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Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda (second right) shares a point with Principal of Ardenne High School in Kingston, Nadine Malloy, at the official launch of the 2019/20 school year at the Ardenne High School in Kingston on Thursday (September 12). Sharing in the conversation (from left) are Senior Education Officer, Region one, Allison Cooke Hawthorne; and Regional Director at the Ministry, Dr. Kasan Troupe.
Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda (second right) shares a point with Principal of Ardenne High School in Kingston, Nadine Malloy, at the official launch of the 2019/20 school year at the Ardenne High School in Kingston on Thursday (September 12). Sharing in the conversation (from left) are Senior Education Officer, Region one, Allison Cooke Hawthorne; and Regional Director at the Ministry, Dr. Kasan Troupe.

52 High Schools Participating In Twinning Programme

By: Latonya Linton, September 13, 2019
Some 52 high schools are now participating in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s Twinning of Schools initiative. The programme aims to expose students to academic and extracurricular programmes...
Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, speaking during the sitting of the House of Representatives on September 10.

Four More Schools To Be Removed From Shift

By: Latonya Linton, September 11, 2019
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), accepts a copy of a framed storyboard highlighting aspects of the life and work of late cultural icon, Dr. the Hon. Louise Bennett Coverley, affectionately called ‘Miss Lou’, during a civic ceremony in Gordon Town, East Rural St Andrew on September 8, to commemorate the centenary of Miss Lou’s birth. Sharing the moment (from left) are Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange; Chairman, Fontana Pharmacy, Kevin O’Brien Chang; and Manager, Fontana Pharmacy, Nicole Watson Chang. More than 1,700 of the storyboards will be donated to schools, libraries, Ministries and Diplomatic Missions. This is being facilitated through a partnership between the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and Fontana Pharmacy.

Storyboards Depicting Life and Work of ‘Miss Lou’ to Be Donated to Schools

By: Chris Patterson, September 11, 2019

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Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, converses with Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Grace McLean, during a press conference at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, on Thursday (September 5) to announce government support for additional Bachelor of Medicine (MBBS) students.
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Water to Be Trucked to Schools

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, says arrangements are in place to truck water to schools facing a shortage of supply. He said that tanks...
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By: Tanesha Mundle, September 8, 2019
Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean.
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Smooth Start to School Year

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has reported that the academic year 2019/2020 began smoothly on Monday (September 2). During a live broadcast with ‘OPM Connect: Education Matters’ on...
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By: Ainsworth Morris, September 3, 2019