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Minister of Education, and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams
Minister of Education, and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams

Education Ministry Looking to Expand Coding in Schools Programme

The Coding in Schools programme, which is now in its pilot phase in 20 schools, is set to be rolled out in other institutions shortly. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, who said...
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), and Chair, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Jamaica Women in Engineering Affinity Group, Charlene Brown (left), display a photo of one of 350 desk shields being donated by the organisation to the Denham Town High School in Kingston. The occasion was a symbolic handover ceremony for the shields at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston on Friday (June 25). Looking on are Denham Town High student, Taquan Graham (2nd left), and Acting Principal, Donovan Hunter.
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), and Chair, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Jamaica Women in Engineering Affinity Group, Charlene Brown (left), display a photo of one of 350 desk shields being donated by the organisation to the Denham Town High School in Kingston. The occasion was a symbolic handover ceremony for the shields at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston on Friday (June 25). Looking on are Denham Town High student, Taquan Graham (2nd left), and Acting Principal, Donovan Hunter.

Professional Group Donates Desk Shields to Denham Town High School
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), hands over a printer to Principal, McCauley Primary School, Claudia Byer (right), at Harmony Hall Gospel Church on Corletts Road in St. Catherine South Central, on June 18. Sharing the moment is Member of Parliament for the area, Dr. Andrew Wheatley.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), hands over a printer to Principal, McCauley Primary School, Claudia Byer (right), at Harmony Hall Gospel Church on Corletts Road in St. Catherine South Central, on June 18. Sharing the moment is Member of Parliament for the area, Dr. Andrew Wheatley.

PM Hands Over Tablets To Students In St. Catherine South Central
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaks in the House of Representatives. (File Photo)
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaks in the House of Representatives. (File Photo)

House Approves Bill To Empower CCCJ To Grant And Confer Academic Awards
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), presents student at the St. Catherine-based Kitson Town Primary School, Annique Campbell, with a tablet computer, in Pedro, on Friday (June 18). Sharing in the occasion is Member of Parliament for St. Catherine West Central, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. The Prime Minister donated tablets to 30 students in the parish, from his Positive Jamaica Foundation.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), presents student at the St. Catherine-based Kitson Town Primary School, Annique Campbell, with a tablet computer, in Pedro, on Friday (June 18). Sharing in the occasion is Member of Parliament for St. Catherine West Central, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. The Prime Minister donated tablets to 30 students in the parish, from his Positive Jamaica Foundation.

Prime Minister Donates Tablets To Students In St. Catherine

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The NCE Supports the Government’s Plan for Schools to Return to Face-to-Face Teaching and Learning in September 2021

The National Council on Education (NCE) welcomes the announcement made by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, that schools will reopen for face-to-face learning in September of this year. The need for face-to-face learning supports the findings of the NCE studies, which identified major learning loss among students as a result of the challenges that they experienced with online...
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Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (fifth right), is joined by staff and education stakeholders at Ferris Primary School in Westmoreland, on Thursday, June 17, when 21 tablets valued at $260,000 were handed over to the institution by several non-profit organisations.
Education

Thousands of Tablets to Students

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, says by the end of the school year, more than 125,000 tablets would have been issued to students under the Government’s Tablets in Schools Programme. Mrs. Williams made the disclosure while addressing a handover ceremony where 21 tablets were presented to the Ferris Primary School in Westmoreland, on June 17. She outlined that in...
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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.
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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 on Friday (June 18), in which the Prime Minister participated. Supreme Ventures Limited donated the first $5 million towards the...
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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.
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New Schools to Focus on Teaching Children How to Function in Fourth Industrial Revolution – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the new schools the Government intends to construct will focus on teaching children how to function well in the fourth industrial revolution with technology and collaborative learning. “Most of our schools, they are not built and designed for the kind of teaching and learning that is required to ensure that our population...
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Minister of Education, and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams
Education

Minister Williams Thanks Diaspora For Support To Education

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, has expressed gratitude to members of the Jamaican Diaspora for the support they continue to provide to the country’s education sector. “I know there is a lot of interest in ensuring that the education system in Jamaica continues to educate our children to very high standards, and so we want to...
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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
Education

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

Students and teachers of the Hall’s Delight and Westphalia Primary Schools in East Rural St. Andrew, now have access to modern sanitary facilities. Under the School Sanitation Project, being implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), the pit latrines at the institutions were replaced with new five-seater sanitation blocks with flush toilets, at a cost of $25 million. The...
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