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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.

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...

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More Than 170 Complete Results-Based Budget Training

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

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.

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.

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Tablets Distributed to Green Park Primary and Junior High School

Minister of Education, Youth and Information The Hon. Fayval Williams has given the assurance that come February 2022, Green Park Primary and Junior High School will be renamed Green Park Primary and Infant School. She was speaking at the ceremonial handover of tablets to students at the school on Wednesday (November 17). "I am happy to be joining forces with...

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.

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Huawei Donates Interactive Classroom Systems to Ministry of Education

Students of the Pembroke Hall High School in St. Andrew now have access to a state-of-the-art Huawei Idea Hub Interactive Classroom System to support online/remote learning. The Idea Hub which was donated by international Information Communication Technology (ICT) firm Huawei Jamaica to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, facilitates intelligent collaboration and other features such as intelligent writing, high-definition...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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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....