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Principal of St. Ann's Bay Primary School in St. Ann, Trevor Cole (left), stands with grade-one student, Ameena Gayle (right), as she returned to face-to-face classes on Monday (January 10).

Red Carpet Welcome For St Ann’s Bay Primary Students

The administration of the St. Ann’s Bay Primary School in St. Ann welcomed back its students on Monday (January 10) in fine style by rolling out a red carpet. The entrance to the school was transformed into a glamorous space...
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (right), interacts with students at the rollout of the School Train Service, at the Spanish Town Train Station in St. Catherine, today (January 10).
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (right), interacts with students at the rollout of the School Train Service, at the Spanish Town Train Station in St. Catherine, today (January 10).

Transport Minister Welcomes School Train Service
India’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Rungsung Masakui.
India’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Rungsung Masakui.

Indian High Commission Gives Books Away
Guidance Counsellor of Holland Primary School in St. Elizabeth, Sutanya Johnson (second left), ensures that students maintain physical distancing prior to entering a classroom on Wednesday, January 5, when the institution resumed face-to-face classes.
Guidance Counsellor of Holland Primary School in St. Elizabeth, Sutanya Johnson (second left), ensures that students maintain physical distancing prior to entering a classroom on Wednesday, January 5, when the institution resumed face-to-face classes.

Holland Primary School Focuses On Reading
Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller.
Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Gerald Miller.

Westmoreland Schools, Parents Urged To Look Out For Hand, Foot, And Mouth Disease

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Grade One Teacher at Rock Hall Primary School in St. Andrew, Ms. Sonia Wilks (right), listens as one of her students reads a book at a recent ceremony.
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Education Minister Encourages Parents And Students To Get Vaccinated

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, continues to encourage parents and students to get vaccinated, in light of the resumption of face-to-face classes. During a recent visit to the Rock Hall Primary School, in St. Andrew, Minister Williams pointed out that the vaccination rate for high schools across the island is only at 32 per cent. “So,...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (Jan. 5).
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Education Minister Reports Smooth Start To Easter School Term

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the new school term, which began on Monday (January 3), got off to a good start with lessons being delivered via online and face-to-face learning modalities. She informed that the Easter term commenced with 608 schools opening for face-to-face classes. Of this number, 568 are primary, 10 infant and 30...
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Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural, the Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (left), and Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), hands over a cartridge-free Epson printer to the Acting Principal of Rock Hall Primary School, Keisha Mehabear, during a visit to the school in rural St. Andrew on Tuesday (January 4). The printer, along with printing paper, was donated by the Usain Bolt Foundation.
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Rock Hall Primary Gets Printer From Usain Bolt Foundation

Rock Hall Primary School in rural St. Andrew has benefited from a donation of cartridge-free printer and printing paper by the Usain Bolt Foundation, which will better enable the institution to meet the learning needs of students during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Fayval Williams, participated in the handover of the supplies at...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, interacts with students at the Rock Hall Primary School in St. Andrew, today (January 4), during a handover ceremony for the presentation of a cartridge-free printer and reams of paper, donated by the Usain Bolt Foundation.
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Government Will Continue To Facilitate Face-To-Face Classes

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Government will continue to facilitate the resumption of face-to-face classes, which began yesterday (January 3), while being guided by the Ministry of Health and Wellness. “That’s where the expertise lies. They’ve been guiding us through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic; and so we look to them from the education sector,”...
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Founder of Pursued International Foundation, Stacy Ann Smith, delivers the keynote address at the Christmas dinner held at the Granville Child Care Facility in Trelawny, recently.
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Female Wards Urged To Hold Themselves In High Esteem

Founder of non-profit organisation Pursued International Foundation, Stacy-Ann Smith, has charged wards at the Granville Child Care Facility in Trelawny to hold themselves in high esteem regardless of the circumstances that caused them to be in State care. She urged them not to give up whenever they are faced with hardship, but to use those challenges as lessons to become...
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