Faculties throughout Jamaica can be abuzz with actions on Friday (February 28), as they have fun Jamaica Day 2025, beneath the theme, ‘Celebrating Jamaica: SteAming In the direction of the Future, Honing Good Character’.
Chairman of the Jamaica Day Planning Committee, Marlon Williams, stated Jamaica Day serves as an distinctive alternative for faculties and communities to showcase the spectrum of skills in Science, Expertise, Engineering, Artwork, and Arithmetic (STEAM).
“The Ministry of Training, Expertise, Youth and Info recognises the important hyperlink between training, tradition, and civics. The purpose of Jamaica Day is to empower people and communities by highlighting their expertise and strengths in numerous disciplines resembling sports activities, culinary arts, literary arts, performing arts, visible arts, improvements, in addition to notable Jamaicans,” Mr. Williams acknowledged.
The Excelsior Group of Faculties situated on Mountain View Avenue in Kingston has been chosen to be the function faculties for 2025.
The group consists of the Excelsior Major and Toddler, Excelsior Excessive College, and the Exed Neighborhood School.
In line with Mr. Williams, the distinctive inclusion spanning 4 ranges of the training system (early childhood, major, secondary, and tertiary), marks a primary for celebrating Jamaica Day.
He disclosed that a whole bunch of scholars from the colleges will collect on the grounds of Excelsior Excessive to have fun Jamaica Day and {that a} marching band and Jonkonuu Parade will kick off the day’s actions.
This can be adopted by a civic ceremony, which is able to embody flag elevating, the studying of the Jamaica Day Proclamation and greetings delivered by a number of authorities officers.
Minister of Training, Expertise, Youth and Info, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon will carry remarks.
As well as, two people who’ve made a major contribution to Jamaica’s tradition and heritage will obtain the ‘Tradition Icon Award’.
A number of cultural shows, performances, and culinary delights may also be showcased all through the day.
Actions additionally embody partaking rap periods that may encourage discussions round STEM/STEAM matters. The day’s actions will culminate with a live performance that includes visitor artistes.
In the meantime, Mr. Williams is encouraging Jamaicans to put on their nationwide colors (black, inexperienced and gold) or bandanas on this big day, as an emblem of unity and pleasure in celebrating Jamaica.
He additionally urged media homes to learn the Jamaica Day proclamation at 9:10 a.m., reinforcing the importance of creating Jamaica the place of option to reside, work, increase households, and do enterprise.
