Over 6 hundred schools sustained damage during passage of Hurricane Melissa

616 schools sustained damage during the passage of category five Hurricane Melissa last week.

Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon said over 450 of the schools are located in the hardest hit parishes.

Institutions across all levels, from infant to tertiary, were impacted.

Meantime, Dr Morris Dixon added that about a hundred schools opened on Tuesday.

She said the aim is to get more schools to reopen quickly.

Priority is being placed on students who are to sit external exams.

The Education Minister said the ministry is also looking at setting up temporary school structures.

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Water resources authority monitoring areas known to have rising flood waters

616 schools sustained damage during the passage of category five Hurricane Melissa last week.

Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon said over 450 of the schools are located in the hardest hit parishes.

Institutions across all levels, from infant to tertiary, were impacted.

Meantime, Dr Morris Dixon added that about a hundred schools opened on Tuesday.

She said the aim is to get more schools to reopen quickly.

Priority is being placed on students who are to sit external exams.

The Education Minister said the ministry is also looking at setting up temporary school structures.

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At least 12 hotels seriously damaged by Melissa

616 schools sustained damage during the passage of category five Hurricane Melissa last week.

Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon said over 450 of the schools are located in the hardest hit parishes.

Institutions across all levels, from infant to tertiary, were impacted.

Meantime, Dr Morris Dixon added that about a hundred schools opened on Tuesday.

She said the aim is to get more schools to reopen quickly.

Priority is being placed on students who are to sit external exams.

The Education Minister said the ministry is also looking at setting up temporary school structures.

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WRA says the water in Content Manchester is rising at just short of a foot each day

616 schools sustained damage during the passage of category five Hurricane Melissa last week.

Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon said over 450 of the schools are located in the hardest hit parishes.

Institutions across all levels, from infant to tertiary, were impacted.

Meantime, Dr Morris Dixon added that about a hundred schools opened on Tuesday.

She said the aim is to get more schools to reopen quickly.

Priority is being placed on students who are to sit external exams.

The Education Minister said the ministry is also looking at setting up temporary school structures.

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Residents of Elderslie, St. Elizabeth and surrounding communities in St. James are better able to communicate with the rest of the country

616 schools sustained damage during the passage of category five Hurricane Melissa last week.

Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon said over 450 of the schools are located in the hardest hit parishes.

Institutions across all levels, from infant to tertiary, were impacted.

Meantime, Dr Morris Dixon added that about a hundred schools opened on Tuesday.

She said the aim is to get more schools to reopen quickly.

Priority is being placed on students who are to sit external exams.

The Education Minister said the ministry is also looking at setting up temporary school structures.

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Eastern Westmoreland MP appeals for help for residents, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa

616 schools sustained damage during the passage of category five Hurricane Melissa last week.

Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon said over 450 of the schools are located in the hardest hit parishes.

Institutions across all levels, from infant to tertiary, were impacted.

Meantime, Dr Morris Dixon added that about a hundred schools opened on Tuesday.

She said the aim is to get more schools to reopen quickly.

Priority is being placed on students who are to sit external exams.

The Education Minister said the ministry is also looking at setting up temporary school structures.

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Teachers’ Association deeply concerned about reopening of schools in immediate aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, calls for crisis leadership

616 schools sustained damage during the passage of category five Hurricane Melissa last week.

Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon said over 450 of the schools are located in the hardest hit parishes.

Institutions across all levels, from infant to tertiary, were impacted.

Meantime, Dr Morris Dixon added that about a hundred schools opened on Tuesday.

She said the aim is to get more schools to reopen quickly.

Priority is being placed on students who are to sit external exams.

The Education Minister said the ministry is also looking at setting up temporary school structures.

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Phased reopening of schools begins today

616 schools sustained damage during the passage of category five Hurricane Melissa last week.

Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon said over 450 of the schools are located in the hardest hit parishes.

Institutions across all levels, from infant to tertiary, were impacted.

Meantime, Dr Morris Dixon added that about a hundred schools opened on Tuesday.

She said the aim is to get more schools to reopen quickly.

Priority is being placed on students who are to sit external exams.

The Education Minister said the ministry is also looking at setting up temporary school structures.

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Death toll from Hurricane Melissa likely to rise

616 schools sustained damage during the passage of category five Hurricane Melissa last week.

Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon said over 450 of the schools are located in the hardest hit parishes.

Institutions across all levels, from infant to tertiary, were impacted.

Meantime, Dr Morris Dixon added that about a hundred schools opened on Tuesday.

She said the aim is to get more schools to reopen quickly.

Priority is being placed on students who are to sit external exams.

The Education Minister said the ministry is also looking at setting up temporary school structures.

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More communities expected to have electricity restored by Sunday

616 schools sustained damage during the passage of category five Hurricane Melissa last week.

Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon said over 450 of the schools are located in the hardest hit parishes.

Institutions across all levels, from infant to tertiary, were impacted.

Meantime, Dr Morris Dixon added that about a hundred schools opened on Tuesday.

She said the aim is to get more schools to reopen quickly.

Priority is being placed on students who are to sit external exams.

The Education Minister said the ministry is also looking at setting up temporary school structures.

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