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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

St. Catherine High School, the alma mater of Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is expected to have a new performing arts centre by the end of this year. Ground was officially broken for the centre at a ceremony...

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's Delight Primary School, Denise Dunchie.

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

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350 Tertiary Students To Receive BGLC Education Grant

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...

Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean. (JIS File Photo)

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Additional 6,300 Devices To Be Provided For Students Under Serve

An additional 6,300 tablets will be provided for needy students through the Social and Economic Recovery and Vaccine (SERVE) Jamaica Programme. Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, made the disclosure while addressing the ‘Let’s Connect with Ambassador Marks’ monthly forum for members of the Jamaican diaspora on Thursday (June 10). SERVE is...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness.

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PM Appeals For Greater Take-Up Of Vaccine By Educators

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is appealing for more teachers and school administrators to get the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine in order to ensure that schools can return to face-to-face learning in short order. Speaking at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s Virtual Town Hall on Friday (June 11), the Prime Minister said that the level of take-up...