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Education Ministry Extends Deadline for the Own Your Own Device (OYOD) Programme

The deadline for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s electronic system for the Own Your Own Device (OYOD) incentive programme has been extended to December 31, 2020. Parents/guardians may access the application at oyod.educate.gov.jm. The Ministry has taken the...
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.
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.

NET Receives $494,000 From JSSE For Tablet Initiative
Principal/Director of the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), Dr. Taneisha Ingleton (centre), addressing a Think Tank on Thursday (December 3) at the JIS head office in Kingtson. She is flanked by Assistant Chief Education Officer in the Special Education Unit, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Sharon Anderson Morgan (left); and Project Manager for the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF), Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Daintyann Barrett Smith.
Principal/Director of the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), Dr. Taneisha Ingleton (centre), addressing a Think Tank on Thursday (December 3) at the JIS head office in Kingtson. She is flanked by Assistant Chief Education Officer in the Special Education Unit, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Sharon Anderson Morgan (left); and Project Manager for the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF), Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Daintyann Barrett Smith.

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Associate Professor and Head of the School of Building and Land Management at the University of Technology (UTech), Laurence Neufville.
Associate Professor and Head of the School of Building and Land Management at the University of Technology (UTech), Laurence Neufville.

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Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Nesta Morgan (left), hands over the Mathematics Teacher of the Year (2020) trophy to the winner, Kelly Kellier-Anderson (centre), at the offices of the Ministry, on Wednesday (December 2). Sharing the moment is Chief, Treasury and Investment, JN Bank, Audrey Williams.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Nesta Morgan (left), hands over the Mathematics Teacher of the Year (2020) trophy to the winner, Kelly Kellier-Anderson (centre), at the offices of the Ministry, on Wednesday (December 2). Sharing the moment is Chief, Treasury and Investment, JN Bank, Audrey Williams.

Kelly Kellier-Anderson From Irwin High Is Mathematics Teacher Of The Year

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UNICEF Checks On Special Needs Students Who Receivd Tablets

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today (December 3) hosted a virtual check-in with special needs students who received tablet devices through the organisation. Donation of the tablets by UNICEF was made possible through the financial contribution from the government of the United Arab Emirates, which has been supporting UNICEF in several education projects since 2019. The event was held...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (third left) and Custos of Clarendon, William Shagoury (third right), display some of the 60 tablet computers donated by the Custos to benefit students from six high schools in Clarendon. The devices were handed over at the Denbigh High School in the parish, recently. Others pictured from left are Principal of Foga Road High School, Orrett Wallace; Principal of Central High School, Stellavit Ingram; Vice Principal of Denbigh High School, Dianne Gordon- Denton; and Principal of Vere Technical High School, Antoinette Banton-Ellis.
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Custos Of Clarendon Donates 60 Tablets To High-School Students

Custos of Clarendon, William Shagoury, has donated 60 tablet computers to benefit students of six secondary institutions in the parish. The beneficiaries are from Edwin Allen High, Clarendon College, Vere Technical High, Central High, Denbigh High, and Foga Road High schools. The devices, along with 120 educational books, were handed over to the school principals and vice principals during a...
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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (left), shares a bottle of hand sanitiser with Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, during the handover ceremony for 5,000 bottles of hand sanitiser at the Education Ministry’s office in Kingston, on Tuesday (December 1).
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Education Ministry Gets 5,000 Bottles Of Hand Sanitiser

The Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology today (December 1) handed over 5,000 bottles of hand sanitiser to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information for distribution to schools across the island. The supplies, valued at $1.3 million, were handed over by the Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Daryl Vaz, to Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams,...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), accepts a tablet from United Nations Children
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UNICEF Donates 534 Tablets For Special Needs Students

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has received 534 tablets for students with special needs from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), under the 'One Laptop or Tablet Per Child' initiative. The tablets, valued at US$100,000, are aimed at providing the beneficiaries with greater access to online learning. The first batch of more than 200 devices has already been...
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Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre) interacts with grade five students at the Bryce Primary School (from left) Shyler Baker and Veniece Dixon after they received tablets donated by the Sandals Foundation during a ceremony held at the Bryce United Church on November 27.
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Manpower and Maintenance Services Limited Donates Tablets to Bryce Primary School

Some 12 tablets were handed over to Bryce Primary School, to assist needy students to continue their studies online, while schools remain closed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.   The tablets were donated by Manpower and Maintenance Services Limited, through its Foundation, as part of their 30th-anniversary celebration.    The devices were donated in response to the government’s call...
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Member of Parliament for North East Manchester and Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left) along with Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (background right) join students from Christiana Leased Primary School and other stakeholders in displaying devices they received under the Tablets in Schools programme, during a presentation ceremony held at the school on Friday (Nov. 27). Also sharing in the occasion (from second left, front row) are Chairman of the Board, Christiana Leased Primary School, Derrick Sinclair; grade five students, Silandre Pusey and Julianna Maragh and Education Officer for Region Five, Dr. Nadine Leachman. In the background is Principal, Christiana Leased Primary School, Aldayne Porter.
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Tablets Handed Over to Christiana Leased Primary School

Some 16 tablet computers were handed over to the Christiana Leased Primary School, by the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Information, as the Government continues the distribution of devices under the Tablets in Schools programme. The Government, through e-Learning Jamaica (e-LJam), began the distribution of 40,000 tablets to students on the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) on...
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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness , gives the keynote address during the official handing over and renaming ceremony of the Cornwall Automotive Training Institute (CATI) on Friday (November 27). The facility was officially renamed the Caribbean Military Academy (CMA) –Montego Bay.
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CATI Renamed the Caribbean Military Academy

The Cornwall Automotive Training Institute (CATI) in Flanker, St. James was on Friday (November 27), officially renamed the Caribbean Military Academy (CMA) –Montego Bay. The academy, which is the academic institutional arm of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), will have training for the local personnel who will be doing both the military and technical skills through the Jamaica National Service...
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