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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), with some of the participants in the Spruce Up Jamaica Tourism Summer Internship programme at a rally held on August 11 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James.
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), with some of the participants in the Spruce Up Jamaica Tourism Summer Internship programme at a rally held on August 11 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James.

Summer Internship Programme Empowering Youth for Tourism Industry

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Spruce Up Jamaica Tourism Summer Internship programme has been playing a major role in building well-trained and dedicated professionals for the industry. Under the programme, young persons between 17 and 25 years of...
Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson (centre, back row), with representatives of First Regional Co-operative Credit Union and recipients of book grants, bursaries and scholarships from St. Ann and St. Mary, at the handover ceremony, held at the Hibiscus Lodge Hotel in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on August 10.
Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson (centre, back row), with representatives of First Regional Co-operative Credit Union and recipients of book grants, bursaries and scholarships from St. Ann and St. Mary, at the handover ceremony, held at the Hibiscus Lodge Hotel in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on August 10.

Scholarships and Bursaries to Students in St. Ann and St. Mary
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), converses with Patron of the National Baking Company Foundation, Mr. Butch Hendrickson, after a tour of the mobile classroom dubbed ‘Training Wheels’, which forms part of a Little Leaders programme launched by the Foundation, on August 9, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston. The mobile classroom will host workshops across the island.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), converses with Patron of the National Baking Company Foundation, Mr. Butch Hendrickson, after a tour of the mobile classroom dubbed ‘Training Wheels’, which forms part of a Little Leaders programme launched by the Foundation, on August 9, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston. The mobile classroom will host workshops across the island.

No Compromise on ECC Standards – PM
Top performer in the Digital Youth Employment Initiative, Recardo McLarty (centre), receives a trophy from Executive Director of Avasant Foundation, Chitra Rajeshwari (third left). Occasion was the graduation ceremony for the third cohort of trainees under the programme held on August 5 at the University of Technology (UTech), St. Andrew. Others (from left) are Vice President of HCL Technologies, Joe Hogan; Country Manager, Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS), Anand Biradar; Vice President of Community Service and Development at UTech, Prof. Rosalea Hamilton; Country Director, Xerox, Leroy Reid; and Acting Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Rebecca Robinson.
Top performer in the Digital Youth Employment Initiative, Recardo McLarty (centre), receives a trophy from Executive Director of Avasant Foundation, Chitra Rajeshwari (third left). Occasion was the graduation ceremony for the third cohort of trainees under the programme held on August 5 at the University of Technology (UTech), St. Andrew. Others (from left) are Vice President of HCL Technologies, Joe Hogan; Country Manager, Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS), Anand Biradar; Vice President of Community Service and Development at UTech, Prof. Rosalea Hamilton; Country Director, Xerox, Leroy Reid; and Acting Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Rebecca Robinson.

120 Young People Being Trained for BPO Jobs
State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green greets Treasurer of the Jeanette Grant-Woodham Education Foundation, Carlton Francis on August 4 at the Foundation’s second fundraising dinner held at The Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. The Jeanette Grant-Woodham Education Foundation offers bursaries and grants to needy students of the Tivoli Gardens High School who display excellence in academics, sport, art and culture.
State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green greets Treasurer of the Jeanette Grant-Woodham Education Foundation, Carlton Francis on August 4 at the Foundation’s second fundraising dinner held at The Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. The Jeanette Grant-Woodham Education Foundation offers bursaries and grants to needy students of the Tivoli Gardens High School who display excellence in academics, sport, art and culture.

Jeanette Grant-Woodham Foundation Lauded

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School Donors Urged to Follow Guidelines

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is reminding donors, particularly those in the diaspora, to follow the stipulated guidelines when making their contributions to schools. In a bulletin issued, the Ministry advised that donors must make contact with the National Education Trust (NET) prior to shipping items, and complete a donation form. After getting approval to ship items, donors...
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Education

Sagicor Presents Scholarships to 132 Students

Sagicor has awarded over $3 million in scholarships to 132 students at the Primary and Secondary levels under its corporate staff education programme. The scholarships were presented during a ceremony held at Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited in New Kingston, yesterday (August 10). The education programme which was established to provide support to children of team members at the primary and...
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Top-performing Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) students from Greenwich All-Age and the St. Andrew Primary schools pose with officials at Petrojam, after they were presented with scholarships valued at $1.2 million, at a luncheon held recently at Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew.
Education

Petrojam Awards $1.2 Million in Scholarships

Petrojam has awarded scholarships valued at $1. 2 million to 24 top-performing Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) students from two Corporate Area schools. The students were selected from Greenwich All-Age and the St. Andrew Primary schools. The scholarships, provided under the company’s educational support programme will provide the students with financial assistance for five years of high school and will...
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Education

VTDI to introduce Animation Associate Degree Programme

The Vocational Training Development Institute (VTDI), the tertiary arm of the HEART Trust/NTA, will commence offering a two-year Associate Degree in Animation programme, beginning in January 2017. The institution previously offered only one semester of animation training under its Information and Communication Technology (ICT) degree programme. Animation lecturer at the VTDI, Chevonnese Chevers Whyte, told JIS News that it is...
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Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Service Fund (USF), Dr. Hugh Cross.
EducationTechnology

USF Provides $430 Million for ICT Infrastructure Development in Tertiary Institutions

The Universal Service Fund (USF) has provided nearly $430 million in information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure development support for several tertiary institutions over the past four years. Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Hugh Cross, says this entailed the installation of broadband Internet service and state-of-the-art equipment, among other key inputs. He tells JIS News that the University of the...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, delivering the keynote address at a research symposium held at The Mico University College, in St. Andrew, on July 27.
Education

Teachers Must Use Regular Contact with Students to Improve System – Minister Reid

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says teachers need to use their regular contact with students as research material to address issues in the system. Addressing a research symposium for students pursuing the master’s degree, at The Mico University College, in St. Andrew, on July 27,   Senator Reid said the classroom experience requires teachers to...
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Senior General Manager for the National Commercial Bank’s (NCB) Group Human Resources and Facilities Division, Rickert Allen (right), presents a certificate to winner of the inaugural NCB Innovation Internship Programme, Jase-Omelio West. The presentation was made during the recent awards ceremony at NCB’s Innovation Lab on Trafalgar Road, New Kingston.
Education

UTech Student Tops NCB Innovation Internship Programme

Twenty-one year old University of Technology (UTech) student Jase-Omelio West topped the 15 candidates who participated in the National Commercial Bank’s (NCB) inaugural Innovation Internship Programme this year. The intensive five-week programme, which ran from June 20 to July 22, was open to local and international full-time tertiary undergraduates who were invited to make presentations on customer service and other...
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