The Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College (SSTC) in Granville, St. James has partnered with the Kiwanis Club of Montego Freeport, to provide support and training services for parents and caregivers of children with learning and intellectual disabilities. The entities have launched a parent support group and training series, which will better equip parents to care for their special needs children. Special...

The Ministry of Justice will be ramping up its Child Diversion programme in schools, as it seeks to implement increased use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods in these institutions. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, made the disclosure during the official opening of the Greenwich Town Restorative Justice Centre, at the Greenwich Town Resource Centre, St. Andrew, on Friday (April...

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) and the multi-sectorial partners on the Ananda Alert system have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide a more effective response to the issue of missing children in Jamaica. The parties have agreed to strengthen cooperation and information sharing on the reporting, investigation, and return/recovery of a child who becomes the...

Communities in the St. Andrew South Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) will benefit from the staging of a social services fair at the Haile Selassie High School on Saturday (April 9) from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The event is part of a series being staged by the Ministry of National Security to bring the most sought-after Government services directly...

The criteria for the appointment of principals are to be revised following Cabinet’s approval for these changes to be made. This will be facilitated through the amendment of section 43 (1) of the Education Act, 1965 and sections of the Education Regulations, 1980, which relate to the criteria for the appointment of principals. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of...

Programmes to facilitate the resocialisation of students as part of measures to prevent violence and other deviant behaviours in schools will be rolled out across the island shortly by the Education and Youth Ministry. Speaking in a recent interview with JIS News, portfolio Minister, Hon Fayval Williams, said that the intervention is necessary because “[students] have been away from the...

Assistant Chief Education Officer in the Curriculum Unit, Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Clover Hamilton-Flowers, is encouraging creative use of the National Standards Curriculum (NSC) to cater to the needs of individual learners. The call is in keeping with the recommendations of the Professor Orlando Patterson-chaired Jamaica Education Transformation Commission (JETC) report, which indicates that tailoring the application of...