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Minister of Education Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaking during the sitting of the House of Representatives on January 12.
Minister of Education Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaking during the sitting of the House of Representatives on January 12.

76 Schools Engaged In Face-To-Face Classes

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, is reporting that 76 schools have started face-to-face teaching and learning as of January 12. She said that 129 schools were approved for face-to-face classes at the beginning of the term...
Minister of Education Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaking during Tuesday’s (January 12) sitting of the House of Representatives.
Minister of Education Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaking during Tuesday’s (January 12) sitting of the House of Representatives.

Education Ministry Extends Computer Assistance Programme For Students
Minister of Education Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaking during Tuesday’s (January 12) sitting of the House of Representatives.
Minister of Education Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaking during Tuesday’s (January 12) sitting of the House of Representatives.

Education Minister Encourages Increased Support For ‘One Laptop Or Tablet Per Child’ Initiative
​Director, Donor and Partnership Management for the National Education Trust (NET), Latoya Harris. (File Photo)
​Director, Donor and Partnership Management for the National Education Trust (NET), Latoya Harris. (File Photo)

6,793 Devices, $97 Million Contributed Under ‘One Laptop Or Tablet Per Child’ Initiative
Minister of State, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Nesta Morgan (centre), presents a resident of Homestead Place of Safety (left) with a tablet during the handover of 200 devices, donated by the Ministry to the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), on Tuesday (January 12), at the agency’s office in Kingston. Observing is Chief Executive Officer, CPFSA, Rosalee Gage Grey. The devices were donated under the Ministry’s ‘One Laptop or Tablet pQAer Child’ initiative.
Minister of State, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Nesta Morgan (centre), presents a resident of Homestead Place of Safety (left) with a tablet during the handover of 200 devices, donated by the Ministry to the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), on Tuesday (January 12), at the agency’s office in Kingston. Observing is Chief Executive Officer, CPFSA, Rosalee Gage Grey. The devices were donated under the Ministry’s ‘One Laptop or Tablet pQAer Child’ initiative.

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President of the Hinds Town Youth Empowerment Foundation in St. Ann, Laphen Haye
CommunityEducation

Foundation Donates Tablets To Needy Students In St. Ann

The Hinds Town Youth Empowerment Foundation in St. Ann has donated 30 tablets to needy students living in the community to assist with online learning. The tablets, valued at US$5,000 were handed over to the students at a recent ceremony held at the Hinds Town Anglican Church. The beneficiaries attend Ocho Rios High, Marcus Garvey High, Epworth Primary, Ocho Rios...
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State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan (left), in discussion with Chairman of the Board of Crescent Primary School in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Councillor Norman Scott, while viewing the isolation unit at the school, recently.
CoronavirusEducation

Crescent Primary Lauded For Establishing Isolation Unit

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, is lauding the administration of Crescent Primary School in St. Catherine for establishing an isolation unit. The State Minister, who visited the facility recently, told JIS News that for schools that do not have such buildings to separate children in an emergency that could arise with the...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (File Photo)
CoronavirusEducation

Government Examining Options to Address Loss of Teaching Time Due to COVID-19 – PM Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government of Jamaica is moving with alacrity to ensure Jamaican students can participate in the digital age with devices that will give them access to online classes. Through his Positive Jamaica Foundation, Prime Minister Holness last week (Wednesday, January 6, 2021), distributed 600 devices, including tablets and laptops, to PEP and CSEC students registered...
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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second left), assists North Street Primary School student, Akeelah Frazer, to unwrap a new tablet computer that was presented to her at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston, on Friday (January 8). The tablet is one of a number that were donated by medical entity, Imaging and Intervention Associates, for needy children in Western Kingston, for which Mr. McKenzie is the Member of Parliament. Sharing the moment is Kingston Technical High School student, Cassandra Gray (right).
Education

Medical Entity Provides Tablet Computers For Children In West Kingston

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, on Friday (January 8), received tablet computers valued $500,000 for needy students living in west Kingston, for which he is the Member of Parliament. The devices, which were donated by Imaging and Intervention Associates, were presented to Mr. McKenzie at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston by the medical entity’s founding...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), accepts a tablet from Regional Executive of Huawei Technologies, Bo Zhou, during a ceremony for the handover of 500 devices on Thursday (December 7) at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle location in Kingston. The donation is in support of the Ministry
EducationInformationTechnologyYouth

Huawei Donates 500 Tablets to Education Sector

Global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, Huawei Technologies Company Limited, has donated 500 tablets in support of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s ‘One Laptop or Tablet Per Child’ initiative. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, in her remarks at the handover ceremony held on Thursday (December 7) at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan (fourth right), addresses students at the Crescent Primary School in St. Catherine, today (January 5). At third right is Chairman of the school, Councillor Norman Scott.
Education

Systems In Place To Protect Children And Staff – Education State Minister

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, says safety protocols are in place at the schools with face-to-face classes, as administrators have put in systems to protect children and staff. The State Minister, who spoke with reporters during a visit to Cumberland High School in Portmore, St. Catherine, today (January 5), said the...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), looks at the temperature log for students of Seaward Primary & Junior High School in Kingston during a visit to the institution on Tuesday (January 5). Looking on (from left) are Principal, Arlene Thomas; Education Officer, Ricardo Kennedy; Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Dasmine Kennedy; and Security Guard at the school, Garfield Gordon (right).
Education

Minister Williams Pleased With Measures To Facilitate Face-To-Face Classes

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says she is satisfied with the measures put in place at schools to facilitate face-to-face classes. “I’m pleased with the care that I see. They have been careful. You can see where they have been planning for this moment of face-to-face and it gives confidence that students who are on the...
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