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Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), displays cheque for over $2 million handed over by the JPS Foundation to pay the examination fees of 514 students registered to sit the CSEC Industrial Technology (Electrical) examination in 2021. The handover of the cheque to the Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC) was held at the JPS head office in New Kingston, on Wednesday (December 9). She is assisted by (from second left) Examinations Officer, Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Vocational Qualifications (CVQ), OEC, Tanjay Holmes; Deputy Chairman of Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) Foundation, Ramsay McDonald and President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), JPS, Michel Gantios.
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), displays cheque for over $2 million handed over by the JPS Foundation to pay the examination fees of 514 students registered to sit the CSEC Industrial Technology (Electrical) examination in 2021. The handover of the cheque to the Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC) was held at the JPS head office in New Kingston, on Wednesday (December 9). She is assisted by (from second left) Examinations Officer, Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Vocational Qualifications (CVQ), OEC, Tanjay Holmes; Deputy Chairman of Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) Foundation, Ramsay McDonald and President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), JPS, Michel Gantios.

JPS Foundation Pays Exam Fees For CSEC Students

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company Foundation has paid the examination fees of 514 students registered to sit the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Industrial Technology (Electrical) examination in 2021. The cheque for more than $2 million was handed over...
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right, background), looks on as students of Mona Heights Primary show off the tablets they received during a ceremony held at the institution in St. Andrew on Tuesday (December 8). A total of nine devices were handed over under the Ministry’s ‘One Laptop or Tablet Per Child’ initiative. Also sharing the moment (in background, from left) are Executive Director, Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace; Deputy Executive Director and Senior Lecturer, Mona School of Business and Management, University of the West Indies (UWI), Dr. Andrew Spencer; and Acting Principal, Mona Heights Primary, Alex Hepburn.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right, background), looks on as students of Mona Heights Primary show off the tablets they received during a ceremony held at the institution in St. Andrew on Tuesday (December 8). A total of nine devices were handed over under the Ministry’s ‘One Laptop or Tablet Per Child’ initiative. Also sharing the moment (in background, from left) are Executive Director, Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace; Deputy Executive Director and Senior Lecturer, Mona School of Business and Management, University of the West Indies (UWI), Dr. Andrew Spencer; and Acting Principal, Mona Heights Primary, Alex Hepburn.

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Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses the sitting of the ​House of Representatives on Tuesday (December 8).
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses the sitting of the ​House of Representatives on Tuesday (December 8).

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Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (December 8).
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (December 8).

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No COVID-19 Signs or Positive Cases Among Students / Teachers in Face to Face Pilot Programme

No student or staff at the pilot schools reopened for the facilitation of face-to-face learning has been identified with signs or symptoms of COVID-19 or has tested positive for the virus, according to data reported by the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The seventeen schools that were selected to participate in the pilot of face-to-face teaching, commenced classes between November...
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Government Leading Technology Acquisition Drive In Schools

Regional Director for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information's region four, Dr. Michelle Pinnock, has lauded the Government for leading the technology acquisition drive in educational institutions through the Tablets in Schools programme. She noted that more students, particularly those benefiting under the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) are gaining access to devices to not only...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (back row, centre), shows off one of the 28 tablets donated by the Sandals Foundation for grade-six students of the Ocho Rios Primary School, during a ceremony at the institution on December 4. She is joined by Director of Operations at Sandals Foundation, Karen Zacca (back row, left); and Sandals Resorts Regional Public Relations Manager Lyndsay Isaacs (back row, right). In the front row (from left) are Sharon Bailey and her daughter Ashley Bailey; and Antonio McDuffus and his mother, Angelene Palmer.
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Gov’t Committed To Ensuring That Every Student Has A Device – Minister Williams

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Government is committed to ensuring that students across the island are equipped with a technology device regardless of socio-economic circumstance. “The education sector, and Jamaica by extension, is on a digital journey. This journey is to ensure that all our students have the skills to operate in the 21st...
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Member of Parliament for South West St. Catherine, Hon. Everald Warmington (centre), with some of the over 200 students who were presented with tablets and laptops, donated by the MP and three business entities in the area, on December 3. Sharing the moment are: Chairman of the Old Harbour High School, Icylin Golding (left), and representatives of Surdeen Equipment and Trucking, one of the companies which donated some of the devices.
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Students Receive Computers From MP Warmington

More than 200 students from South West St. Catherine have received tablets and laptop computers through a drive spearheaded by Member of Parliament, Hon. Everald Warmington, with support from three business entities in the area. Mr. Warmington donated 100 tablets and 40 laptops to the students, while the remainder were contributed by Surdeen Equipment and Trucking, Old Harbour Radiology Centre,...
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Education Ministry Extends Deadline for the Own Your Own Device (OYOD) Programme

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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left), holds a cheque for $494,000 presented to the National Education Trust (NET) by the Jamaica Social Stock Exchange (JSSE), under the ‘One Laptop or One Tablet Per Child’ Initiative. The ceremony was held at the Ministry, National Heroes Circle in Kingston, on Thursday (December 3). With the Minister (from left) are grade-six student, St. Michael’s Primary, Latoya Lancaster; Manager, JSSE, Nora Blake; Group Business Development Manager, JSSE, André Gooden; and grade-six teacher, St. Michael’s Primary, Marissa Francis.
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NET Receives $494,000 From JSSE For Tablet Initiative

The National Education Trust (NET) has received a cheque for $494,000 from the Jamaica Social Stock Exchange (JSSE) for the ‘One Laptop or One Tablet per Child’ initiative. The One Laptop or Tablet Per Child initiative aims to promote inclusivity in the education sector by providing needy students with the requisite tools to function in the online teaching and learning...
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