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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (seated, centre), Acting Deputy President, University of Technology (UTech) Jamaica, Professor Haldane Johnson (seated, left), and Executive Director, Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB), Nickeisha Walsh (seated, right), affix their signatures to the Memorandum of Understanding that will facilitate the provision of 1,000 Government of Jamaica (GOJ) Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) scholarships, valued $2.4 billion, over the next five years. Observing the proceedings (from left) are UTech Jamaica Chancellor, Lloyd Carney; Dean of the University’s Faculty of Engineering and Computing, Professor Sean Thorpe, and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith. The occasion was the launch of the scholarships on Thursday (July 6) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (seated, centre), Acting Deputy President, University of Technology (UTech) Jamaica, Professor Haldane Johnson (seated, left), and Executive Director, Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB), Nickeisha Walsh (seated, right), affix their signatures to the Memorandum of Understanding that will facilitate the provision of 1,000 Government of Jamaica (GOJ) Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) scholarships, valued $2.4 billion, over the next five years. Observing the proceedings (from left) are UTech Jamaica Chancellor, Lloyd Carney; Dean of the University’s Faculty of Engineering and Computing, Professor Sean Thorpe, and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith. The occasion was the launch of the scholarships on Thursday (July 6) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

Gov’t Launches STEM Tertiary Scholarships

By: Judana Murphy, July 7, 2023
New students enrolling at the University of Technology (UTech) Jamaica, commencing September 2023, will be eligible for the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Scholarships. The...
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith, addresses the 2023 graduating class of Christiana High School, during the graduation ceremony held at the Kendal Camp and Conference Centre in Manchester on Wednesday (July 5).

PHOTOS: Christiana High School Graduation

Senior Education Officer, Ministry of Education and Youth, Susan Nelson Smith (second left) and Principal, Mona Heights Primary School, Alex Hepburn (left), engage with student Karyn Allen during the institution’s school-leaving exercise at the Jamaica College Auditorium in St. Andrew on July 5.

PHOTOS: Mona Heights Primary Graduation Exercise

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