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Custos Rotulorum for St. Andrew, Hon. Ian Forbes, reads to students at the Best Care Special Education School on Read Across Jamaica Day.
Custos Rotulorum for St. Andrew, Hon. Ian Forbes, reads to students at the Best Care Special Education School on Read Across Jamaica Day.

St Andrew Justices of the Peace Association Executives Read To and Treated Students at the Best Care Special Education School

On Read Across Jamaica Day, celebrated under the Ministry of Education’s official theme - ‘Literacy Resilience: Foundation of Nation Building’, the St. Andrew Justices of the Peace Association (SAJPA) Executives comprising Honourable Ian Forbes, CD, JP, Custos Rotulorum for the...
Visually impaired instructor, Dr. Hixwell Douglas, guides a session with special needs students at the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information
Visually impaired instructor, Dr. Hixwell Douglas, guides a session with special needs students at the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information's Child Conversation Special Edition event held at Hope Zoo, St. Andrew, on Thursday (May 21).

Special Needs Students Benefit From Wellness Session
Chairman, Sports Committee of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Winston Robinson, delivers remarks during the recent launch of the (JTA)/Sagicor National Athletics Championships.
Chairman, Sports Committee of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Winston Robinson, delivers remarks during the recent launch of the (JTA)/Sagicor National Athletics Championships.

JTA National Athletics Championships to Feature Special Races for Athletes with Disabilities
Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson (centre), shares a light moment with members of the Board of The Mico Old Students’ Association New York Chapter during the Gala celebrating the organisation’s 51st anniversary, held recently at the Glen Terrace in Brooklyn, New York.
Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson (centre), shares a light moment with members of the Board of The Mico Old Students’ Association New York Chapter during the Gala celebrating the organisation’s 51st anniversary, held recently at the Glen Terrace in Brooklyn, New York.

Ambassador Anderson Hails MICO As Cornerstone of Jamaica’s Education
Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Marlon Morgan (right), participates in the 16th anniversary Church Service of the National Education Trust (NET), held earlier this year at the Christian Fellowship World Outreach in Kingston. He is joined by staff from NET.
Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Marlon Morgan (right), participates in the 16th anniversary Church Service of the National Education Trust (NET), held earlier this year at the Christian Fellowship World Outreach in Kingston. He is joined by staff from NET.

PHOTOS: NET Celebrates 16 Years

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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security and Peace, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addresses the Chetwood Memorial Primary School Grand Gala, held at the Grand-A-View Hotel in St. James on Sunday (May 24).
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Deputy Prime Minister Commends Chetwood Primary’s Century of Excellence

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security and Peace, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, has commended Chetwood Memorial Primary School in Montego Bay, St. James, for its century-long tradition of academic excellence, discipline, and character development. Speaking during the school’s Grand Gala at Hotel Grand-A-View in St. James on Sunday (May 24), he noted that the institution has stood as...
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Head of the Guanaboa Vale Police in St. Catherine, Sergeant Navelette Davis-Leachman (right), along with Principal of the Paul Mountain Primary and Infant School, Sheryl Thomas Lawes (left), and Paul Mountain resident, Deloris Plummer, plant palm trees along the school
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Guanaboa Vale Police Laboured At Paul Mountain Primary and Infant School

The St. Catherine-based Guanaboa Vale Police stepped out of their usual law enforcement role on Monday (May 25) to clean and beautify the grounds of the nearby Paul Mountain Primary and Infant School. Armed with brooms, rakes, shovels and machetes, they cut overgrown shrubs, cleared debris and planted palm trees along the perimeter fence to enhance the landscape. The Labour...
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Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (left), is joined by Major Phillip Edwards of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) in painting a grill, during Labour Day activities at St. Anne
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St. Anne’s Primary Gets Facelift for Labour Day

Students at St. Anne’s Primary School in Kingston will return to classes to find much cleaner and brighter surroundings following Labour Day works carried out by the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information at the institution on Monday, May 25. The project, which was also in observance of Child Month, focused on cleaning and painting the entire school. Portfolio...
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Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Children and Adolescents of the Organization of American States (OAS), Dr. Maria Julia Garcete Yegros, delivers remarks during the seventh annual Early Childhood Commission (ECC) Professional Development Institute, held recently at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James.
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Caribbean Culture Pivotal To Advancing Early-childhood Development – OAS

Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Children and Adolescents of the Organization of American States (OAS), Dr. Maria Julia Garcete Yegros, says the Caribbean’s strong culture of community, resilience, and human connection plays a pivotal role in advancing early-childhood development. She highlighted the region’s strengths while addressing participants during the seventh annual Early Childhood Commission(ECC) Professional Development Institute, held...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Hon. Rhoda Moy Crawford, addresses participants during the seventh annual Early Childhood Commission (ECC) Professional Development Institute (PDI), held recently at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James.
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Early-childhood Practitioners Urged To Safeguard Children’s Rights

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Hon. Rhoda Moy Crawford, is encouraging early-childhood practitioners to take a more active role in safeguarding and promoting the rights of children across Jamaica. Speaking during the seventh annual Early Childhood Commission (ECC) Professional Development Institute, held recently at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James, Ms....
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Director of Bauxite Lands and Programme Manager for the Bauxite Community Development Programme (BCDP), Kemoy Lindsay, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank at the agency
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June 4 Is Deadline For JBI Hoilett/ Lambert Scholarship

The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) is inviting eligible students living in bauxite-producing communities to apply for the JBI Hoilett/Lambert Scholarship 2026 before the June 4 deadline. It is open to tertiary-level students in the parishes of St. Ann, Manchester, St. Elizabeth, Clarendon and St. Catherine, who are pursuing degree programmes in the Sciences, Engineering, Creative Arts, Logistics Management, Information Technology...
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