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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, (FILE)

Parents Urged to Register Students for Sixth Form Pathways Programme

Minister of Education, Youth, and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, is reminding students and parents to register for the Sixth Form Pathways Programme. “All our students will now have the opportunity to continue their education in one of three pathways,” she...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (October 6).

Specialist Teachers for Primary And Secondary Schools

CSEC, CAPE Results Satisfactory – Minister Williams

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education Youth, and Information, the Hon. Robert Morgan

New Education Programmes Needed to Match Emerging Jobs

Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education Youth and Information

Mrs. Maureen Dwyer to Assume Acting PS Responsibilities at MOEYI

4 years ago EducationYouth

BGLC Donates Workbooks to Aid Students’ PEP Preparation

A total of 143 grade-six students from St. Patrick’s Primary School in Waterhouse, Kingston, have received a significant boost to their preparation for the Primary Exit Profile (PEP). This is through the donation of mental ability workbooks, valued at $350,000, by the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC). Principal, St. Patrick’s Primary School, Susan White, said that the donation is...

Students from 13 primary and high schools in St. James display tablet and laptop computers that were donated to their institutions by the Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister Cities Committee and the Victoria House Foundation, during a presentation ceremony at the Holiday Inn Resort and Spa in the parish on Friday (October 8). Sharing the moment are Committee Chair, Dr. Yvonne Smith (left), and Foundation President, MacFarlane Okonta (right).

4 years ago EducationTechnologyYouth

Over 160 Computers Donated to Schools in St. James

Just over 160 computers have been donated to 13 primary and high schools in St. James to enable needy students to access online learning. The 138 tablets and 25 laptops were provided through a partnership between the Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister Cities Committee and the Victoria House Foundation, in collaboration with the Adelphi Community Development Council (CDC). The devices were presented...

Prime Minister,. the Most. Hon Andrew Holness (centre), delivers remarks prior to handing over tablet computers and a printer to the Cedar Grove Academy in St. Catherine. Others (from left) are: Principal for the Gregory Park Primary School in St. Catherine Richard Williams; State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and East Central St. Catherine Member of Parliament, Hon. Alando Terrelonge; Cedar Grove Academy student, Ajani Williams, and Acting Principal, Jonelle Prince. The presentation was made on Friday (October 8) during the Prime Minister’s Vaccine Mobilisation and Public Education Campaign tour in the parish.

4 years ago EducationPrime MinisterTechnologyYouth

Prime Minister Holness Hands Over Tablets and Printers for Schools and Students In St. Catherine

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon Andrew Holness, on Friday (October 8), handed over several tablet computers and two printers for students and schools in East Central, Southeast, and South St. Catherine. The beneficiary institutions are Cumberland High School, Cedar Grove Academy, and Gregory Park Primary School. Mr. Holness made the presentations during his Vaccine Mobilisation and Public Education Campaign tour...

Chairman of the Atlanta Montego Bay Sister Cities Committee, Dr. Yvonne Smith.

4 years ago EducationTechnologyYouth

Schools Receive Tablets and Laptops

Fifteen schools in St. James, Trelawny and Kingston, and three health institutions in Western Jamaica are the latest beneficiaries of gifts from the Atlanta Montego Bay Sister Cities Committee. The gift comprised medical assistance scholarships, tablets and laptop computers, valued at US$120,000. Cornwall Regional Hospital, Falmouth Hospital and the Noel Holmes Hospital received well-needed oxygen valued at US$70,000.00. Chairman of...

4 years ago CabinetEducationInformationYouth

Cabinet Approves Proposal For Seven Years of Secondary Education

A proposal for the establishment of seven years of secondary education in Jamaica has been approved by Cabinet. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, who made the disclosure while addressing Wednesday’s (October 6) virtual post-Cabinet press briefing, said this will allow all students to have access to learning opportunities in grades 12 and 13 (sixth form). “The...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, addresses virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (October 6).

4 years ago CabinetEducationFinance & Public Service

Outstanding Payments Will Be Made To Summer School Teachers By Mid-October

Outstanding payments to teachers who participated in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s National Summer School Programme are to be completed by mid-October. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Grace McLean, made the disclosure during a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing, held on Wednesday (October 6). Dr. McLean said of the over 3,500 teachers engaged in the sessions, more than...

4 years ago CabinetEducationInformationYouth

Grade-Six PEP Exams Begin February 22

Administration of the 2021/22 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) for grade six will begin on February 22, 2022, with the sitting of the Ability Test. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, made the disclosure at Wednesday’s (October 6) virtual post-Cabinet press briefing. Grade-six students will sit the Language Arts Performance Task on March 23 and the Mathematics component on March 24, and...