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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right), serves breakfast, which he prepared, to student of Holland Primary School in St. Elizabeth, Janessa Clarke, during the Eat Jamaican School Tour at the institution on Friday (November 15).
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right), serves breakfast, which he prepared, to student of Holland Primary School in St. Elizabeth, Janessa Clarke, during the Eat Jamaican School Tour at the institution on Friday (November 15).

School Breakfast Programme Being Revitalized in St. Elizabeth

Over 2,000 acres of farmland on the Holland Estate in St. Elizabeth have been purposed to grow produce for the school breakfast programme for students that is being revitalized across the parish. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry,...
Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Japan in Jamaica, Shotoku Habukawa (second left); and Principal of New Forest Infant and Primary School, Sharon Anderson (left), cut the ribbon to officially hand over a school bus, which will support the Expanded Rural School Bus Programme for New Forest Infant and Primary and High schools under the Japan Grassroots Human Security Project. The ceremony was held on the institutions
Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Japan in Jamaica, Shotoku Habukawa (second left); and Principal of New Forest Infant and Primary School, Sharon Anderson (left), cut the ribbon to officially hand over a school bus, which will support the Expanded Rural School Bus Programme for New Forest Infant and Primary and High schools under the Japan Grassroots Human Security Project. The ceremony was held on the institutions' compound in Manchester on November 14. Others from (third left) are Member of Parliament for South Manchester, Michael Stewart; Regional Director, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Nadine Leachman; and Head Girl, New Forest Infant and Primary School, Abigayle Changlong.

PHOTOS: New Forest Infant Primary and High School Gets School Bus
Wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (right), engages with Head of the School of Business and Entrepreneurial Studies, Excelsior Community College, Gwyneth Jackson (left) and Vice Principal for Student Affairs, Naomi Jacobs (centre). Occasion was the 2019 Master Lecture held at the college’s main campus on Mountain View Avenue in Kingston on November 11 under the theme ‘Leadership and Power for Organizational Development.’ Mrs. Holness was the keynote speaker at the event.
Wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (right), engages with Head of the School of Business and Entrepreneurial Studies, Excelsior Community College, Gwyneth Jackson (left) and Vice Principal for Student Affairs, Naomi Jacobs (centre). Occasion was the 2019 Master Lecture held at the college’s main campus on Mountain View Avenue in Kingston on November 11 under the theme ‘Leadership and Power for Organizational Development.’ Mrs. Holness was the keynote speaker at the event.

Jamaicans Encouraged To Strive For Excellence In Service Delivery
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Central Manchester, Hon. Mike Henry, makes a presentation to University of Technology (UTech) student, Shakeria Johnson, at a function held on Sunday (November10), at the West Park Community Centre in Clarendon, during which tuition cheques totalling some $2.7 million, were awarded to 62 tertiary-level students. The occasion was also used to celebrate the recent conferment of the Order of Jamaica (OJ) on Minister Henry.
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Central Manchester, Hon. Mike Henry, makes a presentation to University of Technology (UTech) student, Shakeria Johnson, at a function held on Sunday (November10), at the West Park Community Centre in Clarendon, during which tuition cheques totalling some $2.7 million, were awarded to 62 tertiary-level students. The occasion was also used to celebrate the recent conferment of the Order of Jamaica (OJ) on Minister Henry.

Minister Henry Awards $2.7 Million In Tuition Assistance
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., signs a painting during the University of Technology’s second International Built Environment Conference at the institution’s Papine campus in St. Andrew, on Thursday (November 7). He was the keynote speaker. Looking on (from left) are Programme Administrator in the Built Environment Faculty, Dr. Patricia Green; Faculty Dean, Dr. Garfield Young; and the Faculty’s Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship, Dr. Paul Ivey.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., signs a painting during the University of Technology’s second International Built Environment Conference at the institution’s Papine campus in St. Andrew, on Thursday (November 7). He was the keynote speaker. Looking on (from left) are Programme Administrator in the Built Environment Faculty, Dr. Patricia Green; Faculty Dean, Dr. Garfield Young; and the Faculty’s Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship, Dr. Paul Ivey.

