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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addressing Wednesday's (June 9) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, St. Andrew.

Preparations In Place For CSEC, CAPE

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says preparations are in place for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), which will commence on June 28 She noted that the Overseas Examinations...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addressing a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (June 9).

33,000 Students Present For PEP Ability Test

President of the National Association of Deans of Discipline, Samuel Smalling.

NADD To Host Virtual Behaviour Exposition June 11

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left), along with President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association, Jasford Gabriel (centre), hands over tablets to representatives from Gaynstead High School. The donation is a part of the Ministry’s efforts to assist all students to have access to information and communication technology (ICT)-based learning. Vice Principal of Gaynstead High School, Liston Aiken (second right), accepts a tablet as also students Frajeeka Davis (left) and Shanel Powell (right). The ceremony took place, today (June 8), at the Ministry.

PHOTOS: ONE Laptop Or Tablet Per Child Handover At Gaynstead High School

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon Fayval Williams (left), presents notebooks to 14-year-old Ferncourt High student of Queenhythe, Discovery Bay, St. Ann, Kelvin Peart, to assist with his tutoring efforts in the community. The Minister, along with a team from the Ministry’s Region Three office visited the teenager in his community on Thursday, June 3. ,

Education Minister Commends Student For Teaching Others During Pandemic

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (fourth left), cuts ribbon to officially open the newly built parking lot at the Mona Heights Primary School in Kingston, recently. Sharing the moment (from left) are Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Dasmine Kennedy; Mona Heights Primary students, Alex Hepburn Jr., and Diandra-Michellè Schrouter; Acting Principal, Mona Heights Primary, Alex Hepburn; and Parish Manager, National Works Agency (NWA), Dwight Clayton. Also pictured in the background are (from left) President, Mona Heights Primary Alumni Association, Chad Rattray; President, Mona Heights Primary Parent Teachers’ Association, Chenell Lyn and Chairman of the Mona Heights Primary School, Delroy Alleyne.

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PHOTO: Opening of Mona Heights Primary School Parking Lot

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (fourth left), cuts ribbon to officially open the newly built parking lot at the Mona Heights Primary School in Kingston, recently. Sharing the moment (from left) are Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Dasmine Kennedy; Mona Heights Primary students, Alex Hepburn Jr., and Diandra-Michellè Schrouter; Acting Principal, Mona Heights Primary, Alex Hepburn; and...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams. (JIS File Photo)

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Education Minister Commends Mico For Pivoting Teacher Training To Digital Space

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, is commending The Mico University College for partnering with the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) to reorganise the college’s practicum training for final-year students to enable them to operate in the online learning environment. She said that the collaboration is a welcome response to the “new normal” created by the coronavirus (COVID-19), which...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), looks at something being pointed out on a tablet computer by President of the Rotary Club of New Kingston, Neville Graham (second left). The club handed over 10 devices at the Ministry

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Gov’t Levering Technology To Improve Student Achievement

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says that the Government is levering the use of technology in the education system in order to improve student achievement. She said that a technology-aided system enables students to learn “faster and deeper”, better preparing them to participate in the workforce. “It will be a blended environment; we believe that will...

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Primary-Level National Assessments Postponed

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has postponed the sitting of all the remaining national assessments at the primary level until the latter half of the Christmas Term of the upcoming 2021/2022 academic year. In a bulletin issued by the Ministry, it was stated that the decision was taken after a series of consultations with key stakeholders and consultant...

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CXC Analysing COVID-19 Impact On Exam Candidates

Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Registrar and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Wayne Wesley, says the entity will give further consideration to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic’s impact on student sitting external exams, during the grading process. He noted that CXC will take into account “the likely psycho-social impact [of the pandemic] on students’ performance to ensure that they are not disenfranchised”....

Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe (right), accepts a tablet computer from Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Bresheh Limited, Randy McLaren during a ceremony to hand over 12 of the devices for students, at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on Friday (May 28). The devices were provided in support of the Ministry’s ‘One Laptop or Tablet per Child’ initiative.

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Gov’t Receives More Support For ‘One Laptop Or Tablet Per Child’ Initiative

The Government’s ‘One Laptop or Tablet Per Child’ initiative received a further boost with the acquisition of 12 computer tablets courtesy of Bresheh Limited. The devices, along with protective cases, were handed over to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information on Friday (March 28) by Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Bresheh Limited, Randy McLaren. The presentation took place...