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Chief Executive Officer of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Kaysia Kerr, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’. (FILE)

National Parenting Support Commission Urges Parents to Use Helplines

The National Parenting Support Commission, an agency of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is encouraging parents to make use of the helplines for support from the commission. The thirty-six (36) helplines were launched in April 2020 in collaboration...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (fourth left) holds one of the 146 tablets distributed to the Holy Family Infant and Primary School during a ceremony held on October 2 at the school, located at Laws Street, downtown Kingston. The initiative falls under the government’s Tablets in Schools programme. Also taking part (from left) are Chief Operating Officer, e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, Andrew Lee; Guidance Counsellor, Holy Family Infant and Primary School, Marcia Richards; Chief Executive Officer (CEO), e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, Keith Smith; Principal of Holy Family Infant and Primary School, Christopher Wright; and Chair of the Board of Directors, e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, Christopher Reckord.

146 Tablets for Holy Family Infant and Primary School

Grade-Four student of St. George’s Girls School, Daviqua Brown (third left), tests one of 24 tablets handed over by the High Commission of Canada to local, non-profit organisation City Life Ministries for its ‘City Kids’ programme. The programme seeks to provide information and communications technology (ICT) and other academic support to inner-city youth to assist the virtual learning environment. The tablets were handed over at an official ceremony held on Thursday (October 1) in Parade Gardens in Kingston. Sharing the moment (from left) are Parent-Teacher for the City Kids Programme, Paula Smith; Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters; and Member of Parliament for Central Kingston, Donovan Williams.

High Commission of Canada Hands Over Tablets to Help Inner-City Youth

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addressing a virtual press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister in St. Andrew on September 22.

Gov’t to Spend $1.7 Billion to Purchase Tablets, Laptops for Students

76.5 Per Cent Pass Rate for CSEC

I Believe Initiative (IBI) ambassador, Dr. Romario Simpson (2nd left), conversing with (from left) Acting Principal of Meadowbrook High School, Kevin Facey; National Coordinator, Governor-General’s Programme for Excellence, Sonja Simms; and Custos Rotulorum of St. Andrew, Dr. Patricia Dunwell. Occasion was the launch of the IBI hand hygiene programme and handover of hand sanitiser/soap dispensers at the Meadowbrook High in St. Andrew on Thursday (September 17).

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I Believe Initiative Ambassador donates hand sanitiser/soap dispensers to alma mater

The Meadowbrook High School in St. Andrew had benefited from the donation of two automatic hand sanitiser/soap dispensers as it prepares for the resumption of face-to-face classes. ‘I Believe Initiative’ (IBI) ambassador and former head boy of Meadowbrook High, Dr. Romario Simpson, handed over the items on Thursday (Sept. 17) during a ceremony held in the school’s auditorium to officially...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), takes a selfie with Arts and Culture awardee Rushaine

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Deadline for PM Youth Awards’ nominations extended to September 18

The deadline for the submission of nominations for the Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards for Excellence has been extended to September 18 at 4:00 p.m. The Youth Awards is open to all Jamaican nationals, ages 15 to 29, who are living in the island and the Diaspora. They must be persons of upstanding character, who continue to lead, inspire, show...

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Tertiary institutions can determine reopening dates but must observe Health and Safety Guidelines

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has advised boards and administrators of tertiary institutions that they can exercise autonomy in determining when they will reopen their respective institutions. However, every effort must be made to ensure that operations are aligned with the Disaster Risk Management Act and the guidelines of the Ministry of Health & Wellness in order to...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, CD, MP

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Primary schools to receive $50m to procure tablets for needy students

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Karl Samuda says primary schools across the island will be given a total of $50m to procure tablets for needy students. The tablets will be provided to students who are in need but are not beneficiaries of the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH). Students at the secondary level, who...

Managing Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Janet Dyer, addressing a recent JIS Think Tank.

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HEART/NSTA Trust to Reopen on A Phased Basis

The HEAR/NSTA Trust will be reopening in October on a phased basis, using the mixed teaching model incorporating virtual sessions and face-to-face teaching. Earlier this month, the Ministry of Education pushed back the opening of schools to Monday, October 5, due to the recent spike in COVID-19 cases. The country’s national training agency originally suspended face-to-face training earlier this year,...

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Education Ministry to roll out Psychosocial sessions with students

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will be rolling out a series of psychosocial sessions with students in September, to help them cope with their fears and anxieties that have been brought on by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Speaking at a virtual Back-to-School Students’ Sensitisation Session for Primary, High and Tertiary Students, hosted by the Ministry on August 26,...

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Virtual Camp and Back-to-School Extravaganza for children in State care

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), through its Children and Family Support Unit (CFSU), is currently hosting a Virtual Camp and Back-to-School Extravaganza for children in State care and vulnerable children within CFSU, aged 12 to 17. The Zoom summer camp is being held virtually, in observance of the Government’s COVID-19 social-distancing guidelines. It will run from Monday,...