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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Maurice Smith (third left), examines some of the products on sale at the ‘Valley Shopping Centre’, housed within the makeshift ‘Richmond Valley Resort and Spa’, on the compound of the St. Mary Technical High School. Other Ministry officials pictured (from left) are: Senior Education Officer, Marlon Williams; and Chief Education Officer, Dr. Grace McLean. The school, located in Richmond, St. Mary, was home to the temporary ‘hotel’ on Friday (March 4), as students and teachers celebrated Jamaica Day, 2016, in fine style. The Day’s official ceremony was hosted at the school.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Maurice Smith (third left), examines some of the products on sale at the ‘Valley Shopping Centre’, housed within the makeshift ‘Richmond Valley Resort and Spa’, on the compound of the St. Mary Technical High School. Other Ministry officials pictured (from left) are: Senior Education Officer, Marlon Williams; and Chief Education Officer, Dr. Grace McLean. The school, located in Richmond, St. Mary, was home to the temporary ‘hotel’ on Friday (March 4), as students and teachers celebrated Jamaica Day, 2016, in fine style. The Day’s official ceremony was hosted at the school.

Students and Teachers Celebrate Jamaica Day in Style

The compound of the St. Mary Technical High School, in Richmond, St. Mary, was transformed into a makeshift hotel, on March 4, as students and teachers celebrated Jamaica Day, 2016, in style. Upon entry to the ‘hotel’, dubbed the ‘Richmond...
Executive Director of the University Council of Jamaica (UCJ), Dr. Yvonnette Marshall.
Executive Director of the University Council of Jamaica (UCJ), Dr. Yvonnette Marshall.

UCJ Stages Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education Week From March 7-11
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director to Jamaica, Denise Herbol (2nd right), presents a laptop computer to the Cambridge Police Youth Club (PYC). Accepting the computer (from left) are: Constable Farouk Reid, Constable Marvin Miller, Inspector Brenton Rose, and Oneil Gordon, while Ivel Malcolm (right) of the Social Development Commission (SDC) shares the moment. The presentation was made during the graduation exercise for participants in the USAID’s three-day Microsoft Desktop Publishing workshop for community journalists, held on March 2, at the Western Campus of the University of Technology in Montego Bay.
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director to Jamaica, Denise Herbol (2nd right), presents a laptop computer to the Cambridge Police Youth Club (PYC). Accepting the computer (from left) are: Constable Farouk Reid, Constable Marvin Miller, Inspector Brenton Rose, and Oneil Gordon, while Ivel Malcolm (right) of the Social Development Commission (SDC) shares the moment. The presentation was made during the graduation exercise for participants in the USAID’s three-day Microsoft Desktop Publishing workshop for community journalists, held on March 2, at the Western Campus of the University of Technology in Montego Bay.

25 Montego Bay Youth Trained in Desktop Publishing
One of the many display booths at Belmont Academy, in Eastern Westmoreland, during the Jamaica Day 2016 celebrations, on March 4.
One of the many display booths at Belmont Academy, in Eastern Westmoreland, during the Jamaica Day 2016 celebrations, on March 4.

Students Celebrate Jamaica Day in Westmoreland
Valedictorian and top performer in the Advancing Childhood Education Programme (ACEP), Winsome Barnaby (2nd left), accepts her award from Manager of Corporate Services, Jamalco, Donna Marie Gordon (centre). Occasion was the graduation ceremony held recently at the Wembley Centre of Excellence in Hayles, Clarendon. Others (from left) are: Chief Executive Officer, United Way of Jamaica, Winsome Wilkins; Project Director, Mico University College, Sharon Heslop-Brown; and Executive Director, Early Childhood Commission, Dr. Joan Reid.
Valedictorian and top performer in the Advancing Childhood Education Programme (ACEP), Winsome Barnaby (2nd left), accepts her award from Manager of Corporate Services, Jamalco, Donna Marie Gordon (centre). Occasion was the graduation ceremony held recently at the Wembley Centre of Excellence in Hayles, Clarendon. Others (from left) are: Chief Executive Officer, United Way of Jamaica, Winsome Wilkins; Project Director, Mico University College, Sharon Heslop-Brown; and Executive Director, Early Childhood Commission, Dr. Joan Reid.

