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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaks at a press conference on Wednesday (October 28), at the Office of the Prime Minister Media Centre, in Kingston.

Seventeen Schools in Nine Parishes To Resume Face-To-Face Classes November 9

Seventeen schools in nine parishes with approximately 6,000 students are to resume face-to-face classes from November 9 to 20, under a two-week E-COVID face-to-face pilot programme. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, indicated that 12 of the...

Programme Manager of the Education System Transformation Programme (ESTP), under the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information (MoEYI), Daynea Facey, addresses a JIS Think Tank today (October 27), at the JIS Head Office, 58a Half-Way Tree Road, in Kingston.

JTEC to Launch Internal Quality Assurance Standards for TTIs

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams. addresses a ceremony for the handover of tablets to students, held on Thursday (October 22), at the Buff Bay Primary School in Portland.

Gov’t to Complete Handover of 40,000 Tablets Next Week

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

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

5 years ago Education

More Jamaicans Accessing Training at HEART/NSTA Trust

More Jamaicans are accessing the HEART/NSTA Trust’s training and certification services than at any other time in the agency’s nearly 38-year history. As stated in the agency’s 2019/20 annual report, which was tabled in the House of Representatives on October 27, training enrolment has increased by 98 per cent for the five-year period 2015/2016 to 2019/2020, moving from 71,464 to...

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).

5 years ago EducationTechnology

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

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and e-Learning Jamaica have presented tablets to the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) students at three inner-city schools located in the constituency of St. Andrew South. These will augment the 18,000 tablets and 12,000 desktop computers already distributed to schools. The schools are Jones Town Primary, Iris Gelly Primary and...

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).

5 years ago EducationTechnology

USF Embarking on Programme to Assist Students in Accessing Online Classes

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes, says the entity will shortly be embarking on a programme to assist students experiencing challenges accessing the internet to participate in online classes. “Based on the COVID-19 [pandemic] experience, students are not able to go to school. So we want to go inside the communities to see how...

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

5 years ago EducationInformationYouth

National Parenting Support Commission Urges Parents to Use Helplines

The National Parenting Support Commission, an agency of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is encouraging parents to make use of the helplines for support from the commission. The thirty-six (36) helplines were launched in April 2020 in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Victoria Mutual Foundation and Fight for Peace. Since its implementation, the NPSC has...

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.

5 years ago EducationHealth & Wellness

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...

5 years ago Education

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,...

5 years ago Education

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...