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Rainwater Harvesting Systems to be Installed at 30 Additional...

JIS: Approximately 30 additional schools will benefit from rainwater harvesting systems to be installed by Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL).

The agency recently commissioned into service... Read more
Jamaica To Participate In UN World’s Largest Lesson

JIS: Jamaica will be among several countries that will participate in the United Nations (UN) World’s Largest Lesson (WLL) 2019 between September and November.

The WLL is part of the UN’s ‘Project... Read more
University of The Commonwealth Caribbean Opens Innovation...

JIS: The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) has established an Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre, thereby providing a space for students and innovators with entrepreneurial and new technology-... Read more
JSIF Spearheading Projects to Boost Special Education

JIS: Several projects are being spearheaded by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) aimed at strengthening capacity in the special education sector.

These initiatives, which are scheduled to be... Read more
Teachers to Participate in Math Workshop August 21-23

JIS: Three hundred primary school teachers from Jamaica, Turks and Caicos Islands and Belize are expected to gather at the annual three-day mathematics training workshop, Amazing Math Powers (AMP), from August 21-23 at the... Read more
School Administrators Urged to Take Steps to Eliminate Sexual...

JIS: The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is advising administrators in educational and training institutions to take the necessary steps to eliminate incidents of sexual harassment.

The... Read more
JSIF Constructing Infant Department at Barrett Town Primary

JIS: The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is constructing an infant department at the Barrett Town Primary School in St. James at a cost of $34 million.

Funding is being provided by the European... Read more
OEC to Build State-of-the-Art Multipurpose Facility

JIS: The Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC) is to construct a smart, flexible state-of-the-art multipurpose facility at its headquarters in Kingston, during the 2019/20 financial year.

A similar... Read more
Parenting Education Project to be Expanded

JIS: Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Parenting Education Project will be expanded to reach more parents across the island.

The initiative... Read more
Students Receive Assistance from International Proxy Parents

JIS: Sixty-six students from 19 high schools are benefiting from scholarships donated by the International Proxy Parents (IPP), a charitable organisation whose members include representatives of the diplomatic corps.
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