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Custos of Manchester, Hon. Garfield Green (right), Regional Director at the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Susan Nelson-Smith (second right), and other officials, display copies of the Constitution of Jamaica, during a ceremony for the reopening of schools in the parish, at deCarteret College in the parish on September 12.
Custos of Manchester, Hon. Garfield Green (right), Regional Director at the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Susan Nelson-Smith (second right), and other officials, display copies of the Constitution of Jamaica, during a ceremony for the reopening of schools in the parish, at deCarteret College in the parish on September 12.

Custos Green Leads Initiative to Equip Manchester School Libraries With the Constitution

The office of the Custos of Manchester is leading an initiative to ensure that every school library across the parish has a copy of the Jamaican Constitution, where students can freely and readily access the document. The move is in...
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), observes as Minister of Education, Skills, Youth, and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, signs her Instrument of Appointment as a Minister, during a swearing-in ceremony for Ministers, held at King’s House in St. Andrew, yesterday (September 17).
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), observes as Minister of Education, Skills, Youth, and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, signs her Instrument of Appointment as a Minister, during a swearing-in ceremony for Ministers, held at King’s House in St. Andrew, yesterday (September 17).

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Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (centre), is surrounded by Union of Jamaica Alumni Association awardees at the organisations 35th anniversary luncheon and awards gala held on September 14, at the Greentree Country Club New Rochelle, New York.
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (centre), is surrounded by Union of Jamaica Alumni Association awardees at the organisations 35th anniversary luncheon and awards gala held on September 14, at the Greentree Country Club New Rochelle, New York.

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Corporate Communications Manager, Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Shantole Thompson.
Corporate Communications Manager, Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Shantole Thompson.

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Chairman, Professional Engineering Registration Board (PERB), Glaister Ricketts.
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The Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) Public Education team at a Campus Invasion event at the Northern Caribbean University in Manchester.
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SLB Rolls Out Annual Campus Invasion

The Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) has once again rolled out its annual Campus Invasion initiative, bringing its services directly to universities and colleges across the island during the SLB loan application period. Executive Director of the SLB, Nickeisha Walsh, explained that the Campus Invasion allows students to access loan support without having to travel to Kingston. “Our campus invasion, we...
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Principal of Cristel House Jamaica, Jason Scott (left); Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica, Leesha Delatie-Budair; Chief Executive Officer of e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, Andrew Lee (third left), and Custos of Kingston and Board Chairman Cristel House Jamaica, Hon. Steadman Fuller, share a moment at the official launch of the tablet redistribution initiave on August 27.
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More Than 5,000 Tablets Redistributed to Schools

More than 5,000 tablets previously used in Jamaica’s 2022 Population and Housing Census have been redistributed to schools across the island under the Tablets in Schools programme. Speaking with JIS News recently, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of eLearning Jamaica Company Limited, Andrew Lee, described the initiative as a significant step towards advancing digital education and inclusion. The tablet redistribution is...
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Upper sixth form student at deCarteret College, Brittany Bryan, peruses a copy of the Constitution of Jamaica, during the 2025/06 ceremonial reopening of schools in Manchester, held at the institution in Mandeville on Friday (Sept. 12).
Education

Students Urged To Know Constitutional Rights

Upper six form student at deCarteret College, Brittany Bryan, is calling on her peers across the island to become knowledgeable about the Jamaican Constitution and their rights.  Addressing the 2025/06 ceremonial reopening of schools in Manchester at the institution in Mandeville on Friday (Sept. 12), Miss Bryan,  who has ambitions of becoming a lawyer, said the document contains the rights...
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Caption- Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon.
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Millions In Back-to-school Support for St. James Students

Students across the parish of St. James benefited from over $18 million in assistance for back-to-school expenses for the 2025/26 academic year.  Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, provided details of the support during the monthly meeting of the St. James Municipal Corporation on Thursday (Sept.11).  He informed that 20 scholarships valued at $2 million, were awarded to students...
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Principal of Mount Alvernia High, Kayon Whyne (second left), and Centennial Committee Chairman, Marline Stephenson Dalley (left), accept a symbolic $1-million cheque from the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run in support of centennial projects at Mount Alvernia High, Mount Alvernia Preparatory, and Chetwood Primary. Sharing in the occasion are Chair Administrator of the MoBay City Run, Asley Anguine (third left); Principal of Mount Alvernia Preparatory, Theresia Cheriann; and Chairman of the MoBay City Run, Janet Silvera. In the background is Principal of Chetwood Primary, Garvin Atkinson. The handover ceremony was held at Mount Alvernia High on September 9.
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Jill Stewart Mobay City Run Donates $1 Million To Three Schools

The Jill Stewart MoBay Bay City Run has donated $1 million to Mount Alvernia High, Mount Alvernia Preparatory, and Chetwood Primary schools in St. James.  The funds will support the centennial celebrations and projects being undertaken by the institutions founded by the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany.  Of the amount, Mount Alvernia High received $500,000, while Mount Alvernia Preparatory and Chetwood Primary...
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Business and Entrepreneurship Development Manager, Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Amanda McKenzie.
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$6m Allocated for New Scholarship Cohort Under Rio Tinto Alcan Legacy Fund

A total of $6 million will be disbursed under the Rio Tinto Alcan Legacy Fund scholarship and bursary programme to support education-related expenses for a new cohort of agricultural students, soon to be announced for the 2025/26 academic year. This was disclosed by Business and Entrepreneurship Development Manager, Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Amanda McKenzie. “For this year, we had 217 applications....
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Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (third right), participates in a planting ceremony during Shortwood Teachers
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Week of Activities to Celebrate Shortwood’s 140th Anniversary

Shortwood Teachers’ College (STC) in St. Andrew will host a week of activities to mark its 140th anniversary. The Founder’s Week engagements will commence on September 22 and culminate on September 28. The events schedule, along with an anniversary logo, was unveiled during a media launch at the institution, on Wednesday (September 10). The theme for the celebrations is ‘Embracing...
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