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Ms. Shenelle Guscott and Ms. Brooke-Anne Bowen, 2020/2021 recipients of the Colin Fitz-Herbert Bullock
Scholarship and G. Arthur Brown Memorial Scholarship, respectively. — Ms. Shenelle Guscott and Ms. Brooke-Anne Bowen, 2020/2021 recipients of the Colin Fitz-Herbert Bullock Scholarship and G. Arthur Brown Memorial Scholarship, respectively.

Bank of Jamaica Announces 2020/21 Scholarship Awardees

Bank of Jamaica is pleased to announce the 2020/21 recipients of its inaugural Colin Fitz- Herbert Bullock Scholarship and the G. Arthur Brown Memorial Scholarship. Colin Fitz-Herbert Bullock Scholarship 2020/21 Awardee: Ms. Shennelle Guscott Ms. Shenelle Guscott is the...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left), hands over a tablet to student of Jones Town Primary School, Jeneece Allen (second right), during a presentation ceremony at the institution on Tuesday (October 20). Sharing the moment are Chief Executive Officer, e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, Keith Smith (left), and Member of Parliament, St. Andrew South, Mark Golding.

Minister Williams Calls on Jamaicans to Support One Laptop or Tablet Per Child Initiative

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), and Member of Parliament, St. Andrew South, Mark Golding (right), display one of the tablets handed over to (from left): student, Trench Town Primary School, Rojaughn Stephens; students, Jones Town Primary School, Lashaun Dixon and Jeneece Allen; and student, Iris Gelly Primary School, Alexia Kennedy, at Jones Town Primary School in Kingston, on Tuesday (October 20).

Tablets Handed Over to PATH Students at Three Inner-City Primary Schools

Chief Executive Officer for the Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes, speaking during the handover ceremony for information and communication technology (ICT) devices presented to the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), at the entity’s office in Montego Bay, St. James on Friday (October 16).

USF Embarking on Programme to Assist Students in Accessing Online Classes

Chief Executive Officer of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Kaysia Kerr, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’. (FILE)

National Parenting Support Commission Urges Parents to Use Helplines

Hand wash station constructed by the Sandals Foundation at the entrance of the Ocho Rios Primary School. Stations are also being erected at Exchange All Age and Seville Golden Preschool in the parish and nine other schools across St. Mary, Westmoreland, and St. James.

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New Handwashing Stations Being Built to Strengthen Infant and Primary School Preparations for New Academic Year

As part of ongoing efforts to invest in the island’s education infrastructure and support the academic growth of students, the Sandals Foundation is constructing handwashing stations at twelve infant and primary schools across St. Ann, St. Mary, Westmoreland and St. James. The construction of the handwashing stations, which is valued at approximately US$22,000, is made possible due to support from...

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Deputy President Highlights Growth of CMU

Deputy President of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Professor Ibrahim Ajagunna, has pointed to the strengthening of the institution’s faculty as a proven pathway to growth, through improved offerings. In an interview with JIS News, Professor Ajagunna explained that this has been a significant development in the life of the university and that it will augur well for the institution,...

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Clarification on Face-to-Face Instructions by Independent Schools

The Ministry of Education Youth and Information (MoEYI) wishes to advise that independent schools that received letters from the Ministry of Health and Wellness indicating they have met the standards for certification and reopened their schools on the basis of those letters are not in violation of the MoEYI’s remote learning advisory. The enforcement measures Order under the Disaster Risk...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaks at the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 6).

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Education Ministry to Launch ‘One Laptop Or Tablet Per Child’ Initiative

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will shortly launch its ‘One Laptop or Tablet per Child’ initiative. The programme, being launched in partnership with the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), aims to equip students with the tools to access online education. “We are seeing corporate Jamaica rally to the call already. These include the Musson Group which, on...

Principal of Farm Primary and Infant School, Richard Miller (left), accepts personal protective equipment (PPE) against COVID-19 from Executive Director of Children of the Caribbean Foundation, Rosie Hodge-Adams (centre), and Community Development Director of Children of the Caribbean Foundation, Rochelle Jefferson-Carey, during a special handover ceremony, held on the school compound in Green Pond, St. James, on October 5.

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Primary Schools in St. James Receive PPE

Several primary schools in St. James are now in a better position to take protective measures against the coronavirus (COVID-19) when in-class learning resumes, thanks to the recent donation of some personal protective equipment (PPE). US-based non-profit organisation, Children of the Caribbean Foundation, donated a number of face masks, hand sanitiser dispensers, face shields and infrared thermometers to the Farm...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a ceremony at Brown’s Town Primary in St. Ann on October 4, to hand over 126 tablets to the institution, under the Government’s Tablets in Schools programme.

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Minister Says Jamaicans Need to Place More Emphasis on Formal Education

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, says Jamaicans need to ascribe greater importance to formal education. Speaking at a ceremony at the Brown’s Town Primary School in St. Ann on October 4 to hand over 126 tablets under the Government’s Tablets in Schools programme, Mrs. Williams emphasised that formal education is the “only sustainable way” to upward mobility...

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of EduFocal, Gordon Swaby.

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EduFocal Creating More Job Opportunities for Teachers

Despite unprecedented changes in the education system due to the global health pandemic (COVID-19), resulting in near-total closures of schools and temporary lay-offs of educators, ed-tech company, EduFocal is creating more job opportunities for teachers to deliver education virtually. Following the recent launch of its online school, EduFocal PEP Academy in early September, the online learning platform has created job...