Students Get Back-to-School Items
By: , August 19, 2022
Photo: Dave Reid
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right), presents a back-to-school package to young Asier Bryan, who is being held by his mother Treviece Gayle. The occasion was a back-to-school fair hosted by staff of the Ministry on August 18 at the PCJ Building, Kingston. It catered to children of members of employees of the Ministry and their relatives.
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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (second left), shows a package containing notebooks and other items to young Asier Bryan, a student of Small Treasures Childcare in Kingston, at a back-to-school fair hosted by staff of the Ministry on August 18 at the PCJ Building, Kingston. Looking on are The Queen’s School student, Rhianna Hudson (second right) and Wakefield All-Age School student, Daniel Thomas.
Photo: Dave Reid
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right), presents a package containing notebooks and writing implements to The Queen’s School student, Rhianna Hudson, during a back-to-school fair staged by staff of the Ministry on August 18, at the PCJ Building, Kingston. The event catered to children of employees and their relatives.The Full Story
Scores of students were assisted in their preparations for the reopening of schools in September at a back-to-school fair staged by staff of the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology on Thursday (August 18).
The event catered to children of employees and their relatives, who were provided with packages containing notebooks, pens, pencils and masks. They also received snack items.
Representatives from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security were on hand to facilitate registration for support programmes, including the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH).
Head of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Unit, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Carl Berry conducted a talk on personal safety and human trafficking.
Secondary and tertiary-level children were exposed to opportunities to pursue studies in Canada, including financing options and application procedures.
Portfolio Minister, Hon. Daryl Vaz, who brought greetings at the event held at the PCJ Building in Kingston, urged the students to take advantage of the information sessions to plan their path towards higher education.
Parent, Melissa Grant- Forbes, said that the donation of the school supplies will provide some financial relief in the back-to-school preparations.
“I think it is a good initiative, seeing how things are difficult at this time, and I hope it will continue. The information sessions are very good, and something young people will use in thinking about their different study areas,” she told JIS News.
Half-Way Tree Primary School student, Tristan Forbes, who attended the fair with his mother said “it is really good that the [Ministry] is helping some children… . It is really good what they are doing”.
The event was organised by the Ministry’s Staff Engagement Committee, with support from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Food for the Poor Jamaica, as well as members of staff and overseas Jamaicans, who donated cash and other items.