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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), presents scholarship recipient, Mark Brown (second left) with his award. Mr. Brown is one of two recipients of scholarships awarded by Massy United Insurance to students pursuing studies in actuarial science at the University of the West Indies (UWI). Sharing in the moment (from third left) are Branch Manager, Jamaica and Cayman Islands, Massy United Insurance, Winsome Gibbs; Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Prof. Dale Webber; and Head, Maths Department, Faculty of Science and Technology, UWI Mona, Dr. Nagarani Ponakala. The presentation took place during a scholarship handover ceremony, held at the UWI Mona campus on Tuesday (February 9). The students were awarded scholarships with a combined value of US$10,000 ($1.4 million).

Education Minister Encourages More Students To Pursue Studies In Actuarial Science

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says lucrative job opportunities are available in the field of actuarial science, and more students should pursue this field of study. “It is not overcrowded by any stretch of the imagination,...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left), and Restaurants of Jamaica (ROJ) Limited Marketing Director, Tina Myers Matalon (third left), display tablets during a handover ceremony at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, National Heroes Circle, in Kingston, on February 3. Also displaying tablets are international recording artiste and Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) ‘Add Hope’ Ambassador, Kevin Downswell (left), and ROJ Brand Manager, Andrei Roper. The devices were donated to the Ministry by ROJ under the ‘One Laptop or Tablet Per Child’ initiative.

PHOTOS: Minister Williams At Handover Of Tablets By Restaurants of Jamaica

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

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.

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JAD Commences Registration for Jamaican Sign Language Training Course

The Jamaica Association for the Deaf (JAD) has commenced registering new applicants for the Jamaican Sign Language (JSL) Level One and Two training course, which is scheduled to start in March. The course offers 10-hours of real-time instructions, unlimited access to online resources, unlimited hours of facilitated self-study, and access to weekly online tests. Level one of the JSL, which...

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).

5 years ago Education

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

Carib Cement Company Limited has donated vouchers, valued $5.1 million, for the provision of technology and general school supplies to 44 students. The beneficiaries are drawn from communities in proximity to the company’s plant and quarries in east Kingston, Bull Bay and Clarendon. Some of the students will receive vouchers for laptop computers and MiFi internet connectivity devices, along with...

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.

5 years ago Education

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.

5 years ago Education

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.

5 years ago Education

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...