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NADD To Host Virtual Behaviour Exposition June 11

The National Association of Deans of Discipline (NADD) will host the final of four virtual Behaviour Expositions on Friday, June 11. The exposition seeks to engage more than 5,000 high-school students from across Jamaica in an empowerment session, under the...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left), along with President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association, Jasford Gabriel (centre), hands over tablets to representatives from Gaynstead High School. The donation is a part of the Ministry’s efforts to assist all students to have access to information and communication technology (ICT)-based learning. Vice Principal of Gaynstead High School, Liston Aiken (second right), accepts a tablet as also students Frajeeka Davis (left) and Shanel Powell (right). The ceremony took place, today (June 8), at the Ministry.

PHOTOS: ONE Laptop Or Tablet Per Child Handover At Gaynstead High School

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon Fayval Williams (left), presents notebooks to 14-year-old Ferncourt High student of Queenhythe, Discovery Bay, St. Ann, Kelvin Peart, to assist with his tutoring efforts in the community. The Minister, along with a team from the Ministry’s Region Three office visited the teenager in his community on Thursday, June 3. ,

Education Minister Commends Student For Teaching Others During Pandemic

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (fourth left), cuts ribbon to officially open the newly built parking lot at the Mona Heights Primary School in Kingston, recently. Sharing the moment (from left) are Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Dasmine Kennedy; Mona Heights Primary students, Alex Hepburn Jr., and Diandra-Michellè Schrouter; Acting Principal, Mona Heights Primary, Alex Hepburn; and Parish Manager, National Works Agency (NWA), Dwight Clayton. Also pictured in the background are (from left) President, Mona Heights Primary Alumni Association, Chad Rattray; President, Mona Heights Primary Parent Teachers’ Association, Chenell Lyn and Chairman of the Mona Heights Primary School, Delroy Alleyne.

PHOTO: Opening of Mona Heights Primary School Parking Lot

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

Education Minister Commends Mico For Pivoting Teacher Training To Digital Space

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), looks at something being pointed out on a tablet computer by President of the Rotary Club of New Kingston, Neville Graham (second left). The club handed over 10 devices at the Ministry

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Gov’t Levering Technology To Improve Student Achievement

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says that the Government is levering the use of technology in the education system in order to improve student achievement. She said that a technology-aided system enables students to learn “faster and deeper”, better preparing them to participate in the workforce. “It will be a blended environment; we believe that will...

5 years ago Education

Primary-Level National Assessments Postponed

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has postponed the sitting of all the remaining national assessments at the primary level until the latter half of the Christmas Term of the upcoming 2021/2022 academic year. In a bulletin issued by the Ministry, it was stated that the decision was taken after a series of consultations with key stakeholders and consultant...

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CXC Analysing COVID-19 Impact On Exam Candidates

Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Registrar and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Wayne Wesley, says the entity will give further consideration to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic’s impact on student sitting external exams, during the grading process. He noted that CXC will take into account “the likely psycho-social impact [of the pandemic] on students’ performance to ensure that they are not disenfranchised”....

Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe (right), accepts a tablet computer from Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Bresheh Limited, Randy McLaren during a ceremony to hand over 12 of the devices for students, at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on Friday (May 28). The devices were provided in support of the Ministry’s ‘One Laptop or Tablet per Child’ initiative.

5 years ago Education

Gov’t Receives More Support For ‘One Laptop Or Tablet Per Child’ Initiative

The Government’s ‘One Laptop or Tablet Per Child’ initiative received a further boost with the acquisition of 12 computer tablets courtesy of Bresheh Limited. The devices, along with protective cases, were handed over to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information on Friday (March 28) by Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Bresheh Limited, Randy McLaren. The presentation took place...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (left), and Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, exchange greetings during a ceremony for the handover of solar kits held on May 27 at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) Auditorium in Kingston. At the event, the Ministry of Education, through the National Education Trust, received solar kits on behalf of 14 high schools, which will be used for electrical instruction at the beneficiary institutions. The distribution supports the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology’s mandate of popularisng science in schools, as well as advancing the push for renewable technologies. Overall, 44 solar kits will be donated to 21 learning institutions to be used for demonstration purposes.

5 years ago EducationScience

PHOTOS: Education Minister Receives Solar Kits for Schools

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (left) and Cuba

5 years ago Education

Jamaica And Cuba Extend Education Agreement

Jamaican schools will continue to benefit from professional and academic support provided by Cuban teachers, following the signing of an agreement between the countries on Wednesday (May 26) to extend the bilateral cooperation in education. The signing ceremony was held at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston. The primary areas of instruction covered...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), observes as Principal, New Providence Primary School, Olga Robinson Clarke, checks the temperature of student, Camalee Cain, at the institution, on Wednesday (May 26).

5 years ago Education

Education Minister Encourages PEP Students

To boost the confidence of students sitting the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Ability Test, today (May 26), Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, visited two primary schools in her St. Andrew Eastern constituency to give a pep talk. The two schools were New Providence Primary and Hope Valley Experimental Schools. At New Providence Primary, Mrs. Williams told...