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Prime Minister and West Central St. Andrew Member of Parliament, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who visited students at Penwood High School, offered them words of encouragement and a distributed tablet computers to youngsters without devices to assist in their preparations.
Prime Minister Holness noted the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), which administers the exams, has indicated that consideration will be given to the psychosocial effect of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the students, in the grading process.
Eleventh grade Penwood High student, Ruth-Ann Sullivan, who will be sitting CXC/CSEC Human and Social Biology and Biology, and City and Guilds Mathematics and English, said although she was nervous about taking the exams, the session was helpful.
EduCom Co-op Credit Union has gifted a total of 20 laptop computers to five schools in Kingston as part of an initiative to provide students with the necessary technology to facilitate online education.
The devices, valued at approximately $1.2 mi
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Fayval Williams
Eight of the 216 schools that were approved for face-to-face classes have been impacted by suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19, the Minister of Education, Fayval Williams has shared.
Williams, who was making a statement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, said four of the seven regions - 1, 2, 5 and 7 were affected.
“To date, there are no suspected cases (of COVID-19) in regions 3, 4 and 6,” Williams said.
In Region 1, which is comprised of Kingston and St Andrew, the Penwood High School and Donald Quarrie High were the institutions affected.
Williams explained that Donald Quarrie High had a suspected case of a student being infected with the coronavirus which was later confirmed by a positive test.
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