Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), looks on as six-year-old Ari (left) from the Danny Williams School for the Deaf, signs while using an assistive learning device to read. Also observing are Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), and student, Mico University College, Special Education Unit, Nathaniel Campbell. Occasion was a courtesy call at Jamaica House on May 30, to present the Accessible Digital Textbook Project to the Prime Minister. The initiative is a collaboration between the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Book Fusion, to provide children with access to high-quality, interactive digital textbooks in a variety of languages, including Jamaican Sign Language.
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, looks on as six-year-old Ari from the Danny Williams School for the Deaf, signs while using an assistive learning device to read. Occasion was a courtesy call at Jamaica House on May 30, to present the Accessible Digital Textbook Project to the Prime Minister. The initiative is a collaboration between the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Book Fusion, to provide children with access to high-quality, interactive digital textbooks to enhance learning.
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left) and Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), learn Jamaican Sign Language from six-year-old Ari from the Danny Williams School for the Deaf. Others sharing the moment (from left) are Representative of the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) in Jamaica, Olga Isaza; Education Specialist at UNICEF, Dr. Rebecca Tortello; and student at the Mico University College Special Education Unit, Nathaniel Campbell. Occasion was a courtesy call at Jamaica House on May 30, to present the Accessible Digital Textbook Project to the Prime Minister. The initiative is a collaboration between UNICEF and Book Fusion, which is a Jamaican company that specialises in digital publishing. Under the project, children will have access to high-quality, interactive digital textbooks in a variety of languages, including Jamaican Sign Language.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left) and Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, look on as student, Mico University College Special Education Unit, Nathaniel Campbell, uses an assistive learning device, under the guidance of Chief Executive Officer, Book Fusion, Dwayne Campbell. Occasion was a courtesy call at Jamaica House on May 30, to present the Accessible Digital Textbook Project to the Prime Minister. The initiative is a collaboration between the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Book Fusion, which is a Jamaican company that specialises in digital publishing. Under the project, children will have access to high-quality, interactive digital textbooks in a variety of languages, including Jamaican Sign Language.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), looks on as six-year-old Ari (left) from the Danny Williams School for the Deaf, signs while using an assistive learning device to read. Also observing are Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), and student, Mico University College, Special Education Unit, Nathaniel Campbell. Occasion was a courtesy call at Jamaica House on May 30, to present the Accessible Digital Textbook Project to the Prime Minister. The initiative is a collaboration between the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Book Fusion, to provide children with access to high-quality, interactive digital textbooks in a variety of languages, including Jamaican Sign Language.
