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Advisor, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Howard Chamberlain (second left), greets sixth-form student at Wolmer's Boys’ School, Joshua Orr (right). Occasion was a function to recognise Future Leaders of Jamaica (FLJ) 2018 scholarship recipients held on Friday (September 21) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona campus. Looking on are Executive Director of FLJ, Dwight Green (left); and sixth-form Campion College student, O'Dayne Edwards
Advisor, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Howard Chamberlain (second left), greets sixth-form student at Wolmer's Boys’ School, Joshua Orr (right). Occasion was a function to recognise Future Leaders of Jamaica (FLJ) 2018 scholarship recipients held on Friday (September 21) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona campus. Looking on are Executive Director of FLJ, Dwight Green (left); and sixth-form Campion College student, O'Dayne Edwards

Thirty-Six Students Receive Scholarships from Future Leaders

By: Rochelle Williams, September 25, 2018
Thirty-six high-school students have received scholarships valued at $1.35 million from non-profit organisation, Future Leaders of Jamaica (FLJ), for the 2018/19 academic year. The recipients include 31 students from first...
Project Manager of the MoBay City Run organizing committee, Ashley Anguin ( fourth left), with students ( from left) Selcia Johnson, Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College; Shanique Corbett, University of Technology – Western Campus; Rayon Fray, University of the West Indies - Western Jamaica Campus; Roma Rajwani Mt. Alvernia High School; and Rushell Samuels Montego Bay Community College. The students collected cheques on behalf of their schools at the MoBay City Run Scholarship presentation, which was held at Sandals Montego Bay in St. James on Wednesday (September 19).

Montego Bay City Run Scholarship Fund Assists Students in the West

By: Serena Grant, September 21, 2018
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Hon. Mike Henry (second right), observes as Jamaican student, Tagera Ottey (left), receives a symbolic cheque valued at $5 million from Managing Director of China National Pharmaceutical Corporation (Sinopharm), Zheng Huanming (right) to pursue medical studies in China. Occasion was a send-off for the student at the OPM in St. Andrew on Thursday (September 20). Others pictured (from left) are Special Assistant to the Minister, Dei-Rasi Freckleton; Economic and Commercial Counsellor at the Embassy of China in Jamaica, Fan Jianghong; and Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Tian Qi.

Jamaican Student Gets Scholarship to Study in China

By: Garfield L. Angus, September 21, 2018

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Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left), is in discussion with Mexican Ambassador to Jamaica, Juan José González Mijares, at a reception held at the ambassador’s residence in St. Andrew on September 14 to commemorate the 208th Anniversary of the Independence of Mexico.
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Mexico Chair to be Established at UWI

A ‘Mexico Chair’ will be established at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, in October 2018 as part of efforts to increase research collaboration and strengthen relations between...
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By: E. Hartman Reckord, September 19, 2018
Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (left), presents an inmate at the Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre with a plaque for her achievement in the 2018 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. Occasion was an appreciation function at the centre’s location at South Camp Road in Kingston on September 18.
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Female Inmates Earn CSEC Passes

More than 55 per cent of inmates at the all-female Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre who sat the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations this year passed at least one...
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By: Chris Patterson, September 19, 2018
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), enteracts with students at Mineral Heights Primary School in Clarendon after a ceremony on Thursday (September 13) to officially hand over 12 new classrooms. Looking on (from left) are Principal of the school, Lanzeford Howell; and Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney. The new clarooms have facilitated the transition of the school from the shift system.
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Mineral Heights Primary Taken Off Shift

The Mineral Heights Primary School in Clarendon is the latest institution to be taken off the shift system by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information. This follows the addition...
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By: Ainsworth Morris, September 18, 2018