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Students of the Black River Primary and Infant School in St. Elizabeth, get familiar with newly installed computers in the smart room opened by the Digicel Foundation at the school. Occasion was the handover ceremony for the lab held on March 27.
Students of the Black River Primary and Infant School in St. Elizabeth, get familiar with newly installed computers in the smart room opened by the Digicel Foundation at the school. Occasion was the handover ceremony for the lab held on March 27.

Black River Primary Gets State-of-the-Art Smart Room

Black River Primary and Infant School in St. Elizabeth is the latest recipient of a state-of-the-art Digicel Smart Room. The school is the 20th institution on the island to receive the infrastructure from Digicel. At the handover ceremony on March...
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon.
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon.

HEART/NSTA Trust Trains 552,534 Young People Since 2020
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Special Focus on Autism April 2
Deputy Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Winnie Berry (second right), and Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Managing Director, Dr. Marlene Street Forrest (right), engage in a conversation with awardees during the JSE/Wizdom CRM Virtual Stock Market Game Awards Ceremony on March 25, at the JSE Headquarters on Harbour Street in Kingston. The students are (from left) Kyle Mighty of Half-Way Tree Primary School; and Khalif Wright and Kahleel Hutchinson of Avondale Preparatory School.
Deputy Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Winnie Berry (second right), and Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Managing Director, Dr. Marlene Street Forrest (right), engage in a conversation with awardees during the JSE/Wizdom CRM Virtual Stock Market Game Awards Ceremony on March 25, at the JSE Headquarters on Harbour Street in Kingston. The students are (from left) Kyle Mighty of Half-Way Tree Primary School; and Khalif Wright and Kahleel Hutchinson of Avondale Preparatory School.

Young Students Thrilled About Stock Market
Inverness Primary and Infant School student, Kamesha Williams, engages in a public speaking event during the St. Ann 4-H Clubs Annual Parish Achievement Day and Exposition 2025, held at Marcus Garvey Technical High School on Thursday, March 27. She placed first in the category.
Inverness Primary and Infant School student, Kamesha Williams, engages in a public speaking event during the St. Ann 4-H Clubs Annual Parish Achievement Day and Exposition 2025, held at Marcus Garvey Technical High School on Thursday, March 27. She placed first in the category.

Schools in St. Ann Take Part in 4-H Clubs Parish Achievement Day and Exposition

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Managing Director, HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton (left), shares a high five with Learning and Investment for Transformation (LIFT) programme participant, Olivia Reid (right), at the agency’s Corporate Office on Oxford Road in Kingston. Sharing the moment is LIFT participant, Justin McCarthy.
SkillsYouth

HEART/NSTA Trust Continuing Strengthening of Vocational Training in 2025/26

During fiscal year 2025/26, HEART/NSTA Trust will continue to execute its mandate to provide vocational, lifelong learning and employability skills that pivot the economy towards increased productivity and higher value-added activities in critical sectors. This will be undertaken through HEART’s ‘Triple Access Strategy’, which outlines three priority areas on which focus will be placed. These include enhancing the quality of...
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Fifteen-year-old University of Technology (UTech) student, Jada Wright, addresses Friday’s (March 28) Universal Service Fund (USF) Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Club Conference, at Jamaica College in St. Andrew.
EducationSkillsYouth

High School Students Encouraged to Embrace Programming

Fifteen-year-old University of Technology (UTech) student, Jada Wright, has charged high-school students to embrace the power of programming. In January 2024, she became the youngest-ever student to successfully matriculate to UTech, where she is pursuing an undergraduate degree in computer science. She recalled that for about two years, she had her sights set on becoming a neurosurgeon until she decided...
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Public Relations and Communications Manager at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Kristen Laing (left) converses with Fund Development and Communications Advisor at SOS Children’s Village, Sean Patrick and Senior Director assigned to the Children’s Affairs Policy Division in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth & Information, Hyacinth Blair. Occasion was the launch of the SOS Children’s Village Charity ‘SOS Community Initiative’ on Friday (March 28) at the AC Marriott Hotel in Kingston.
CommunityEducationInformationYouth

PHOTOS: Launch of SOS Children’s Village Charity ‘SOS Community Initiative’

Public Relations and Communications Manager at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Kristen Laing (left) converses with Fund Development and Communications Advisor at SOS Children’s Village, Sean Patrick and Senior Director assigned to the Children’s Affairs Policy Division in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth & Information, Hyacinth Blair. Occasion was the launch of the SOS Children’s Village...
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Students show off certificates and prizes received for taking the top spots in the Constant Spring Primary and Infant School’s infant-level spelling competition, during a literary fair at the institution in St. Andrew on March 14. The students are (from left) fourth place, Kevontai Myrie of Constant Spring Primary and Infant; third place, Devendra Kerr of ELIM Early Childhood Development Centre on Shortwood Road; second place, Tye-lan Richard Reid of the Lalyce Gray Early Childhood Institution (ECI) in Cassava Piece; and winner Zavion McKenzie also of Lalyce Gray ECI. They are joined by Infant Department Teacher and Literacy Committee Member, Tanie-Kay White-Samuels (standing left) and Jamaica Information Service Corporate Services Officer, Charlene Campbell.
EducationYouth

PHOTOS: Boys Take Top Spots in Spelling Competition

Students show off certificates and prizes received for taking the top spots in the Constant Spring Primary and Infant School’s infant-level spelling competition, during a literary fair at the institution in St. Andrew on March 14. The students are (from left) fourth place, Kevontai Myrie of Constant Spring Primary and Infant; third place, Devendra Kerr of ELIM Early Childhood Development...
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Graphic Designer at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Kadiene Williams, engages students from the Charlie Smith High School in Kingston, during the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Creators Challenge Workshop held recently at JIS Headquarters at 58A Half Way Tree Road, Kingston.
InformationYouth

PHOTO: JIS Creators Challenge Workshop

Graphic Designer at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Kadiene Williams, engages students from the Charlie Smith High School in Kingston, during the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Creators Challenge Workshop held recently at JIS Headquarters at 58A Half Way Tree Road, Kingston.
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Students from Seaforth and Morant Bay High schools in St. Thomas display prizes and certificates received for participating in a gaming tournament as part of the ‘Echoes of Change: The Problem with the P’ initiative. They are joined by their teachers. The presentation was made during the closing ceremony for the programme held recently at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.
EducationYouth

School Administrators Urged to Continue Sexual Violence Sensitisation

Having impacted more than 500 upper-high-school boys across eight institutions in St. Thomas, organisers of the ‘Echoes of Change: The Problem with the P’ project are calling on administrators to continue the engagement on the issue of sexual violence. The project is the brainchild of the Angelic Ladies Society, a non-profit organisation, with funding from the European Union (EU). Through...
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