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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Willians (left), interacts with students from the St. Catherine-based Homestead Primary School while at a tablet presentation ceremony held yesterday (February 25), at the St. Catherine High School in Spanish Town.

Rollout Of OYOD Next Week

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the rollout of the Government’s Own Your Own Device (OYOD) programme will commence next week. The programme will benefit more than 36,000 needy students in high school, with parents or...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), observes as Business Administration Manager, Stone Plus Limited, Saccherine Chin (second left), assists grade-five Lyssons Primary, student, Nathallia Crumbie (third left), in using her new tablet. Principal of the school, Evette Bonfield Beecher, looks on. The occasion was the handover of 100 tablets donated by Stone Plus Limited under the ‘One Laptop or Tablet Per Child’ initiative, at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on Wednesday (February 24).

Greater Emphasis On Strengthening Online Learning – Minister Williams

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left), hands over a tablet computer to a student of the Gregory Park Primary School, Amoya Venson, during a ceremony held at the school’s Portmore, St. Catherine, location on Wednesday (February 24). Also pictured (from left) are State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, and Member of Parliament for East Central St. Catherine, Hon. Alando Terrelonge; Past Presidents' Council Chair, Kiwanis Club of South St. Catherine, Dione Chambers; and Principal of the school, Richard Williams. During the ceremony, 26 tablet computers were handed over to the school by the Kiwanis Club of South St. Catherine.

Final Batch Of Tablets For PATH Students To Be Distributed Shortly

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a virtual post Cabinet Press briefing, held on Wednesday (February 24).

McCam Child Development Centre Gets Government Grant-Aided Status

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a virtual post Cabinet Press briefing on February 24.

Only Students Preparing For Exit Exams To Attend Face-To-Face Classes

5 years ago CoronavirusEducation

Private Schools Included In No Face-To-Face Rule

Private schools have now been included in the no face-to-face rule that has been put in place for public educational institutions. This, as the Government further tightens measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), which has seen a spike in cases in recent weeks. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the announcement during a virtual press...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre) displays a tablet, which was among $500,000 worth of items donated by the Building Alternative Bridges for Success (BABS) Foundation, in support of the Ministry

5 years ago CoronavirusEducation

BABS Foundation Donates To Education Ministry’s COVID-19 Response

The Building Alternative Bridges for Success (BABS) Foundation has donated supplies valued at $500,000 to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information to assist in the coronavirus (COVID-19) response. They include 100 non-contact thermometers, 10 automatic hand-sanitiser dispensers, two tablets, as well as food items to be distributed to selected schools. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, expressed gratitude for the...

5 years ago Budget 2021/2022Education

Rehabilitation Works To Commence At Hope Valley Experimental School

Rehabilitation works are to commence at the Hope Valley Experimental School and August Town School in the upcoming financial year. An allotment of $726.2 million has been set aside in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure to carry out these and other activities under the Integrated Community Development Project II. The project is designed to enhance access to basic urban infrastructure...

Principal of Little Bay Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland, Keron King.

5 years ago Education

Principal Of Little Bay Primary To Be Recognised

Principal of the Little Bay Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland, Keron King, is being recognised again for his outstanding contribution to the institution and the Little Bay community. Mr. King is one of 50 persons to be awarded at the Sagicor Community Heroes Awards ceremony, which is slated to be held on Friday, February 26, at The Jamaica Pegasus...

5 years ago Education

$120 Million Set Aside To Complete Special Education Diagnostic Centre At CASE

The Government has allocated a sum of $120 million towards the establishment of a special education diagnostic centre at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) in Portland. The project also includes the construction of a waste-water treatment system, abattoir, and biodigester on the college campus. Details of the undertaking are contained in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure, which...

5 years ago Education

Continued Expansion and Upgrading at Mount St. Joseph Catholic High School

Expansion and upgrading works will continue at Mount St. Joseph Catholic High School in Manchester during the upcoming fiscal year. These include the construction of third and fourth form blocks, an administrative block, an auditorium, and a canteen. The project is being facilitated through a $210 million allocation, under the Education Transformation Programme, which has the objective of providing additional...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (at lectern), offers words of encouragement to students participating in the Coding Internship Programme at the Stony Hill HEART/NSTA campus in St. Andrew. Ms. Willliams visited the institution, recently, along with National Coordinator for the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme, Lt. Col. Martin Rickman; and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Amber Group, Dushyant Savadia. Under the Coding Internship Programme, thousands of young Jamaicans will be trained as software developers to create cutting-edge technologies through a one-year residential training programme at the Amber HEART Coding Academy. It is a partnership between the HEART NSTA/Trust and the Amber Group, in collaboration with the HOPE Programme and the Art of Living Foundation.

5 years ago Education

PHOTOS: Minister of Education, Youth and Information Visits the Stony Hill HEART/NSTA Campus in St. Andrew

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (at lectern), offers words of encouragement to students participating in the Coding Internship Programme at the Stony Hill HEART/NSTA campus in St. Andrew. Ms. Willliams visited the institution, recently, along with National Coordinator for the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme, Lt. Col. Martin Rickman; and Chief Executive Officer (CEO),...