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Chief Executive Officer, Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage-Grey (right); Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Maureen Dwyer (centre); and Founder, Hear the Children’s Cry, Betty-Ann Blaine, sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide a more effective response to the issue of missing children in Jamaica under the Ananda Alert system at the Terra Nova Hotel in St. Andrew on April 8. Overseeing the signing is Acting Deputy Registrar, CPFSA, Lesia Bhagwandat Vassell.

Partnership Strengthened For Recovery Of Missing Children

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...

Flyer for the Ministry of National Security Social Services Fair at Haile Selassie High in St. Andrew.

National Security Ministry Takes Social Services Fair To Haile Selassie High School

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, addresses a post-Cabinet press briefing, on Wednesday (April 6).

Criteria For Appointment Of Principals To Be Revised

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams

Education Ministry To Roll Out School Resocialisation Programmes

Assistant Chief Education Officer, Curriculum Unit, Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Clover Hamilton -Flowers.

Teachers Urged to Tailor National Standards Curriculum to Students Needs

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), examines a robot being shown to her by instructor, Halls of Learning, Antonia Curtis (right), during the National Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) Career Forum at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, on April 1. Observing (from second left) are Instructor, Halls of Learning, Nile Sadler and Deputy Principal, University of the West Indies, Mona, Professor Ian Boxill.

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Education Ministry Implements Initiatives to Boost STEAM Learning

The Ministry of Education and Youth is implementing several initiatives at various levels of the sector to increase science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) learning. This was stated by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, during the national STEAM career forum at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, on April 1. She said the Ministry has introduced the...

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Apply Security And Safety Policy To Deal With Student Infractions – Minister

School administrators are being encouraged to utilise the Ministry of Education and Youth’s Security and Safety Policy in dealing with student infractions at the institutions. This urging by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, comes against the background of violent student altercations, one fatal, occurring at several high schools since the start of 2022. While acknowledging that principals and other school...

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96 Aspiring Principals Trained

Ninety-six aspiring school leaders have been equipped to assume roles in the nation’s schools, having successfully completed the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL) Aspiring Principals’ Programme. The graduates, who form Cohort 7, were awarded the Professional Qualification for Principalship, during a virtual presentation ceremony on March 31. Minister of Education and Youth, the Hon. Fayval Williams, who delivered the...

(FILE) Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaks at a recent virtual town hall on the full resumption of face-to-face classes.

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Principals Urged To Craft Programmes To Aid Struggling Students

School leaders are being encouraged to implement programmes and initiatives to support students, particularly those who are facing challenges in their academic journey. Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, in making the call said that while the Government continues to roll out programmes to “support [students] in a targeted manner, it’s not simply about individual programmes”. “It’s about...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), is in discussion with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right), and Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Leslie Campbell, during a recent ceremony to hand over antiseptic wipes donated by Jamaica’s Consul General of New York, Alsion Roache Wilson, at the Foreign Ministry’s headquarters in downtown Kingston, recently. The special partnership project was undertaken as part of the Consulate General of Jamaica, New York’s Economic Diplomacy and Social/COVID-19 Programme. The aim of the programme is to leverage the Consulate General’s diplomatic connections and network for the socio-economic development of Jamaica.

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PHOTO: Education Ministry Receives Wipes

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), is in discussion with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right), and Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Leslie Campbell, during a recent ceremony to hand over antiseptic wipes donated by Jamaica’s Consul General of New York,...

Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Maureen Dyer (left), and National Mathematics Coordinator at the Ministry, Dr. Tamika Benjamin, participate in the National Mathematics Week church service at the New Testament Church of God in May Pen, Clarendon, on March 27. National Mathematics Week , which will run up to April 1, is being observed under the theme ‘Born to Do Maths’.

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PHOTOS: Maths Week Church Service

Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Maureen Dyer (left), and National Mathematics Coordinator at the Ministry, Dr. Tamika Benjamin, participate in the National Mathematics Week church service at the New Testament Church of God in May Pen, Clarendon, on March 27. National Mathematics Week , which will run up to April 1, is being observed under...

Resident Manager for Round Hill Hotel, Conroy Thompson (centre); emphasises a point during the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo) ‘Let’s Talk Tourism’ panel discussion at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, on March 29. Listening are Coordinator of Corporate Communications & Community Awareness, TPDCo, Marline Stephenson Dalley (left); and Group Human Resource Director for Couples, Floyd Burchell.

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Students Urged To Consider Career In Tourism

Students are being encouraged to consider a career in tourism as they make plans for their future. Director of the Jamaica Centre of Tourism Innovation/Craft Development Institute, Carol Rose Brown, said that more than 1,500 new hotel rooms are to be added to Jamaica’s stock, with most of these to be situated in Trelawny. “So, we have to find people...