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HEART/NSTA Trust Targets Enrolment of 128,255 Trainees for 2023/24

The HEART/NSTA Trust will seek to increase enrolment in its programmes to 128,255 trainees, with 53,969 obtaining certification in the 2023/24 financial year. Training will be delivered across its network of 26 wholly operated institutions, partnerships with more than 80...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), tries out a virtual reality headset during the Teen Tech JA conference held at the Wolmer’s Boys’ School in Kingston on April 5. Guiding her is Chief Operating Officer, Virtual Reality Jamaica, Ryan Moore (right). Others sharing the moment (from left) are Chief Executive Officer and Founder of EduHub, Davia Bryan-Campbell; students, Naomi Miller from St. Hugh’s High, and Ramonique Morris and Oneillia Cole from Wolmer’s Girls School; and Director of Information Communication Technology (ICT), Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, Gary Campbell.

Hundreds of Students Benefit from Teen Tech Conference

Participants converge at the Trelawny Multi-Purpose stadium for the Inter-American Division (IAD) of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 5th Pathfinder Camporee. The event is being held from April 4 to 8.

Jamaica Hosts Camporee

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (second right), shares a word of encouragement with Jamaica’s CARIFTA Games team members, during a send-off ceremony held at the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) offices in Kingston on April 6. The CARIFTA Games are scheduled for April 8-10 in Nassau, Bahamas.

PHOTOS: Minister Grange Sends off CARIFTA Team

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (fourth right), shares in the presentation of tablets to teachers and students of the Windward Road Primary and Junior High, and Treadlight and Rollington Town Primary schools, at a ceremony for the handover of tablets donated by the Toots Foundation, at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on April 5. Sharing the moment is Vice President of the Toots Foundation, Leba Hibbert (fifth left), daughter of the late reggae icon for whom the foundation is named. The tablets are intended to help bridge the digital divide.

PHOTOS: Toots Foundation Presents Tablets to Students

Forest Technician at the Forestry Department, Sangie Minott (right), speaks with students about the entity’s role, during the St. Mary 4-H Clubs Parish Achievement Expo on Tuesday (April 4). The event was held at the St. Mary High School under the theme ‘Grow Smart, Eat Smart: Youth Responding to Food Security’.

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PHOTOS: St. Mary 4-H Clubs Parish Achievement Expo

Forest Technician at the Forestry Department, Sangie Minott (right), speaks with students about the entity’s role, during the St. Mary 4-H Clubs Parish Achievement Expo on Tuesday (April 4). The event was held at the St. Mary High School under the theme ‘Grow Smart, Eat Smart: Youth Responding to Food Security’.

Students and staff at the Ferncourt High School in Claremont, St. Ann, will soon be able to access full Internet service, as the Government continues its push to upgrade the networking capability of schools.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon Fayval Williams, who made the disclosure, said the groundwork is being done by technicians to have the institution equipped with Internet service.
She was speaking at the institution’s Open Day 2023, on Thursday (March 30), in celebration of the school’s 85th anniversary, under the theme ‘Reigniting our Zeal to Achieve Greatness’.
“We are working to ensure that Ferncourt High has adequate broadband connectivity all across the campus. I know that the technicians are working to ensure that, and in time, wherever you walk on the campus, you should have access to connectivity,” Minister Williams said.
She reiterated that the Ministry is committed to creating a strong information and communications technology (ICT) environment in schools to prepare students to adjust to a technologically advanced world.
“We know that is the way of the world now and you students need the skills as you complete your education,” the Minister said.
To this end, she noted that the new computer lab at Ferncourt High was outfitted with 49 new laptop computers, as “we want you to become as technologically savvy as you can”.
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“We have to ensure that in our high schools, in particular, we have the devices available to you,” she added.
Meanwhile, Minister Williams implored the students to utilise the Microsoft Office 365 suite of programmes, available free of cost.
She said emails have already been sent to students and educators at their moeschools.edu.jm email accounts for access to Microsoft Office 365.
“I would like you to go to your MOEY email today. We have sent a link for you and all the teachers to download. You will have access to Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams, Notes and a whole host of Microsoft products and especially to you who are doing CSEC and CAPE… to help you to do your SBAs,” the Minister said.
The Minister hailed Ferncourt High for holding fast to its commitment to provide students with quality education.

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Ferncourt High to Get Full Internet Service

Students and staff at the Ferncourt High School in Claremont, St. Ann, will soon be able to access full Internet service, as the Government continues its push to upgrade the networking capability of schools. Minister of Education and Youth, Hon Fayval Williams, who made the disclosure, said the groundwork is being done by technicians to have the institution equipped with...

Acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and Youth, Maureen Dwyer (left), along with National Mathematics Coordinator in the Ministry, Dr. Tamika Benjamin, and Regional Mathematics Coordinator, Region Six, Camae Johnson Burrell, participate in the National Mathematics Week Church Service held at the Clifton New Testament Church of God, in Kingston on March 26.

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PHOTOS: National Mathematics Week Church Service

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), presents a certificate to participant in the Barita Foundation Youth Crime Prevention Enterprise Development Programme, Kimani Whyte, during the closing exercise and post reception held at King’s House on March 24.

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PHOTOS: Closing Ceremony of Barita Foundation’s Youth Crime Prevention Programme

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), presents a certificate to participant in the Barita Foundation Youth Crime Prevention Enterprise Development Programme, Kimani Whyte, during the closing exercise and post reception held at King’s House on March 24.

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), speaks with participants in the Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC) Residential Camps, at the official launch of the programme on Friday (March 24), at the AC Marriott Hotel in St. Andrew.

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PM Charges Youth to Take Advantage of HEART/NSTA Trust Fee Removal

Unattached youth have been charged by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, to take advantage of the removal of fees at the HEART/NSTA Trust to access training opportunities. Under the measure, which becomes effective on April 1 and was first announced by the Prime Minister in his Budget Debate presentation on March 16, Jamaicans will no longer be required...

Inspector of Motor Vehicles, Spanish Town Examination Depot, Shane Miller (standing, centre) engages students at Jonathan Grant High School in St. Catherine during a recent road code test administered by the Road Safety Unit and the Island Traffic Authority (ITA). The test is a requirement for the granting of a learner’s permit.

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PHOTOS: Jonathan Grant Students Take Road Code Test

Inspector of Motor Vehicles, Spanish Town Examination Depot, Shane Miller (standing, centre) engages students at Jonathan Grant High School in St. Catherine during a recent road code test administered by the Road Safety Unit and the Island Traffic Authority (ITA). The test is a requirement for the granting of a learner’s permit.

National Mathematics Coordinator, Ministry of Education and Youth (centre), Dr. Tamika Benjamin, addresses a JIS Think Tank on Wednesday (March 22). She is flanked by Regional Mathematics Coordinator for region six, Camae Thompson Burrell (left) and Regional Mathematics Coordinator for region two, Shauna-Gay Young Henry.

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Maths Week is March 26 to 31

The Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY), will stage National Mathematics Week 2023 from March 26 to 31, under the theme ‘Reigniting the Maths Flame: Light up our World’. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Wednesday (March 22), National Mathematics Coordinator, Dr. Tamika Benjamin, said the Ministry is encouraging parents, teachers, students, principals and the wider Jamaica to give...