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Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (fifth right), is joined by staff and education stakeholders at Ferris Primary School in Westmoreland, on Thursday, June 17, when 21 tablets valued at $260,000 were handed over to the institution by several non-profit organisations.

Thousands of Tablets to Students

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, says by the end of the school year, more than 125,000 tablets would have been issued to students under the Government’s Tablets in Schools Programme. Mrs. Williams made the disclosure while addressing a handover...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, participates in a meditation exercise during a yoga session on June 13, at the High Commission of India in Kingston. The session is one of a series of activities being hosted by the High Commission of India to commemorate International Day of Yoga, to be celebrated on June 21. The exercise aims to highlight the benefits of yoga. This is the seventh International Day of Yoga, which is observed across the world.

PHOTOS: Education Minister Participates in Yoga Session

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), examines the design for the new performing arts centre at St. Catherine High School, at the official groundbreaking ceremony, on Friday (June 18). Also looking at the plan are Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right); Chief Executive Officer, CHASE Fund, Billy Heaven (right), and Immediate Past President, St. Catherine High Alumni Association, Hugh Douse.

New Performing Arts Centre for St. Catherine High

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left), breaks ground for the construction of a new performing arts centre at St. Catherine High School, on Friday (June 18). Also participating (from left) are: Member of Parliament, St. Catherine South Central, Dr. Andrew Wheatley; Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams; Chairman, St. Catherine High School Board, Ms. Sharon Dale; Chief Executive Officer, CHASE Fund, Billy Heaven, and Principal, St. Catherine High School, Mr. Marlon Campbell.

New Schools to Focus on Teaching Children How to Function in Fourth Industrial Revolution – PM

Minister of Education, and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams

Minister Williams Thanks Diaspora For Support To Education

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left) and Wife of the Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (second right) unveil a plaque at the official opening of new bathroom facilities at Hall’s Delight Primary School on June 10. Sharing in the moment are Managing Director, JSIF, Omar Sweeney (left) and Principal, Hall

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Hall’s Delight And Westphalia Primary Schools Get Modern Sanitary Facilities

Students and teachers of the Hall’s Delight and Westphalia Primary Schools in East Rural St. Andrew, now have access to modern sanitary facilities. Under the School Sanitation Project, being implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), the pit latrines at the institutions were replaced with new five-seater sanitation blocks with flush toilets, at a cost of $25 million. The...

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350 Tertiary Students To Receive BGLC Education Grant

Three hundred and fifty students attending tertiary institutions across Jamaica will receive the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) Tertiary Education Grant for the 2021/2022 academic year. The grants are available to full-time undergraduates, 26 years and younger, who are enrolled at an accredited local tertiary institution and have a grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.75. Speaking at...

Member of Parliament for West Central St. Catherine and Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, (2nd left), and Principal of Eccleston Primary School, Kamion Simpson (3rd right) look on as students, Jashari Mittoo (left) and Daniela Wildman (3rd left) use two of the computers donated to the intuition on June 9, by Felix Scott. Others from right are: student, Ackeem Francis and Community Relations, Education Officer, with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Kereen Reid-Clarke.

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Eccleston Primary School Receives Computers

The technological capacity of Eccleston Primary School in rural St. Catherine has been boosted, with the provision of four computers and a printer, from Felix Scott, a past student based in Canada. The devices were officially handed over to the school, on June 9, by Mr. Scott’s niece, Audrey Douglas. Speaking at the handover ceremony, Ms. Douglas said initially, her...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams.

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Education Ministry Working On Programmes To Prepare Students For The Global Services Sector

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Ministry has been working on a number of programmes to better prepare students for the fast growing and innovative Global Services Sector (GSS). Mrs. Williams made the disclosure while addressing the Outsource2Jamaica 2021 virtual Conference, Exposition and Career Summit hosted by the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ), formerly...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams clarifies a matter, while addressing a virtual Town Hall on Vaccine Sensitisation for the Education System on Friday (June 11).

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Education Ministry To Unveil Summer School Plans

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams is encouraging students to participate in the Ministry’s upcoming summer school offering, to make up for learning opportunities lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Education takes time; learning takes time and in order for us to have our students catch up to where they were before the pandemic and to move...

Acting Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe, speaking at a virtual Town Hall meeting on vaccine sensitization for the Education System on June 11.

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PEP Results To Be Available Before August

The results for the grade six students who sat the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations this year, will be available before August. This was disclosed by Acting Chief Education Officer, in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe, at the virtual Town Hall meeting on vaccine sensitization for the education system, held on June 11. “We’re working...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), fields questions from the public during a virtual Town Hall on Vaccine Sensitisation for the Education System on Friday (June 11). Also pictured is Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams.

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Gov’t Targets September For Resumption Of Face-To-Face Classes

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness says the Government is preparing for the full resumption of face-to-face education in the new school year in September. “We are preparing for that (face-to-face classes); the Ministry of Education (Youth and Information) is ready for that; we want our teachers to be ready for that,” he said while addressing a virtual Town...