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Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (right), interacts with students at the rollout of the School Train Service, at the Spanish Town Train Station in St. Catherine, today (January 10).

Transport Minister Welcomes School Train Service

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, has welcomed the School Train Service and urged parents to play their part in ensuring that children are on time to board the trains. Speaking at the Spanish Town Train Station in...

India’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Rungsung Masakui.

Indian High Commission Gives Books Away

Guidance Counsellor of Holland Primary School in St. Elizabeth, Sutanya Johnson (second left), ensures that students maintain physical distancing prior to entering a classroom on Wednesday, January
5, when the institution resumed face-to-face classes. — Guidance Counsellor of Holland Primary School in St. Elizabeth, Sutanya Johnson (second left), ensures that students maintain physical distancing prior to entering a classroom on Wednesday, January 5, when the institution resumed face-to-face classes.

Holland Primary School Focuses On Reading

Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller.

Westmoreland Schools, Parents Urged To Look Out For Hand, Foot, And Mouth Disease

Some of the 5,000 coronavirus (COVID-19) home test kits donated to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information by the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The self-test kits are intended for use in primary schools where there are many younger children for whom vaccination against COVID-19 is not yet approved. The handover took place at the Education Ministry in Kingston on Thursday (January 6).

PHOTOS: Education Ministry Gets 5,000 self-test Kits From Health Ministry

Grade One Teacher at Rock Hall Primary School in St. Andrew, Ms. Sonia Wilks (right), listens as one of her students reads a book at a recent ceremony.

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Education Minister Encourages Parents And Students To Get Vaccinated

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, continues to encourage parents and students to get vaccinated, in light of the resumption of face-to-face classes. During a recent visit to the Rock Hall Primary School, in St. Andrew, Minister Williams pointed out that the vaccination rate for high schools across the island is only at 32 per cent. “So,...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (Jan. 5).

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Education Minister Reports Smooth Start To Easter School Term

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the new school term, which began on Monday (January 3), got off to a good start with lessons being delivered via online and face-to-face learning modalities. She informed that the Easter term commenced with 608 schools opening for face-to-face classes. Of this number, 568 are primary, 10 infant and 30...

Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural, the Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (left), and Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), hands over a cartridge-free Epson printer to the Acting Principal of Rock Hall Primary School, Keisha Mehabear, during a visit to the school in rural St. Andrew on Tuesday (January 4). The printer, along with printing paper, was donated by the Usain Bolt Foundation.

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Rock Hall Primary Gets Printer From Usain Bolt Foundation

Rock Hall Primary School in rural St. Andrew has benefited from a donation of cartridge-free printer and printing paper by the Usain Bolt Foundation, which will better enable the institution to meet the learning needs of students during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Fayval Williams, participated in the handover of the supplies at...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, interacts with students at the Rock Hall Primary School in St. Andrew, today (January 4), during a handover ceremony for the presentation of a cartridge-free printer and reams of paper, donated by the Usain Bolt Foundation.

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Government Will Continue To Facilitate Face-To-Face Classes

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Government will continue to facilitate the resumption of face-to-face classes, which began yesterday (January 3), while being guided by the Ministry of Health and Wellness. “That’s where the expertise lies. They’ve been guiding us through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic; and so we look to them from the education sector,”...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaking during a COVID-19 Conversations press conference held virtually on Tuesday (December 22). (Donald De La Haye Photo)

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Gov’t Working Towards More Face-To-Face Classes In The New Year

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says that through collective efforts with stakeholders in the education sector, the Government is working towards facilitating more face-to-face classes in 2022. “So, my own view, and I’m venturing out here on a limb, but what has been articulated is that whatever happens, we need to move towards getting our...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams

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Increasing Tertiary STEAM Enrolment A National Priority – Minister Williams

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Fayval Williams, says increasing tertiary enrolment in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) programmes of study is a national imperative. “This position recognises the urgent need to increase the level of innovation and critical thinking required for future careers and economic advancement in Jamaica,” she said. Minister Williams was speaking at the...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Fayval Williams (centre) and Founder and President of Youth for Excellence, Jénine Shepherd (left) receive a symbolic cheque for $750,000 from Vice President of the Toots Foundation, Leba Hibbert. The donation will facilitate the purchase of tablets for needy children from three primary schools. The handover ceremony was held at the Ministry’s headquarters in Kingston on Monday (December 20).

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Students To Receive Tablets Through Toots Foundation Donation

Students from three primary schools are to benefit from a donation of tablets to support online learning. The donation is being facilitated through a contribution of $750,000 (US$5,000) by the Toots Foundation to the non-profit organisation, Youth for Excellence, which has partnered with the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Information, to acquire the devices. The Foundation was set up in...