JIS Donates 10 Tablets To Brown’s Hall Primary School
By: , March 25, 2022
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Administrative Assistant for the Editorial and Photography Department, at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) and past student of Brown's Hall Primary School Annastacia Saunders (left), presents a tablet to Grade-three student, Renecia Perry (centre), during a handover ceremony at the school Monday (March 21). At right is Managing Editor for the Editorial and Photography Department at the agency, Beverley Sinclair. The agency, in partnership with the Digicel Foundation, donated 10 tablets to students from the school who are in need of access to the online learning platforms.
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Senior Reporter with the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Garfield Angus (left), presents a tablet to grade-six student Kishan Chambers (centre) of the Brown’s Hall Primary School in St. Catherine during a handover ceremony held at the school Monday (March 21). They were also joined by Managing Editor for the Editorial and Photography Department at the agency, Beverley Sinclair. The Agency, in partnership with the Digicel Foundation, donated 10 tablets to students from the school who are in need of access to the online learning platforms.
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Senior Editor at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Tracey Chin Loy (left), presents a tablet to grade-two student of Brown’s Hall Primary School in St. Catherine, Danesha Brown, during the handover ceremony held Monday (March 21). The agency, in partnership with the Digicel Foundation, donated 10 tablets to students who are in need of access to the online learning platforms.
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Managing Editor for the Editorial and Photography Department at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Beverley Sinclair (right), assists the agency’s Administrative Assistant, Kristen Hunt (centre), as she presents a gift to Principal (Ag) of the Brown’s Hall Primary School in St. Catherine, Janette Morgan. JIS, in partnership with the Digicel Foundation, donated 10 tablets to students from the school who are in need of access to the online learning platforms. The handover ceremony was held at the school on Monday (March 21).The Full Story
Ten students from the Brown’s Hall Primary School in rural St. Catherine have benefited from a donation of tablets, which will enable them to access online tools to support learning.
The tablets were provided under a partnership between the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) and the Digicel Foundation.
A package containing JIS publications was also presented to the school.
At the handover ceremony held at the school on Monday (March 21), Principal (Ag) Janette Morgan, said that the institution is “grateful because it will make education more accessible to our students”.
She noted that some of the students will use the tablets to take part in the Ministry of Education and Youth’s National Extra Lessons Programme, which is among initiatives aimed at addressing learning loss due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
She expressed gratitude for the tablets.
“Your contribution will help us to accomplish our school’s mission, which is to equip all students to function effectively in all areas by exposing them to a curriculum that will raise their standard of achievement and provide for the development of their talent and enhancement of their social, moral, physical and mental capabilities,” she said.
Chief Executive Officer of the JIS, Donna-Marie Rowe, in a message said: “We at the JIS are extremely pleased to help equip our children with the tools needed to continue their education whether online or face to face. We take pride in being the information arm for Jamaica, and these tablets will bring information closer to these young ones”.
The donation was this year’s annual activity by the JIS Editorial and Photography Department, aimed at raising awareness about the core functions of the agency.