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Director, Office of Citizen Security at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Shannon Stone (right), presents a tablet to pastor of the Flanker Adventist Church, Alpheus Smith (left), during a ceremony at the Flanker Primary and Junior High School in St. James, on Friday, February 5.

Learning Centre Opens In Flanker, St. James

The Flanker Seventh-day Adventist Church in St. James has opened a Learning Centre to assist students in the community with virtual learning, as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Centre, which began operating on Monday, February 8, offers...

Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Managing Director, Omar Sweeney, speaking during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) 'Think Tank' at the agency's head office in Kingston.

Education Sector Benefiting From Major JSIF Programme Interventions

Minister of Education,Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams. (JIS File Photo)

Students Encouraged To Participate In Activities Marking National Careers Week

Diana Stewart, parent of a student of the Danny Williams School For the Deaf in Kingston, communicates with her child’s classmate, Cataleya Sawyers.

JAD Commences Registration for Jamaican Sign Language Training Course

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (4th left) with (from left): Principal of the Donald Quarrie High School, Talbert Weir; student Ceandra O’Connor; Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kassan Troupe; General Manager, Carib Cement Limited, Yago Castro; University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona students, Kyle Service and Shanna-Lee Clarke and Donald Quarrie High student, Gavin Millwood. The occasion was the symbolic handover of vouchers for technology and general school supplies, valued at $5.1 million, that were donated by Carib Cement Company Limited. The ceremony was held at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston on Friday (February 5).

Carib Cement Company Donates $5.1M in School and Technology Supplies to Students

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), is in conversation with Chairman of the Cedar Grove Academy in Portmore, St. Catherine, Rev. Dr. Wellesley Blair (left), during a special function held in his honour at the school on Thursday (February 4).

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Education Minister Lauds Founding Chairman of Cedar Grove Academy

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, has lauded founding chairman of the Cedar Grove Academy, Rev. Dr. Wellesley Blair, for his years of “yeoman service” to the institution. Speaking at an appreciation ceremony for Rev. Blair at the school’s location in Portmore, St. Catherine on Thursday (February 4), Minister Williams said that Cedar Grove Academy is a...

Director of the Jamaica Music Museum, Herbie Miller.

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Grounation Series to Highlight Alpha Boys’ School

This year’s Grounation series of the Jamaica Music Museum (JaMM) will highlight the musical legacy of the Alpha Institute, a non-profit vocational school for inner-city boys. It will also focus on the role and contribution of one of the Institute’s foremost educators and mentors, Sister Mary Ignatius, who passed in 2003. The staging of the Grounation series, which is marking...

Minister of Education, Youth & Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (left, at board), interacts with Mona High School students in their outdoor classroom, during a tour of the institution on February 4.

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PHOTOS: Minister Williams Visits Mona High School

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left), and Member of Parliament for West Rural St. Andrew, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (second left), cut the ribbon to officially open the $5.1-million Rocky Valley Resource Centre in Stony Hill, Wednesday (February 3). Sharing the moment (from third left) are Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Stephen Edwards; Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes, and student at the Stony Hill Primary School, Shanique Phipps.

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Residents In Stony Hill Get Resource Centre

Residents in and around Stony Hill in St. Andrew now have a resource centre, financed by the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) at a cost of $5.1 million. Speaking at the official opening of the Rocky Valley Resource Room, Wednesday (February 3), Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said he is joyful with the establishment of the centre, because children...

Executive Director of the Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC), Hector Stephenson.

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Students Encouraged To Seek Out Multiple Certification Pathways Through OEC

Executive Director of the Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC), Hector Stephenson, is encouraging students to avail themselves of the various pathways for qualifications that are available through the entity. Speaking with JIS News, he said that as the educational landscape continues to expand and transform, students can give themselves the best competitive advantage by seeking out all the available qualifications that...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), is assisted by Teacher from Danny Williams School for the Deaf, Chenelle Antonio, in navigating the Jamaica Association for the Deaf (JAD) Jamaica Sign Language (JSL) Grammar Curriculum Learning Management System (LMS), on Wednesday (February 3), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston. Observing (from left) are Chairman of the Executive Board for JAD, Christopher Williams; Executive Director JAD, Kimberly Marriott-Blake and student, Danny Williams School for the Deaf, Dayanna Jackson.

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JAD Launches Learning Management System

The Jamaica Association for the Deaf (JAD) has launched its Jamaica Sign Language (JSL) Grammar Curriculum Learning Management System (LMS). This allows teachers, parents and deaf and hard-of-hearing students to access digitised educational content associated with the JSL grammar curriculum, as well as access to other education resources. The system was launched during the close-out ceremony for the Partnership for...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), listens to a point from Chairman, National Commercial Bank (NCB) Foundation, Thalia Lyn (right), during a ceremony for the hand over of tablets by the National Commercial Bank (NCB) Foundation, to students of the Constant Spring Primary and Junior High School, at the institution

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Tablets And Laptops To Be Equipped With Device Management System

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says that the tablets and laptops being provided to students will be equipped with security features to prevent students from using them to access inappropriate content. “We are putting in place a device management system, so that we can know what the children are accessing. We can prevent you from accessing...