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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), tries out a hydraulic training device in a laboratory at the Festo Authorised and Certified Training (FACT) Centre located at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) in Kingston. The occasion was a tour of the facility following its official opening on Wednesday (September 19). Looking on are Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right); and FACT-certified trainer, Ricardo Hopwood.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), tries out a hydraulic training device in a laboratory at the Festo Authorised and Certified Training (FACT) Centre located at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) in Kingston. The occasion was a tour of the facility following its official opening on Wednesday (September 19). Looking on are Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right); and FACT-certified trainer, Ricardo Hopwood.

PM Opens Festo Training Centre at CMU

By: Douglas Mcintosh, September 20, 2018
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Wednesday (September 19), officially opened the region’s first Festo Authorised and Certified Training (FACT) Centre at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) in...
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (centre), fields questions from educators at a regional teachers’ consultation held on Tuesday (September 18) at the Port Antonio High School in Portland. He is flanked by Chief Education Officer, Dr. Grace McLean (left); and Assistant Chief Education Officer, Winnie Berry.

Schools Encouraged to Contact Ministry for PEP Support

By: Garfield L. Angus, September 19, 2018
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.

Mexico Chair to be Established at UWI

By: E. Hartman Reckord, September 19, 2018

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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