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National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (second left), and Member of Parliament for South West St. Andrew, Dr. Angela Brown Burke (left), look at a bottle of cleaning solution, which was among sanitisation products donated by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to Cockburn Gardens Primary and Junior High School for its summer programme. The handover took place at the school in Kingston on July 15. Also pictured are USAID Country Representative, Jason Fraser (third right); Principal of the school, Dr. Patricia Kinglocke Findley (second right) and USAID representative, Morana Krajnovic.
National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (second left), and Member of Parliament for South West St. Andrew, Dr. Angela Brown Burke (left), look at a bottle of cleaning solution, which was among sanitisation products donated by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to Cockburn Gardens Primary and Junior High School for its summer programme. The handover took place at the school in Kingston on July 15. Also pictured are USAID Country Representative, Jason Fraser (third right); Principal of the school, Dr. Patricia Kinglocke Findley (second right) and USAID representative, Morana Krajnovic.

PHOTOS: USAID Donates Sanitisation Products to Cockburn Gardens Primary and Junior High School

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left), participates in the handover of a tablet to Principal of the August Town Primary School, Jennifer Solomon (second right) during a ceremony held on July 15 at the school in St. Andrew. Others (from left) are Chief Executive Officer of e-Learning Jamaica, Keith Smith; and school Board Chairman, Andrew Warwar.
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left), participates in the handover of a tablet to Principal of the August Town Primary School, Jennifer Solomon (second right) during a ceremony held on July 15 at the school in St. Andrew. Others (from left) are Chief Executive Officer of e-Learning Jamaica, Keith Smith; and school Board Chairman, Andrew Warwar.

Teachers At August Town Primary Get Tablets
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
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

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Chief Executive Officer of e-Learning Jamaica Limited, Keith Smith.
EducationTechnology

Tablets Of Teachers Programme Rolls Out Tuesday

The ‘Tablets for Teachers’ programme rolls out on Tuesday (July 7) with the distribution of devices to educators at the Hope Valley Experimental School, located at 2-4 University Road, Kingston 7. Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, is scheduled to bring greetings at the function and assist with the handing out of the tablets procured by e-Learning...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses the House of Representatives on June 30.
CoronavirusEducation

Early-Childhood Institutions To Get Sanitisation Grant

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is to provide a sanitisation grant to assist early-childhood institutions across the island. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on June 30. Mr. Samuda also informed that the Ministry is now carrying out an assessment to determine the number of early-childhood institutions...
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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.
CoronavirusEducationHealth & Wellness

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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