{"id":27543,"date":"2020-12-15T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carilec.org\/?p=27543"},"modified":"2020-12-15T12:00:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T16:00:04","slug":"jps-foundation-sponsors-exam-fees-for-students-sitting-csec-electrical-exams-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/jps-foundation-sponsors-exam-fees-for-students-sitting-csec-electrical-exams-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"JPS Foundation Sponsors Exam Fees for Students Sitting CSEC Electrical Exams in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Over 500 students from 29 high schools across the island to benefit<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 15, 2020<\/p>\n

The JPS Foundation has donated over $2M to cover exam fees for students sitting the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Industrial Technology (Electrical) Exams in 2021. The grant provides for 525 students from 29 high schools across the island.\u00a0 This brings to 2,324 the number of high school students benefitting from the JPS Foundation\u2019s CSEC sponsorship since 2016. The total contribution to the programme over the period has been $8M. The cheque was presented last week, to the Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC), which falls under the Ministry of Education.<\/p>\n

Addressing a small gathering at the handover ceremony, Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Honourable Fayval Williams, thanked the JPS Foundation for their continued corporate outreach and expressed the importance of integrating skills-based learning in the Jamaican education system. \u201cGiven that TVET is playing such an important role in providing the skill sets required by enterprises within our economies, it is an imperative that the expansion of technical and vocational education be a priority objective of all educational strategies,\u201d<\/em> said Minister Williams.<\/p>\n

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\"\"JPS Foundation Deputy Chairman, Ramsay McDonald, speaking at the event, commended students and teachers for their hard work.\u00a0 \u201cThe JPS Foundation has a long history of partnering with the Ministry of Education. I want to congratulate the students here and your teachers. You, along with over 500 other students across Jamaica, have put in the hard work to qualify for this year\u2019s exam fee grant. And you did this, despite the effects of the COVID pandemic.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

JPS President and CEO, Michel Gantois, noted that \u201cEducation is all encompassing and for our students to be successful, support is critical. Students also need to have the skills and passion to change the world,\u201d he added. \u201cJPS is happy to be contributing to future leaders who will hopefully return to JPS, or to any other [local] sector.\u201d Ultimately, he pointed out, Jamaica must win.<\/em><\/p>\n

JPS Foundation says the outreach was borne out of its objective to support the Government\u2019s efforts to have each student graduate from high school with a skills based subject, as well as to foster the development of future energy experts.<\/p>\n

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