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The Grove Town Primary and Infant School team raise the winning trophy in the Scientific Research Council’s (SRC) inaugural Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics STEM Olympiad. Members of the SRC visited the institution in Manchester recently to make the presentation.
The Grove Town Primary and Infant School team raise the winning trophy in the Scientific Research Council’s (SRC) inaugural Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics STEM Olympiad. Members of the SRC visited the institution in Manchester recently to make the presentation.

Rural Schools Cop SRC’s Inaugural Stem Olympiad

Manning’s School in Westmoreland and Grove Town Primary and Infant in Manchester are the inaugural winners of the Scientific Research Council (SRC) Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Olympiad. The schools copped the top awards for designing solutions focused on...
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams.

Trauma Response Strategies Formulated to Support Students and Staff
Deputy Junior Mayor and Junior Councillor for the Sandy Bay Division, Jada Lewis of Hopewell High School, addresses the monthly meeting of the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) on Thursday (November 9). Looking on is Chairman of the Hanover Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Sheridan Samuels.
Deputy Junior Mayor and Junior Councillor for the Sandy Bay Division, Jada Lewis of Hopewell High School, addresses the monthly meeting of the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) on Thursday (November 9). Looking on is Chairman of the Hanover Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Sheridan Samuels.

Hanover Junior Council Wants to Play a Greater Role
School Nurse, Denise Ennis, provides reading glasses to students during the Parents Day event at Petersfield High School in Westmoreland on Tuesday (November 14).
School Nurse, Denise Ennis, provides reading glasses to students during the Parents Day event at Petersfield High School in Westmoreland on Tuesday (November 14).

Parents Day Health Checks at Petersfield High School
Minister of Labour and Social Security, and Member of Parliament for Clarendon South Eastern, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., cuts the ribbon to open a new Smart Room at the Mineral Heights Primary School. The facility was handed over by the Foundation on November 14. Sharing the moment (from left) are Minister of Education and Youth Regional Director, Region 7, Barrington Richardson; Mineral Heights Primary School Board Chairman, Collin Coke; Principal, Lanzeford Howell; and CEO of the Digicel Foundation, Charmaine Daniels.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, and Member of Parliament for Clarendon South Eastern, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., cuts the ribbon to open a new Smart Room at the Mineral Heights Primary School. The facility was handed over by the Foundation on November 14. Sharing the moment (from left) are Minister of Education and Youth Regional Director, Region 7, Barrington Richardson; Mineral Heights Primary School Board Chairman, Collin Coke; Principal, Lanzeford Howell; and CEO of the Digicel Foundation, Charmaine Daniels.

PHOTOS: Mineral Heights Primary School Gets Smart Room

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Boys’ Day at Dinthill Technical High on Friday

The Dinthill Technical High School in St. Catherine will host its second Boys’ Empowerment Day on Friday, November 17. On the day, the more than 600 male students at the institution will partake in several activities under the theme ‘Dare To Be Different – There Is Purpose In Me'. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Guidance Counsellor at Dinthill...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund (USF), Dr. Daniel Dawes (right), share a photo opportunity with Vauxhall High School USF ICT Club members during Friday’s (November 10) club launch and pinning ceremony at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Assembly Hall. At left is educator at Vauxhall High School, Kevene Harris.
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Sixteen Schools Launch USF ICT Clubs

Sixteen high schools across Jamaica have launched Universal Service Fund (USF) Information and Communication Technology (ICT) clubs at their institutions. They are Mona High, Clarendon College, Vauxhall High, Central High, Lacovia High, Old Harbour High, Port Antonio High, Wycliffe Martin High, Bustamante High, Belair High, Herbert Morrison Technical High, Green Pond High, York Castle High, Spot Valley High, Little London...
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Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation headquarters in Kingston.
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Adolescent Mothers Reintegrated into the Education System

The Ministry of Education and Youth has a significant partnership with the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), as it relates to the reintegration of adolescent mothers into the formal education system. This was noted by Assistant Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dasmine Kennedy, at the annual Pamela McNeil Lecture on adolescent pregnancy, held on...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left) and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, console teacher Marila Nation, who taught one the two slain students of Chetwood Memorial Primary and Infant School in St. James, during a visit to the institution on Thursday, November 9.  
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Tougher Measures Coming for Possession of a Firearm

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced forthcoming amendments to the Firearms Act aimed at combatting the escalating threat of illegal weapons. This comes in the wake of the triple murder in Salt Spring, St. James, where two boys and a man lost their lives. Mr. Holness on a visit to the children’s school, Chetwood Memorial Primary and...
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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), gives a congratulatory handshake to Rhodes Scholar 2024, Nile Anderson, shortly after making the announcement at King’s House on November 9.
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2024 Rhodes Scholar Looking to Build Local Skills in Robotics and AI

Jamaica’s Rhodes Scholar for 2024, Nile Anderson, says his dream is to contribute to the building of local skills in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI). The self-styled “dreamgineer” will be heading to Oxford University in the United Kingdom (UK) to pursue a master’s degree in engineering science, which will focus on those two areas. Mr. Anderson said he chose to...
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