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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (at lectern), offers words of encouragement to students participating in the Coding Internship Programme at the Stony Hill HEART/NSTA campus in St. Andrew. Ms. Willliams visited the institution, recently, along with National Coordinator for the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme, Lt. Col. Martin Rickman; and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Amber Group, Dushyant Savadia. Under the Coding Internship Programme, thousands of young Jamaicans will be trained as software developers to create cutting-edge technologies through a one-year residential training programme at the Amber HEART Coding Academy. It is a partnership between the HEART NSTA/Trust and the Amber Group, in collaboration with the HOPE Programme and the Art of Living Foundation.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (at lectern), offers words of encouragement to students participating in the Coding Internship Programme at the Stony Hill HEART/NSTA campus in St. Andrew. Ms. Willliams visited the institution, recently, along with National Coordinator for the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme, Lt. Col. Martin Rickman; and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Amber Group, Dushyant Savadia. Under the Coding Internship Programme, thousands of young Jamaicans will be trained as software developers to create cutting-edge technologies through a one-year residential training programme at the Amber HEART Coding Academy. It is a partnership between the HEART NSTA/Trust and the Amber Group, in collaboration with the HOPE Programme and the Art of Living Foundation.

PHOTOS: Minister of Education, Youth and Information Visits the Stony Hill HEART/NSTA Campus in St. Andrew

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, stands at attention for the playing of the National Anthem, at the 2021/22 ceremonial opening of Parliament on February 18.
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, stands at attention for the playing of the National Anthem, at the 2021/22 ceremonial opening of Parliament on February 18.

Consultations Advanced For Review Of Education System
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, knock elbows at the handover of tablet computers donated by persons in the diaspora for students in Jamaica, at the Education Ministry, in Kingston, today (February 16)
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, knock elbows at the handover of tablet computers donated by persons in the diaspora for students in Jamaica, at the Education Ministry, in Kingston, today (February 16)

Hundreds Of Students To Receive Tablets Donated By The Diaspora
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes (left); Principal of Goodwill Primary and Infant School, Camille Hoarde; and Councillor for the Somerton Division, Mark McGann, observe as grade-five student, Miekayla Harris, utilises a desktop computer in the new computer lab donated to the school by USF, under its Community Access Point initiative, in Goodwill, St. James, on Monday, February 15.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes (left); Principal of Goodwill Primary and Infant School, Camille Hoarde; and Councillor for the Somerton Division, Mark McGann, observe as grade-five student, Miekayla Harris, utilises a desktop computer in the new computer lab donated to the school by USF, under its Community Access Point initiative, in Goodwill, St. James, on Monday, February 15.

USF Commissions Computer Labs In St. James
Senior Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information (MOEYI) and Chairman of the Jamaica Day Planning Committee, Marlon Williams. (JIS File Photo)
Senior Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information (MOEYI) and Chairman of the Jamaica Day Planning Committee, Marlon Williams. (JIS File Photo)

Jamaica Day To Be Observed On February 26

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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), with (from left) Principal, Excelsior Community College, Philmore McCarthy; Honorary Fellows, Morin Seymour and Dr. Charah Watson, and distinguished past student, Orville Hall, at the institution’s virtual graduation ceremony, held on February 11 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.
Education

Over 500 Students Graduate From Excelsior Community College

More than 500 graduates of the Excelsior Community College in Kingston were conferred with their degrees, diplomas and certificates during a virtual graduation ceremony held on Thursday (February 11) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel. The college institution also conferred honorary fellowships on Morin Seymour, one of the institution’s former chairmen, for his stellar dedication and contribution to the social services,...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (third right), shows a laptop to student, Clan Carty Primary School, Dellano Stewart (third left), at a handover ceremony hosted by Guardian Life Limited, at Trafalgar Road in Kingston on Wednesday (February 10). Sharing in the moment are (from left): Senior Teacher, Clan Carty Primary, Donovan Vincent; Member of Parliament, South East St. Andrew, Julian Robinson; Vice President, Business User Support Services and Special Projects, Guardian Life, Kelsa-Marie Pinnock Daubon; and Director, Donor & Partnership Management, ‎National Education Trust, Latoya Harris.
Education

Guardian Life And Foundation Donate Laptops And Tablets To Needy Students

As part of the initiative to support schools in the delivery of quality education, Guardian Life Limited and the Guardian Group Foundation have donated $5 million towards the purchase of laptops and tablets for students in need. Some of these tablets and laptops were handed over to the Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, and some of...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), speaks with Avatar Muschette at the offices of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, on Thursday (February 4).
Education

Education Minister Responds To Young Student In Need

After reading the heartbreaking story shared by 12-year-old student, Avatar Muschette, in The Gleaner newspaper recently, Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, invited him to her offices on Thursday (February 4), where she presented him with schoolbooks and a tablet. Minister Williams said after reading his story, the Ministry had to act immediately. “We had to intervene...
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Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left), and Restaurants of Jamaica (ROJ) Limited Marketing Director, Tina Myers Matalon (third left), display tablets during a handover ceremony at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, National Heroes Circle, in Kingston, on February 3. Also displaying tablets are international recording artiste and Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) ‘Add Hope’ Ambassador, Kevin Downswell (left), and ROJ Brand Manager, Andrei Roper. The devices were donated to the Ministry by ROJ under the ‘One Laptop or Tablet Per Child’ initiative.
Education

PHOTOS: Minister Williams At Handover Of Tablets By Restaurants of Jamaica

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left), and Restaurants of Jamaica (ROJ) Limited Marketing Director, Tina Myers Matalon (third left), display tablets during a handover ceremony at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, National Heroes Circle, in Kingston, on February 3. Also displaying tablets are international recording artiste and Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) ‘Add Hope’ Ambassador,...
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Director, Office of Citizen Security at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Shannon Stone (right), presents a tablet to pastor of the Flanker Adventist Church, Alpheus Smith (left), during a ceremony at the Flanker Primary and Junior High School in St. James, on Friday, February 5.
CommunityEducation

Learning Centre Opens In Flanker, St. James

The Flanker Seventh-day Adventist Church in St. James has opened a Learning Centre to assist students in the community with virtual learning, as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Centre, which began operating on Monday, February 8, offers free Internet access, as well as the use of digital devices by students from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mondays...
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Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Managing Director, Omar Sweeney, speaking during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS)
Education

Education Sector Benefiting From Major JSIF Programme Interventions

The education sector has been the biggest beneficiary of interventions implemented under the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) Programme. The programme, now in its ninth cycle, is financed by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). It covers five target areas – education and human resource development, access and drainage, water and sanitation systems, health, and livelihood...
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