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Chair of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings fourth left), and members of the Committee prepare care packages for distribution to needy children during Child Month in May. From left are Judith Hunter, Claudette Cope, Dr. Michelle Campbell, Kerri-Ann Palmer, Sandrea Long White, and Lyneve McLeish

100 Children To Receive Care Packages During Child Month

More than 100 children and their families will receive care packages from the National Child Month Committee (NCMC). The packages, consisting of grocery items, will be distributed to some of the neediest children living in Kingston, St. Andrew and St....

Principal of Anchovy High, Lavern Stewart.

Principals Come Together To Address Issues In St. James

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (right) observes as grade-seven at student at the Ferncourt High School, Amanda Pink, uses a desktop computer in the new resource centre at the school in Claremont St. Ann, on May 13.

State Of The Art Resource Centre For Ferncourt High School

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, addressing a recent press briefing.

Education Ministry Giving Voice to the Youth

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, presents a tablet computer to grade-eight student at Ferncourt High School in St. Ann, Khadijah Edwards. Occasion was a ceremony at the school on Thursday (May 13), for the handover of 77 devices donated by past students.

Minister Williams Welcomes Donation Of Tablets To Ferncourt High Students

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Prime Minister Committed to Combatting Learning Loss

Acknowledging that there are significant challenges in the education system today due to the effects of Covid-19, Prime Minister Andrew Holness says many of our students are not learning at the level, pace and stage at which they would be, were they in the usual face to face learning modality. He says the Government is concerned that this cohort of...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), participates in the handover of a $1 million cheque by Chief Executive Officer, Digicel Jamaica, Jabbor Kayumov (second right), to Principal of Jose Marti Technical High School, Rev. Dr. Austin Wright (second left), representing the school

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PHOTOS: Minister Williams Participates In Cheque Presentation At Jose Marti

Students from six of seven schools in Manchester North West, which have benefited from a donation of tablets from the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), show off the devices during a handover ceremony at the Mile Gully High School in the parish on Thursday (May 13). Sharing the moment are Member of Parliament for the constituency, Mikhail Philips (back row, third left); principals of the institutions and executives from the JBI.

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JBI Donates 70 Tablets To Manchester Schools

The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) has donated 70 tablets valued at $1.5 million to seven schools in Manchester. The institutions are Mile Gully High, Somerset Primary, Coley Mountain Primary and Infant, Huntley Primary and Infant, Comfort Hall Primary, St. Paul Primary and Freetown Primary. Speaking at the handover ceremony held at Mile Gully High School on Thursday (May 13), General...

President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Diane Edwards (right), is in discussion with (from left), Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), SMC Group, Maurice Hamilton; and Acting Principal, Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMCVPA), Dr. Trudy-Ann Barrett. Occasion was the signing of an agreement between SMC Group and the EMCVPA, which will see them partnering to enhance the educational offerings of the college. The signing took place during a virtual ceremony on Wednesday (May 12).

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Edna Manley College Partners With SMC Group To Develop Musical Talent

Students specialising in music production at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMCVPA) will have the opportunity to further hone their skills and create musical content for global advertising campaigns. This will be facilitated through an apprenticeship programme as part of a partnership between the college and global entertainment marketing agency the SMC Group, which will...

Grade-six student, Louise Bennett-Coverley All-Age School, Kainna Hall (second left), speaks with (from left) Principal, Mona Heights Primary School, Alex Hepburn; Director, Region One, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dasmine Kennedy, and Acting Principal, Louise Bennett-Coverley All-Age School, Audrey Fairweather, during the first day of face-to-face classes at Mona Heights Primary School, on Tuesday (May 11).

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Mona Heights Primary Takes In PEP Students From Louise Bennett-Coverley All-Age

Principal, Mona Heights Primary School, Alex Hepburn, says he did not hesitate to take in 17 students from the neighbouring Louise Bennett-Coverley All-Age School who will soon be sitting the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations. The school was severely affected by the massive breakaway on the Gordon Town Road, which took place between November 6 and 8, 2020, as a...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, visited the Dunoon Park Technical High School in Kingston to observe operations as schools resume face-to-face classes on Monday (May 10).

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Over 500 Schools Reopen For Face-To-Face Classes

More than 500 schools islandwide reopened their gates on Monday (May 10) to resume face-to-face classes for students who will be sitting upcoming examinations. Educational institutions were ordered closed on March 21 due to a surge in the number of new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the island. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, who visited Dunoon Park...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (left) and Head of Sales and Business Development, Amber Innovations Group Limited, Floyd Garrett sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the official launch of the pilot Coding in Schools programme in a virtual ceremony held on May 7.

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Pilot Coding in Schools Programme Launched

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information officially launched the pilot Coding in Schools programme during a virtual ceremony on Friday (May 7). The initiative, which involves partnership with Amber Innovations Group Limited, will promote the teaching and learning of coding in public educational institutions across Jamaica. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the delivery of the programme was signed...