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Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), displays cheque for over $2 million handed over by the JPS Foundation to pay the examination fees of 514 students registered to sit the CSEC Industrial Technology (Electrical) examination in 2021. The handover of the cheque to the Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC) was held at the JPS head office in New Kingston, on Wednesday (December 9). She is assisted by (from second left) Examinations Officer, Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Vocational Qualifications (CVQ), OEC, Tanjay Holmes; Deputy Chairman of Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) Foundation, Ramsay McDonald and President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), JPS, Michel Gantios.
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), displays cheque for over $2 million handed over by the JPS Foundation to pay the examination fees of 514 students registered to sit the CSEC Industrial Technology (Electrical) examination in 2021. The handover of the cheque to the Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC) was held at the JPS head office in New Kingston, on Wednesday (December 9). She is assisted by (from second left) Examinations Officer, Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Vocational Qualifications (CVQ), OEC, Tanjay Holmes; Deputy Chairman of Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) Foundation, Ramsay McDonald and President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), JPS, Michel Gantios.

JPS Foundation Pays Exam Fees For CSEC Students

By: Rochelle Williams, December 11, 2020
The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company Foundation has paid the examination fees of 514 students registered to sit the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Industrial Technology (Electrical) examination in 2021....
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right, background), looks on as students of Mona Heights Primary show off the tablets they received during a ceremony held at the institution in St. Andrew on Tuesday (December 8). A total of nine devices were handed over under the Ministry’s ‘One Laptop or Tablet Per Child’ initiative. Also sharing the moment (in background, from left) are Executive Director, Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace; Deputy Executive Director and Senior Lecturer, Mona School of Business and Management, University of the West Indies (UWI), Dr. Andrew Spencer; and Acting Principal, Mona Heights Primary, Alex Hepburn.

100 Schools Get Internet Connectivity

By: Rochelle Williams, December 10, 2020
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses the sitting of the ​House of Representatives on Tuesday (December 8).

Changes For Next Year’s PEP

By: Latonya Linton, December 9, 2020

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Principal/Director of the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), Dr. Taneisha Ingleton (centre), addressing a Think Tank on Thursday (December 3) at the JIS head office in Kingtson. She is flanked by Assistant Chief Education Officer in the Special Education Unit, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Sharon Anderson Morgan (left); and Project Manager for the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF), Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Daintyann Barrett Smith.
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Inclusive Leadership Training For School Principals

Principals of educational institutions across the island are benefiting from training under the Inclusive School Leadership Training Programme (ISLTP). The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is undertaking the training...
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By: Judith A. Hunter, December 4, 2020