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Associate Professor and Head of the School of Building and Land Management at the University of Technology (UTech), Laurence Neufville.

UTech To Offer BSc. In Mines And Quarry Management

The University of Technology (UTech), come January 2021, will be offering a landmark four-year Bachelor of Science (BSc/) degree in Mines and Quarry Management. The brainchild of Associate Professor and Head of the School of Building and Land Management at...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Nesta Morgan (left), hands over the Mathematics Teacher of the Year (2020) trophy to the winner, Kelly Kellier-Anderson (centre), at the offices of the Ministry, on Wednesday (December 2). Sharing the moment is Chief, Treasury and Investment, JN Bank, Audrey Williams.

Kelly Kellier-Anderson From Irwin High Is Mathematics Teacher Of The Year

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (third left) and Custos of Clarendon, William Shagoury (third right), display some of the 60 tablet computers donated by the Custos to benefit students from six high schools in Clarendon. The devices were handed over at the Denbigh High School in the parish, recently. Others pictured from left are Principal of Foga Road High School, Orrett Wallace; Principal of Central High School, Stellavit Ingram; Vice Principal of Denbigh High School, Dianne Gordon- Denton; and Principal of Vere Technical High School, Antoinette Banton-Ellis.

Custos Of Clarendon Donates 60 Tablets To High-School Students

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (left), shares a bottle of hand sanitiser with Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, during the handover ceremony for 5,000 bottles of hand sanitiser at the Education Ministry’s office in Kingston, on Tuesday (December 1).

Education Ministry Gets 5,000 Bottles Of Hand Sanitiser

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), accepts a tablet from United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Jamaica Country Representative, Mariko Kagoshima, during a ceremony to officially hand over 534 devices for students with special needs, at the Ministry's Heroes Circle location in Kingston on Monday (November 30). Looking on is Assistant Chief Education Officer, Special Education Unit in the Ministry, Dr. Sharon Anderson Morgan.

UNICEF Donates 534 Tablets For Special Needs Students

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre) interacts with grade five students at the Bryce Primary School (from left) Shyler Baker and Veniece Dixon after they received tablets donated by the Sandals Foundation during a ceremony held at the Bryce United Church on November 27.

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Manpower and Maintenance Services Limited Donates Tablets to Bryce Primary School

Some 12 tablets were handed over to Bryce Primary School, to assist needy students to continue their studies online, while schools remain closed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The tablets were donated by Manpower and Maintenance Services Limited, through its Foundation, as part of their 30th-anniversary celebration. The devices were donated in response to the government’s call...

Member of Parliament for North East Manchester and Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left) along with Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (background right) join students from Christiana Leased Primary School and other stakeholders in displaying devices they received under the Tablets in Schools programme, during a presentation ceremony held at the school on Friday (Nov. 27). Also sharing in the occasion (from second left, front row) are Chairman of the Board, Christiana Leased Primary School, Derrick Sinclair; grade five students, Silandre Pusey and Julianna Maragh and Education Officer for Region Five, Dr. Nadine Leachman. In the background is Principal, Christiana Leased Primary School, Aldayne Porter.

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Tablets Handed Over to Christiana Leased Primary School

Some 16 tablet computers were handed over to the Christiana Leased Primary School, by the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Information, as the Government continues the distribution of devices under the Tablets in Schools programme. The Government, through e-Learning Jamaica (e-LJam), began the distribution of 40,000 tablets to students on the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) on...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness , gives the keynote address during the official handing over and renaming ceremony of the Cornwall Automotive Training Institute (CATI) on Friday (November 27). The facility was officially renamed the Caribbean Military Academy (CMA) –Montego Bay.

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CATI Renamed the Caribbean Military Academy

The Cornwall Automotive Training Institute (CATI) in Flanker, St. James was on Friday (November 27), officially renamed the Caribbean Military Academy (CMA) –Montego Bay. The academy, which is the academic institutional arm of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), will have training for the local personnel who will be doing both the military and technical skills through the Jamaica National Service...

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MIND Launches Caribbean Public Sector Leadership Review

The Management Institute for National Development (MIND), on Friday (November 27) officially launched the first issue of the Caribbean Public Sector Leadership Review, themed ‘Adaptive Leadership’. Speaking at the virtual launch, Executive Director, MIND, Dr. Ruby Brown said the publication signals the organisation’s ongoing commitment to not only change the tone and texture of conversations about public sector leadership, but...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (background, centre), displays one of the new devices handed over to students under the Tablets in Schools programme, during a ceremong held at the Lyssons Primary School in St. Thomas on Thursday (November 26). She is joined by (in background, from left): Chairman of the Board of Management, Lyssons Primary School, Cordinal Beckford; and Member of Parliament, St. Thomas Eastern, Dr. Michelle Charles. In front row from left are Shakera Hall of Willminton Primary, Fantasha Grant of Spring Garden Primary and Infant. Deyona Brown of Lyssons Primary, and Markaysha Thomas of Morant Bay Primary .

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Over 900 Tablets For St. Thomas Students

The distribution of devices under the Tablets in Schools programme continued on Thursday (Nov.26) in St. Thomas. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, handed over more than 900 devices for students attending 20 primary schools in the parish, during a ceremony held at Lyssons Primary. The beneficiary institutions are Morant Bay Primary, 171; Lyssons Primary,151; Port Morant...

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

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109 Schools Inspected And Rated Satisfactory For Phased Reopening In 2021

One hundred and nine schools have been inspected and rated satisfactory by the Ministry of Health and Wellness, as part of the assessments for the phased reopening of schools in 2021. Speaking at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on November 25, Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, said the Ministry has been looking at that...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses today

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Education Ministry Partners With Microsoft

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has partnered with Microsoft to provide, free of cost, 500,000 Microsoft Office 365 Education Software licences to students in educational institutions. Making the announcement during Tuesday's (November 24) sitting of the House of Representatives, Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, said the approximate annual value, assuming all 500,000 licences are used, is US$15 million...