Strong support for Read Across Jamaica Day 2025
St Thomas Western Member of Parliament James Robertson reading to Yallahs Primary School students aboard a Jamaica Urban Transit Company bus Tuesday morning as part of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s Read Across Jamaica Road Safety Day. (Photo: Llewellyn Wynter)
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May 8, 2025

Strong support for Read Across Jamaica Day 2025

The country observed Read Across Jamaica Day on Tuesday, May 6, with students at schools across the island engaging in reading activities with many renowned individuals, among them Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness, Opposition Leader Mark Golding, Education Minister Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, and Director General of the Island Traffic Authority Colonel Daniel Pryce.

Holness read to students at Seaward Primary and Infant School in his St Andrew West Central constituency, while Morris Dixon did duties at Constitution Hill Primary and Infant School in St Andrew and Randolph Lopez School of Hope in Kingston.

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness reads to students from the book by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, during Read Across Jamaica Day activities at the Seaward Primary and Infant School in St Andrew on May 6. He is assisted by the school’s Principal Arlene Reid.Photo: JIS

 

Opposition Leader Mark Golding with students and teachers of Jones Town Primary after he engaged them in the joy of storytelling on Tuesday. x

 

Colonel Daniel Pryce, director-general of Road Traffic at the Island Traffic Authority, brings the book The Ugly Five to life as he reads to eager students at Dunrobin Primary School during Read Across Jamaica Day 2025. x

 

Author Steven Golding reading to students of the Seaview Gardens Primary School on Read Across Jamaica Day, May 6, 2025. Golding was a guest of J Wray & Nephew Foundation which used the day to celebrate the teachings of National Hero Marcus Garvey. Golding is president of the Jamaican arm of the Universal Negro Improvement Association founded by Garvey, and the African Communities League.

 

Renee Rose, Lasco category manager, powdered beverages and cereals, engages grade one students at Manning’s Hill Primary School in St Andrew on Read Across Jamaica Day on Tuesday.Photo: Garfield Robinson

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