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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), addresses the opening ceremony of the national seminar, ‘Tackling the Presence of Firearms in Schools’, held on June 1 at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston. Also pictured is Director of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), Soledad Urruela.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), addresses the opening ceremony of the national seminar, ‘Tackling the Presence of Firearms in Schools’, held on June 1 at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston. Also pictured is Director of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), Soledad Urruela.

Education Ministry Receives Support from UNLIREC to Combat Violence in Schools

By: Rochelle Williams, June 2, 2023
The Ministry of Education and Youth is receiving support from the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), to ramp up...
General Manager of the Sports Development Foundation (SDF), Denzil Wilks (right), with (from left) Olympian, Brendon Rodney; Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Emina Tudakovic and student at the St. Catherine-based GC Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Shantel Munroe. Occasion was the launch of the Brendon Rodney’s Life Beyond Sports Foundation, held on May 30 at the residence of the High Commissioner of Canada in St. Andrew. Mr. Rodney is a Canadian whose parents are Jamaicans.

Foundation Gives Scholarships to Students of GC Foster College

By: Garfield L. Angus, June 1, 2023
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), looks on as six-year-old Ari (left) from the Danny Williams School for the Deaf, signs while using an assistive learning device to read. Also observing are Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), and student, Mico University College, Special Education Unit, Nathaniel Campbell. Occasion was a courtesy call at Jamaica House on May 30, to present the Accessible Digital Textbook Project to the Prime Minister. The initiative is a collaboration between the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Book Fusion, to provide children with access to high-quality, interactive digital textbooks in a variety of languages, including Jamaican Sign Language.

PHOTOS: Accessible Digital Textbook Project Presented to PM

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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left), shares in light discussion with (from left) Director of the University of the West Indies (UWI) School of Education, Dr. Marcia Rainford; St. Lucia’s Minister of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science, Technology and Vocational Training, Shawn Edward and Founder of the International Conference on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the Caribbean, Professor Halden Morris. Occasion was the sixth staging of the conference held recently at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston.
Education

TVET to Be Introduced at Primary Level

Jamaica is moving to infuse Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) into the primary schools, says Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams. Currently, TVET is offered in...
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By: Garfield L. Angus, May 31, 2023
Information Commissioner, Celia Barclay.
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Registering with OIC to Be Made Hassle-Free

Schools and other entities handling individuals’ personal information can expect an effortless process when registering with the Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC). Information Commissioner, Celia Barclay, said the organisation...
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By: Rocheda Bartley, May 30, 2023