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One of the classrooms at Moore Town Primary and Junior High School in Portland, which now has desks placed six-feet apart.
One of the classrooms at Moore Town Primary and Junior High School in Portland, which now has desks placed six-feet apart.

Moore Town Primary Happy To Be Part Of Pilot For Face-To-Face Classes

By: Ainsworth Morris, November 8, 2020
Principal of Moore Town Primary and Junior High School in Portland, Kathleen Wright, is welcoming the Government’s decision to reopen the small, rural institution for face-to-face lessons beginning Monday (November...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth left), partcipates in a ceremony for the handing over of tablets to students of the Drews Avenue Primary and Infant School in St. Andrew on November 4. Displaying devices (from left) are Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams; Chairman, Drews Avenue Primary and Infant School, Naomi Francis; students at the institution, Shanaouyah Laird and Odaine Dixon; Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz; student, Anecia Stewart; and Chairman, e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, Christopher Reckord.

PM Monitoring Situation Of Children Being Out Of School

By: Chris Patterson, November 6, 2020
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), shows students where to stand to receive their tablets during a handover ceremony at the Seaward Primary and Junior High School in St. Andrew on Tuesday (November 4). Looking on is Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (right). The children (from third right) are Cassandra Green, Kedron Banton, Kayshawn Crawford and Shardonaye Crawford. A total of 43 tablets were handed over through e-Learning Jamaica (e-LJam) to benefit students on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH).

Gov’t Prioritising Distribution of Tablets – PM

By: Alecia Smith, November 5, 2020

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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (back row, centre) with recipients of tablets under the government’s Tablets in Schools Programme from (front row, left): Bethany Grant, Greenwich Primary School; Annastaysha McCalla, Tavares Gardens Primary School; and Jayquan Johnson, Cockburn Gardens Primary and Jr. High school. This was during a ceremony held at the Tavares Gardens Primary School on Friday (October 31). Others from (back row, left): are Principal, St. Peter Claver Primary, Karen Jackson – Reynolds; Member of Parliament, St. Andrew South West, Dr. Angela Brown Burke; Chief Executive Officer, e-Learning Jamaica Limited (e-LJam), Keith Smith and Guidance Counsellor, Whitfield Primary and Infant, Maria Reid-Walker.
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PHOTO: Schools Receive Tablets

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (back row, centre) with recipients of tablets under the government’s Tablets in Schools Programme from (front row, left): Bethany Grant, Greenwich...
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Executive Director of Jamaica Tertiary Education Commission (JTEC), Dr. Dameon Black, speaks at a JIS Think Tank today (October 27), at the JIS Head Office in Kingston.
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Support for Teacher Training Institutions

Ten Government-funded teacher-training institutions (TTIs) have been receiving well-needed support through the Japan-funded Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Technical Cooperation, since 2018. This project is valued at US$260,000 (approximately J$40,000,000). Projects...
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By: Judith A. Hunter, October 30, 2020