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Education

Objective: Improved education of targeted Jamaican youth

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A teacher helps a child with schoolwork.

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Nearly 29,000 school children are served by USAID basic education programs in Jamaica.

Top student Hamesh Creighton gets a congratulatory hug

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Top student Hamesh Creighton gets a congratulatory hug from Acting Principal of St. Peter Claver Primary School in Jamaica, Karen Jackson-Reynolds.

Business council members

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Business council members pledge to influence government policies and affect changes in workplace policies to support workers with HIV/AIDS in Jamaica.

De-feathering of chicken using a defeathering machine.

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De-feathering of chicken using a defeathering machine.

Public Health Inspectors participate in a training workshop along with REACT

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Public Health Inspectors participate in a training workshop along with REACT

Teachers are learning new teaching methods to help students perform better.

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Teachers are learning new teaching methods to help students perform better.

USAID’s Expanding Education Horizons is also improving educational outcomes for boys

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USAID’s Expanding Education Horizons is also improving educational outcomes for boys who generally under-perform when compared to girls.

The program is changing the way teachers instruct, manage the classroom and relate to their student.

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The program is changing the way teachers instruct, manage the classroom and relate to their student.

Oniel Ankle, Primary School Principal, receives the trophy for Principal of the Year from the local private sector company, LASCO.

Photo: Colin Reid

Oniel Ankle of the Green Park Primary and Junior High School in Clarendon, Jamaica, is the 2007-08 Principal of the Year.

Mr. Osner accepting an award presented by Lady Reima Hall

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Sean Osner, Deputy Director of the Office of Sustainable Development, accepts an award from Lady Reima Hall at the Mona School of Business 21st anniversary celebration. USAID/Jamaica received the award in recognition of the agency's contribution to the establishment of the Mona School of Business.

Karen Hilliard and a group of female students from a primary school looking through a USAID folder

Photo: USAID/Jamaica Expanding Educational Horizons project

Karen R. Hilliard, Mission Director of USAID/Jamaica, chats with students from Drews Avenue Primary at the launch of the Jamaica School Administrative Software (JSAS 7.0), a web-based system developed under the Expanding Educational Horizons project.

Man standing at a podium delivering a speech

Photo: Ossie Hamilton

Sean Osner, Deputy Director of the Office of Sustainable Development, delivers the keynote address at the Expanding Educational Horizons project graduation.

STUDENTS PERFORMING A DANCE

Photo: Ossie Hamilton

Students from Denham Town Primary perform at the Expanding Educational Horizons project graduation.

Lady speaks at a podium and smiles as she addresses the audience about the Students Expressing Truth program

Photo: USAID Community Empowerment and Transformation Project

Diane McNeil expresses her joy that her daughter participates in the 'Students Expressing Truth' (SET) program at Ascot High School and is doing well. The SET/Ascot program uses technological tools to encourage positive behavior among students who were seen as disruptive and indisciplined.

A male and a female student show a man how to use a special keyboard that helps them improve their literacy. They are surrounded by four members of the project team.

Photo: Expanding Educational Horizons Project

The Hon. Andrew Holness, Minister of Education, receives an Alpha Smart demonstration from these students.

Male sings into a microphone

Photo: People's Action for Community Transformation

Orret Perkins attends a training session at a music studio as part of the Jamaica Education for All Youth Challenge Grant Project.

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Oniel Ankle, Primary School Principal, receives the trophy for Principal of the Year from the local private sector company, LASCO.
Oniel Ankle of the Green Park Primary and Junior High School in Clarendon, Jamaica, is the 2007-08 Principal of the Year.
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