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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), and State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell (third left), observe as Brazil’s Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Elza Moreira Marcelino de Castro (third right), applies sanitiser gel to the hands of St. Jude’s Primary School student, Okeila Dawkins (second left). Others looking on are St. Jude’s Primary School student D’Anna-Kay Anderson (second right), and Director, Donor and Partnership Management, National Education Trust (NET), Celia Champagnie. They were attending a brief ceremony for the presentation of approximately 14,400 litres of hand sanitiser gel, valued approximately US$34,560, which was donated by the Federal Republic of Brazil to the Education Ministry. The event was held at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston on Thursday (December 15).
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), and State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell (third left), observe as Brazil’s Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Elza Moreira Marcelino de Castro (third right), applies sanitiser gel to the hands of St. Jude’s Primary School student, Okeila Dawkins (second left). Others looking on are St. Jude’s Primary School student D’Anna-Kay Anderson (second right), and Director, Donor and Partnership Management, National Education Trust (NET), Celia Champagnie. They were attending a brief ceremony for the presentation of approximately 14,400 litres of hand sanitiser gel, valued approximately US$34,560, which was donated by the Federal Republic of Brazil to the Education Ministry. The event was held at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston on Thursday (December 15).

PHOTOS: Education Ministry Gets Hand Sanitisers from the Republic of Brazil

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), and State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell (third left), observe as...
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre); Chief Education Officer (Acting) in the Ministry, Dr. Kasan Troupe (right) and President-elect, Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Leighton Johnson, look at the Civics Curriculum for various grades, which has been reintroduced in the National Standards Curriculum. The launch of the programme was held at the Ministry in Kingston on Tuesday (December 13).

Civics Reintroduced in Schools

By: Chanel Spence, December 14, 2022
Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) President, Professor Andrew Spencer (second left, seated) and Principal of Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College (SSTC), Dr. Lorna Gow-Morrison (second right, seated), sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for SSTC to formally accommodate the western campus of the CMU. The signing took place at the College on December 8. Also participating in the signing (from left) are Vice Principal, Administration and Registrar, CMU, Keisha Walker and Chairman, Board of Governors, SSTC, Norman Reid.

Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College to Formally Host Western Campus of CMU

By: Sharon Earle, December 13, 2022

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