80 Early Childhood Teachers Graduate from Training Programme

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EducationHealth & Wellness

UTech Seminar Explores Wealth Creation in Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Industries

The University of Technology’s (UTech) College of Health Sciences will, on Thursday (March 10), stage a seminar looking at developments in the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries. The event dubbed: ‘National Roundtable Discussion’ will be held at UTech’s Papine campus, St. Andrew. It will explore the potential for wealth creation, in addition to research and manufacturing, regulation, legislation, as well as...
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Fulbright Core Scholar, Geoscientist, Dr. Katherine Kelly Ellins. She is the Programme Director of Outreach and Diversity at the University of Texas, in the United States, and is in Jamaica to assist in the creation of the Jamaica Educational Seismic Network (JAESN), by placing seismographs in schools across the island.
Education

Fulbright Scholar Collaborates With Earthquake Unit To Establish Network

Geoscientist, Katherine Kelly Ellins, is working with the Earthquake Unit of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona to establish a network across the country that will allow persons to have greater access to information regarding earthquakes. Trained in Geochemistry, she is the Programme Director of Outreach and Diversity in the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of...
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President of the Kiwanis Club of Montego Bay, Delores Clarke, emphasizes a point as she addresses students of Chetwood Memorial Primary School, in Montego Bay, St. James, during the launch of the Club’s Bring Up Grades (BUG) Programme, at the institution, on Wednesday, March 2.
Education

Bring Up Grades (BUG) Programme Launched At Chetwood Primary

Hundreds of students at the Chetwood Memorial Primary School in Montego Bay, St. James High School are to receive assistance towards achieving academic excellence, through the Bring Up Grades (BUG) programme, instituted at the school, Wednesday, March 2, by the Kiwanis Club of Montego Bay. The programme, which was launched under the theme: ‘Developing Leaders Through Academic Achievement’, is designed to...
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Director General of the Jamaica Library Service (JLS), Karen Barton.
Education

Users of Public Libraries Benefitting From Improved Access to ICTS

The Jamaica Library Service (JLS) has been transforming public libraries across the island by equipping them with state-of-the-art technology resources, in order to provide Jamaicans with improved access to information and communications technologies (ICTs). This is being done through the ‘Using Technology to Empower Individuals and Communities for Development’ project, which being funded by way of a US$2 million grant from...
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EducationJIS Think Tank

Education Ministry Stages Mathematics Expo March 10

The fourth staging of the Ministry of Education’s Mathematics exposition is scheduled to take place on Thursday, March 10. Addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (March 2), National Mathematics Coordinator, Dr. Tamika Benjamin, said thousands of primary, secondary and tertiary level students from across the island will gather on the grounds of the Old Library at the University of West...
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Education

Jamaica Day To Be Observed In Schools March 4

Senior Education Officer in the Core Curriculum Unit of the Ministry of Education, Marlon Williams, says plans are in high gear for Jamaica Day 2016 celebrations. The annual celebrations, which are usually held on the last Friday in February, will take place instead on Friday, March 4. Mr. Williams told JIS News that in light of the general election, which...
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Jamaican Andrew Chong (5th from left) along with the other recipients of the China Communication Construction Company’s (CCCC) Excellent Foreign Youth Employee Award for 2013-2015 display their award. Occasion was an awards ceremony that was held in Beijing, China in late January.
EducationTransport

Jamaican Receives CCCC’S Youth Employee Award

Jamaican engineer, Andrew Chong is still basking in the engineering wonders seen on his recent visit to China. Mr. Chong, who was one of 10 persons chosen for the China Communication Construction Company’s (CCCC) Excellent Foreign Youth Employee Award for 2013-2015, visited several impressive sites as part of his tour of the country to accept his award in the form...
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