learning in September of this year. The need for face-to-face learning supports the findings of the NCE studies, which identified major learning loss among students as a result of the challenges that they experienced with online...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), examines the design for the new performing arts centre at St. Catherine High School, at the official groundbreaking ceremony, on Friday (June 18). Also looking at the plan are Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right); Chief Executive Officer, CHASE Fund, Billy Heaven (right), and Immediate Past President, St. Catherine High Alumni Association, Hugh Douse.
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New Performing Arts Centre for St. Catherine High

St. Catherine High School, the alma mater of Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is expected to have a new performing arts centre by the end of this year. Ground was officially broken for the centre at a ceremony on Friday (June 18), in which the Prime Minister participated. Supreme Ventures Limited donated the first $5 million towards the...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left), breaks ground for the construction of a new performing arts centre at St. Catherine High School, on Friday (June 18). Also participating (from left) are: Member of Parliament, St. Catherine South Central, Dr. Andrew Wheatley; Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams; Chairman, St. Catherine High School Board, Ms. Sharon Dale; Chief Executive Officer, CHASE Fund, Billy Heaven, and Principal, St. Catherine High School, Mr. Marlon Campbell.
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New Schools to Focus on Teaching Children How to Function in Fourth Industrial Revolution – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the new schools the Government intends to construct will focus on teaching children how to function well in the fourth industrial revolution with technology and collaborative learning. “Most of our schools, they are not built and designed for the kind of teaching and learning that is required to ensure that our population...
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Minister Williams Thanks Diaspora For Support To Education

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, has expressed gratitude to members of the Jamaican Diaspora for the support they continue to provide to the country’s education sector. “I know there is a lot of interest in ensuring that the education system in Jamaica continues to educate our children to very high standards, and so we want to...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left) and Wife of the Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (second right) unveil a plaque at the official opening of new bathroom facilities at Hall’s Delight Primary School on June 10. Sharing in the moment are Managing Director, JSIF, Omar Sweeney (left) and Principal, Hall
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Hall’s Delight And Westphalia Primary Schools Get Modern Sanitary Facilities

Students and teachers of the Hall’s Delight and Westphalia Primary Schools in East Rural St. Andrew, now have access to modern sanitary facilities. Under the School Sanitation Project, being implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), the pit latrines at the institutions were replaced with new five-seater sanitation blocks with flush toilets, at a cost of $25 million. The...
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350 Tertiary Students To Receive BGLC Education Grant

Three hundred and fifty students attending tertiary institutions across Jamaica will receive the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) Tertiary Education Grant for the 2021/2022 academic year. The grants are available to full-time undergraduates, 26 years and younger, who are enrolled at an accredited local tertiary institution and have a grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.75. Speaking at...
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Member of Parliament for West Central St. Catherine and Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, (2nd left), and Principal of Eccleston Primary School, Kamion Simpson (3rd right) look on as students, Jashari Mittoo (left) and Daniela Wildman (3rd left) use two of the computers donated to the intuition on June 9, by Felix Scott. Others from right are: student, Ackeem Francis and Community Relations, Education Officer, with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Kereen Reid-Clarke.
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Eccleston Primary School Receives Computers

The technological capacity of Eccleston Primary School in rural St. Catherine has been boosted, with the provision of four computers and a printer, from Felix Scott, a past student based in Canada. The devices were officially handed over to the school, on June 9, by Mr. Scott’s niece, Audrey Douglas. Speaking at the handover ceremony, Ms. Douglas said initially, her...
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