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President and Chief Executive Officer of the Airports Authority of Jamaica, Audley Deidrick, speaks at the recent handover of a police post at the Ian Fleming International Airport in st. Mary.

AAJ Spends $5 Million To Buy Tablets For Students

The Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ) has spent approximately $5 million since the start of 2021 to purchase tablets for students, as part of its corporate social responsibility programme. The tablets were earmarked to assist students who have been out...

Honorary Consul for Jamaica in Atlanta, Dr. Elaine Grant-Bryan.

Registration For Elaine Grant-Bryan Foundation’s Career Mentorship Programme Closes July 8.

Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons With Disabilities (JCPD), Dr. Christine Hendricks.

JCPD Accepting Applications For Margaret Moody Scholarship

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), presents student of Clark’s Town Primary School in Trelawny, Aiden Blake, with a tablet computer, during a ceremony at the school on Friday (July 2). Sharing in the occasion is Member of Parliament for Trelawny Southern, Marissa Dalrymple Philibert. The Prime Minister donated 40 tablets to students from seven primary-level schools in Southern Trelawny, through his Positive Jamaica Foundation.

PM Donates 40 Tablets to Southern Trelawny Students

Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe, addressing a virtual town hall on June 30.

17,000 Students, 3, 000 Teachers Already Registered For Summer School Programme

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaking at a town hall on the National School Learning and Intervention Plan (NSLIP) held virtually on June 30.

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Education Minister Encourages Students To Participate In Summer School

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, is encouraging students to participate in the National Summer School, which will begin on Monday (July 5). “We are encouraging our students to access the programmes that will be available online [and] face to face. To the extent that they don’t participate and they don’t do anything else over the next...

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Education Ministry Develops NSLIP For New School Year

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has developed a National School Learning and Intervention Plan (NSLIP), to guide curriculum management on the reopening of schools at the beginning of the 2021/2022 academic year. The plan was created against the background of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on Jamaica’s education system, which has resulted in learning...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, makes a statement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (June 29).

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Education Minister Announces National School Learning And Intervention Plan

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, has announced a ‘Recover Smarter-National School Learning and Intervention Plan’ aimed at helping students to recover from learning loss due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It includes the previously announced National Summer School, which will begin on Monday (July 5), and a National Extra Lesson Classes/National Homework Programme. The Minister, in...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (second left), presents a tablet to grade-four Portsmouth Primary School student, Sarah Malcolm. Occasion was a ceremony held at the Ministry in Kingston on Tuesday (June 29), to hand over 50 tablets donated by the Toll Authority of Jamaica to the school based in Portmore, St. Cathrine. Looking on (from left) are Member of Parliament for St. Catherine South Eastern, Robert Miller (left); Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams; and Custos of Clarendon and Board Chairman of the Toll Authority of Jamaica, William Shagoury.

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Toll Authority Donates 50 Tablets To Portsmouth Primary School Students

The Portsmouth Primary School in Portmore, St. Catherine, has received a donation of 50 tablets from the Toll Authority of Jamaica under the ‘One Laptop or Tablet per Child’ Initiative. The devices, valued at $1.4 million, which come with protective cases and warranties, will benefit needy students who are not on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH)....

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Education Ministry Offers Capacity-Building Opportunities For School Personnel

In preparation for the 2021/2022 academic year, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, through the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC), will offer capacity building opportunities for school personnel during the 2021 summer period. This was disclosed in a bulletin issued by the Ministry recently. Under the theme ‘Recover Smarter’, the Ministry aims to support and bolster the readiness of teachers...

Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for West Central St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), with President of non-profit organisation, Jamaica Millennium Vision for Youth (JMVY), Chad Rattray (left), and Vice President, Akkeem Polack, at Seaward Drive Primary School on Saturday (June 26). The Prime Minister was visiting students who participated in special ‘super classes’ facilitated at the institution on Saturday (June 26) by JMVY for 2021 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) external test candidates.

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CSEC/CAPE Exam Candidates Benefit From Preparatory ‘Super Classes’

Just over 50 students attending high schools in West Central St. Andrew benefitted from special ‘super classes’, as part of their preparations for external examinations scheduled to start on June 28. The classes, which held on Saturday (June 26), were facilitated by volunteers with the non-profit organisation, Jamaica Millennium Vision for Youth (JMVY). These were organised at Penwood High School,...

Minister of Education, and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams

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Education Ministry Looking to Expand Coding in Schools Programme

The Coding in Schools programme, which is now in its pilot phase in 20 schools, is set to be rolled out in other institutions shortly. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, who said the programme will be evaluated to determine the next steps toward wider implementation. “The pilot… is [concluding] at the end...