UTECH Launches Built Environment Graduate Programmes

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Dr. Young Pushes for Papine as University Town

Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment, at the University of Technology (UTech) Dr. Garfield Young, is calling for a greater buy-in from all stakeholders, towards the establishment of Papine as a University Town. He made the call at the 2nd International Built Environment Conference held at the institution’s campus in Papine, on November 7. Dr. Young noted that...
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Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, responds to questions from journalists during today
Education

Gov’t Awards £12.2M Contract To City And Guilds Int’l

The Government has awarded a 10-year contract, valued at £12.2 million, to City and Guilds International Limited for the provision of examinations for and certification of students. Under the Cabinet-approved arrangement, City and Guilds will provide testing and certification for selected students in grades 11, 12 and 13 in Mathematics, English, Engineering and 16 Technical and Vocational Education and Training...
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Chairperson for the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Trisha Williams-Singh (second left); and media personality, Jennifer Small (left), dance with St. Peter Claver Primary and Infant School students, Amelia Foster (right), and Arianna Temple. Occasion was a ceremony to officially launch the Sagicor Foundation’s 2019/2020 Adopt-A-School programme at Hope Gardens in St. Andrew on Tuesday (November 5).
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Three Institutions To Be Upgraded Under Sagicor Adopt-A-School Programme

Another three early-childhood institutions will this year benefit from renovation and upgrades amounting to $15 million under Sagicor Foundation’s Adopt-A-School programme. The schools are Petersville Early Childhood Institution in Westmoreland, Prime Time Early Childhood Institution in Clarendon, and St. Peter Claver Primary and Infant School in St. Andrew. The announcement was made during the official launch of this year’s programme...
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Ambassador of Japan in Jamaica, His Excellency Hiromasa Yamazaki (second right) and Acting Principal, Fair Prospect Primary School, Ms. Avril Neufville (left), cut the ribbon to officially open the new classroom block at the school on Friday (November 1). Sharing the moment are Director, Donor and Partner Relations, National Education Trust, Ms. Latoya Harris (right); Member of Parliament for East Portland, Ann Marie Vaz (background, left); Director, Region 2, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Ms. Janet Brimm and students of the school.
Education

Fair Prospect Primary Gets Two New Classrooms

The National Education Trust (NET), in collaboration with the Embassy of Japan, has officially handed over two new classrooms, and replaced windows at Fair Prospect Primary School, in Eastern Portland, at a cost of approximately $11 million. The ceremony took place on Friday (November 1), at the school. With the case at Fair Prospect Primary, a Japan International Cooperation Agency...
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Commercial Counsellor at the Canadian High Commission, Richard York.
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Opportunity for Students to Study in Canada

Representatives from 31 universities and colleges in Canada will be in Jamaica from Monday, November 4 to Friday, November 8 for the 9th annual Education Fair. The Fair, which will be held at the Spanish Court Hotel, in Kingston on November 4 and 5 and at the Holiday Inn Resort in Montego Bay on November 7 and 8, will offer Jamaican...
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Education

Dr. Dunn Placing Focus On Education In South East St. Mary

Member of Parliament for South East St. Mary, Dr. Norman Dunn, says several educational initiatives aimed at transforming the lives of constituents are being undertaken. Making his maiden contribution to the State of the Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives on October 29, Dr. Dunn said that focus was placed on the distribution of tuition grants, scholarships, book vouchers...
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Programme Manager, Education System Transformation Programme (ESTP), Daynea Facey, addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, on Tuesday (October 29).
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Early-Childhood Brain Builders Initiative Receives US$70,000 Boost

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s (MOEYI) Brain Builders Centres (BBC) initiative has been bolstered with the acquisition of a US$70,000 Japan-funded Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) technical cooperation grant. This was disclosed by Programmes Manager for the Education System Transformation Programme (ESTP). Daynea Facey, during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the agency’s head office in Kingston...
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