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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), speaks with students and teachers at Balcombe Drive Primary School in Kingston, on Thursday (July 9), after handing over tablets to teachers at the institution.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), speaks with students and teachers at Balcombe Drive Primary School in Kingston, on Thursday (July 9), after handing over tablets to teachers at the institution.

Computers Presented To Balcombe Drive Primary

Balcombe Drive Primary School in Kingston, on Thursday (July 9), formally received computers under the Government’s ‘Tablets for Teachers Programme’, so its teachers can use them while working from home. Distribution of the tablets results from the Government of Jamaica...
Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe.
Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe.

All In Place For CSEC, CAPE
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), examines one of the tablet computers distributed to educators at the Hope Valley Experimental School, located at 2-4 University Road, Kingston 7, on July 7. With the Minister (from left) are Chief Executive Officer, e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, Keith Smith; Principal, Hope Valley Experimental School, Anthony Grant; and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund, Daniel Dawes. The initiative falls under the Government’s Tablets for Teachers Programme.
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), examines one of the tablet computers distributed to educators at the Hope Valley Experimental School, located at 2-4 University Road, Kingston 7, on July 7. With the Minister (from left) are Chief Executive Officer, e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, Keith Smith; Principal, Hope Valley Experimental School, Anthony Grant; and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund, Daniel Dawes. The initiative falls under the Government’s Tablets for Teachers Programme.

65,000 Tablet Computers For Teachers And Students This Fiscal Year
Chief Executive Officer of e-Learning Jamaica Limited, Keith Smith.
Chief Executive Officer of e-Learning Jamaica Limited, Keith Smith.

Tablets Of Teachers Programme Rolls Out Tuesday
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses the House of Representatives on June 30.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses the House of Representatives on June 30.

Early-Childhood Institutions To Get Sanitisation Grant

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Keville Cunningham Jr. (left) in dialogue with proud mom, Racquel Brown-​Cunningham. Keville was placed at Cornwall College in St. James after being successful in his Primary Exit Profile (PEP) exams.
Education

Keville Happy With Second-Choice School

Keville Cunningham Jr. is pleased to have earned a place at Cornwall College after the 2019 Primary Exit Profile (PEP), even though he admits that the prominent high school for boys in Montego Bay was his second-choice institution. The 13-year-old student of the Dumfries Primary School in St. James tells JIS News that his first choice was Herbert Morrison Technical...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a virtual press conference at Jamaica House on Monday (June 29).
CoronavirusEducation

PM To Announce Protocols For Reopening Day-Care Centres, Nurseries

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says he will announce the protocols that have been established for the reopening of nurseries and day-care facilities shortly. "Day care and nurseries – it's a big issue; we spent some time last week discussing them – the Ministry of Health (and Wellness), the Ministry of Local Government and [Community Development] and the...
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Early-childhood teacher and entrepreneur, Racquel Davis.
CoronavirusEducation

Teacher Develops Aids To Support Distance Learning

The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is fostering a new wave of entrepreneurship and innovation among Jamaicans, many of whom are staying at home or are out of work. One such individual is St. Ann early-childhood teacher, Racquel Davis, who has created an alternative source of income, through her recently formed business ‘Racquel’s Smart Start’.   Mrs. Davis, who teaches at the...
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Chief Medical Offic​er in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, speaking during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the Agency’s head office in Kingston on June 25.
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Gov’t Isolation and Quarantining for COVID-19 Based on Mutual Agreement

The Ministry of Health and Wellness says the decision to relocate individuals contracting the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) from households to a government quarantine or isolation facility is based on discussions with and agreement by the parties, and not forced action.   Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the Agency’s head office in Kingston on June 25,...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda.
Education

All Students Eligible To Sit PEP Placed In High School

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information says that 100 per cent of the 38,918 students who were eligible to sit the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) in grade six this year have been placed in high schools. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda, reported that 80 per cent of the cohort was placed in their preferred schools, while 16 per cent...
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Education

PEP 2020 Results Available Friday Afternoon

Student scores and placement for the 2020 Primary Exit Profile (PEP 6) will be available at primary level schools on Friday, June 26, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. Parents and guardians will also be able to access the results online at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, June 26, 2020. Parents and guardians who want to access their children’s results online may register...
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Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe. (FILE)
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Parents Can Register Online To Access PEP Results

Parents and guardians will be able register on an online portal starting Wednesday (June 24) at 5:00 p.m., to access students’ Primary Exit Profile (PEP) results. The student placement and scores will be available on Friday (June 26) at 4:00 p.m. Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe, made the disclosure during...
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