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(FILE) Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, emphasises a point while addressing the House of Representatives on July 31.
(FILE) Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, emphasises a point while addressing the House of Representatives on July 31.

Gov’t to Address Needs at Primary and Secondary Schools

The Government is moving to address human resource, infrastructure and equipment needs at primary and secondary schools across the island. This comes against the background of a comprehensive audit, which showed that a number of institutions are under resourced. Minister...
Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, making his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral debate in the House of Representatives on July 31.
Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, making his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral debate in the House of Representatives on July 31.

70,000 Students to Benefit From Breakfast Programme
Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses the House of Representatives on July 31.
Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses the House of Representatives on July 31.

Education Ministry to Provide Textbooks to Support National Standards Curriculum
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (right); and Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda (second right), celebrate the unveiling of a plaque for the $136-million energy-saving project at the Ministry, undertaken by the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), which was handed over today (July 30). Sharing the moment (from left) are Project Manager at the PCJ, Jody Grizzle; Acting Permanent Secretary at the Education Ministry, Dr. Grace McLean, and Acting Group General Manager at the PCJ, Robert Clarke.
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (right); and Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda (second right), celebrate the unveiling of a plaque for the $136-million energy-saving project at the Ministry, undertaken by the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), which was handed over today (July 30). Sharing the moment (from left) are Project Manager at the PCJ, Jody Grizzle; Acting Permanent Secretary at the Education Ministry, Dr. Grace McLean, and Acting Group General Manager at the PCJ, Robert Clarke.

Education Ministry to Save $9 Million Annually on Electricity Bill
Managing Director of Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney (third left), is attentive as Education Officer and Numeracy Trainer, Dr. Lorna P. Thompson (second left), demonstrates how to integrate ‘Attribute Blocks’ into a daily mathematics lesson. Looking on (from left) are Alison McGhie of Lethe Primary and Infant School; Social Development Officer, JSIF, Shunelle Nevers; Nelesia Mclean of Steer Town Primary and Infant; Paula Christie, Barrett Town All-Age; and Robert Gordon of Bickersteth Primary and Infant School. Occasion was the JSIF/Ministry of Education, Youth and Information Numeracy and Literacy Training held on July 22 and 23 at Jewel Paradise Cove in St. Ann.
Managing Director of Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney (third left), is attentive as Education Officer and Numeracy Trainer, Dr. Lorna P. Thompson (second left), demonstrates how to integrate ‘Attribute Blocks’ into a daily mathematics lesson. Looking on (from left) are Alison McGhie of Lethe Primary and Infant School; Social Development Officer, JSIF, Shunelle Nevers; Nelesia Mclean of Steer Town Primary and Infant; Paula Christie, Barrett Town All-Age; and Robert Gordon of Bickersteth Primary and Infant School. Occasion was the JSIF/Ministry of Education, Youth and Information Numeracy and Literacy Training held on July 22 and 23 at Jewel Paradise Cove in St. Ann.

4,000 Students to Benefit from Literacy and Numeracy Interventions

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EduFocal’s Top Primary Exit Profile awardee, 12-year-old Jeremiah Shim (second left), formerly of Mavisville Preparatory, accepts his cheque from State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge. Looking on (from left) are EduFocal’s Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Gordon Swaby; NCB Foundation Vice Chairman, Andrew Pearman; and EduFocal’s Chairman, Peter Levy. The occasion was the EduFocal’s seventh annual Excellence Awards ceremony at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (July 24).
EducationYouth

State Minister Praises Administrators of Edufocal Online Learning Platform

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, has praised the management and staff of the social learning website, EduFocal, for the work being done to empower young people through education. The facility, which was established in 2012, uses the principles of game elements in learning (gamification) to present test material to students preparing...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), engages with Seaward Primary and Junior High School student, Kerica Thomas. Occasion was a ceremony to officially open a play area and honour stakeholders, held at the insitution on Olympic Way, St. Andrew, on July 25.
EducationPrime Minister

PM Hails Improvements at Seaward Primary and Junior High

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has hailed the improvements being undertaken at the Seaward Primary and Junior High School, noting that the institution “is well on its way to becoming one of the best performing primary and infant schools in Jamaica”. He was addressing a ceremony held at the school grounds in Olympic Way, St. Andrew, on July...
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EducationInformationYouth

School Administrators Urged to Take Steps to Eliminate Sexual Harassment

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is advising administrators in educational and training institutions to take the necessary steps to eliminate incidents of sexual harassment. The Ministry, in a recent bulletin, said that sexual harassment “is a barrier to equal opportunity and treatment of females and males”. In an effort to ensure that all students are safe and secure...
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A section of the Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO) /Alpart plant in Nain, St. Elizabeth.
EducationTransport

JISCO/Alpart to Award $20 Million for Back-To-School

Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO)/Alpart will be awarding $20 million in scholarships and school supplies under its 2019 Back-to-School Assistance Programme. The awards ceremony will be held on August 9 at the Alpart Sports Club in Nain, St. Elizabeth. Public and Community Relations Manager at JISCO/Alpart, Julian Keane, told JIS News that approximately 2,200 students from the company’s operating...
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President of Guardian Life Limited, Eric Hosin (background), engages with top scholars in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP), at the Foundation
Education

Guardian Group Presents Scholarships, Grants to Top PEP Students

The top-performing boy and girl in the inaugural sitting of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) have received $1 million each from the Guardian Group Foundation to assist in financing five years of their secondary education. Dominic Haisley and Rachel Gammon, who will be attending Campion College in September, were among 25 outstanding scholars honoured at the Foundation’s annual Scholarship and...
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Recipients of scholarsips from the Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment Foundation (PAEF), show off their cheques at the prrsentataion ceremony held on Tuesday (July 23), at the St. Catherine parish office of the Social Development Commission (SDC) in Spanish Town. Sharing the moment are guest speaker at the function and noted educator, Professor Errol Miller (background centre); Executive Director of the Foundation, Pauline Gregory-Lewis (fifth right, background); and Chairman of the Foundation, Devon Samuels (second right, background).
Education

31 St. Catherine Students Receive Scholarships

Thirty-one high-school students in St. Catherine have been awarded scholarships worth $620,000 by the Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment Foundation (PAEF). The educational support was presented on Tuesday (July 23), during a ceremony at the St. Catherine parish office of the Social Development Commission (SDC) in Spanish Town. Executive Director of the Foundation, Pauline Gregory-Lewis, noted that the body provides back-to-school...
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National Mathematics Coordinator and a member of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) management team at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Tamika Benjamin (right), consults with National Project Manager for PISA, Marjorianna Clarke, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ today (July 16).
EducationJIS Think Tank

Education Ministry Prepares for PISA

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is preparing for the administration of the 2021 Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA). PISA is a triennial study of education systems, which is organised by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). It involves administering a non-curriculum based assessment to 15year-old students to generate comparable data on educational systems across the...
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