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CXC Analysing COVID-19 Impact On Exam Candidates

By: Alecia Smith, May 31, 2021
Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Registrar and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Wayne Wesley, says the entity will give further consideration to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic’s impact on student sitting external...
Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe (right), accepts a tablet computer from Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Bresheh Limited, Randy McLaren during a ceremony to hand over 12 of the devices for students, at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on Friday (May 28). The devices were provided in support of the Ministry’s ‘One Laptop or Tablet per Child’ initiative.

Gov’t Receives More Support For ‘One Laptop Or Tablet Per Child’ Initiative

By: Chris Patterson, May 31, 2021
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (left), and Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, exchange greetings during a ceremony for the handover of solar kits held on May 27 at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) Auditorium in Kingston. At the event, the Ministry of Education, through the National Education Trust, received solar kits on behalf of 14 high schools, which will be used for electrical instruction at the beneficiary institutions. The distribution supports the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology’s mandate of popularisng science in schools, as well as advancing the push for renewable technologies. Overall, 44 solar kits will be donated to 21 learning institutions to be used for demonstration purposes.

PHOTOS: Education Minister Receives Solar Kits for Schools

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), hands a tablet to grade two student of the Salt Spring Primary and Infant School, in St. James, Kishane Hudson (centre) , as Member of Parliament for Central St. James, Heroy Clarke, shares in the moment. Occasion was a handing over ceremony hosted by the Prime Minister's Positive Jamaica Foundation, on Friday (May 21), at the school. The organisation donated 30 tablets and one printer to the institution.
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Prime Minister Commends Teachers

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has commended the staff at the Salt Spring Primary and Infant School, in St. James, for making the effort to ensure that students...
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By: Serena Grant, May 22, 2021