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Minister without portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, CD, MP
Minister without portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, CD, MP

Education In Emergencies Red Alert – School Closure

Dear Colleagues, School Administrators are being advised that the Ministry is now at the Red Alert phase of the Education in Emergencies plan. Consequently, schools will be closed with effect, March 13, 2020 for 14 days. During this period, the...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), addressing a press conference at Jamaica House on Thursday (March 12). Standing beside him is Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), addressing a press conference at Jamaica House on Thursday (March 12). Standing beside him is Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke.

PEP Postponed
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), addressing a press conference at Jamaica House on Thursday (March 12). Standing beside him is Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), addressing a press conference at Jamaica House on Thursday (March 12). Standing beside him is Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke.

Schools Close Tomorrow For 14 Days
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, addresses the House of Representatives as he opens the 2020/21 Budget Debate on March 10.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, addresses the House of Representatives as he opens the 2020/21 Budget Debate on March 10.

$1-Billion Scholarship Programme For Public Sector Workers
Jasmine Deen, University of the West Indies (UWI) student, who is visually impaired was last seen on Thursday, February 27
Jasmine Deen, University of the West Indies (UWI) student, who is visually impaired was last seen on Thursday, February 27

PM Calls On Jamaicans To Join The Search For Missing University Student

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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (centre); President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, Lenworth Fulton; and Member of Parliament for Trelawny North, Víctor Wright, tour the Wakefield Primary and Infant School garden, during Friday’s (March 6) launch of the Trelawny School Garden Feeding Programme, at the institution.
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Trelawny School Garden Feeding Programme Launched

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, on Friday (March 6), launched the Trelawny School Garden Feeding Programme. The launch was held at the Wakefield Primary and Infant School which is one of the two institutions in the parish where the project is being initially rolled out, the other being Wait-A-Bit Primary...
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State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (second left), engages with students of Naggo Head Primary School on Tuesday (March 3), while Education Specialist, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Dr. Rebecca Tortello (left), shares the moment. Occasion was National Peace Day actvities at the school under the theme ‘Peace is the Way for a Better Day’.
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Terrelonge Wants Children To Be Taught Dispute Resolution At An Early Age

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, says children should be taught dispute resolution techniques in their formative years as part of measures to promote peace in the society. “Unless we can start to train our youth in conflict resolution and how to resolve issues and disputes without violence, then we will not see a change,” he...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, CD, MP
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Education Ministry Implements Emergency Alert System To Address Potential Corona Virus Threat

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has developed a three-tiered Education in Emergencies response system to alert schools and other public education institutions on the protocols to follow in public health emergencies. The Education in Emergencies (EiE) alert system is aimed at protecting children in conflict and natural disasters and includes strategies to improve preparedness and ensure children’s right...
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Senior Advisor at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Courtney Scott (left), observes as Chairman of Carlong Publishers (Caribbean) Limited, Shirley Carby (right), makes a point to Publishing Manager at the company, Sonia Bennett, at the media launch for the company’s 30th anniversary events, held yesterday (March 2), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.
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Carlong Publishers To Spend $4.1 Million To Support Early-Childhood Institutions

As part of its 30th anniversary celebrations, Carlong Publishers (Caribbean) Limited, will be spending more than $4.1 million to support early-childhood educational institutions. The publishing company will be doubling the number of early-childhood schools that it provides with operational support, along with beautification projects and a $250,000 book donation to the Jamaica Library Service (JLS). Under its theme for the...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (seated left), signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will see the Government partnering with the UWI Open Campus to provide training and research in the area of sexual harassment over the next three years. Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus, Dr. Luz Longsworth (seated, right), also signed the document. The ceremony took place at the UWI Regional Headquarters on February 28. Observing (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Culture Ministry, Denzil Thorpe; Senior Director, Gender Affairs, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Sharon Coburn Robinson; University Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, UWI Mona Campus, Professor Opal Palmer Adisa; and Head, Hugh Shearer Labour Studies Institute, UWI Open Campus, Danny Roberts.
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Government Partners With UWI For Research On Sexual Harassment

The Government will be partnering with the University of the West Indies (UWI), Open Campus, over the next three years, to provide training and research on sexual harassment in the workplace and related matters. Specifically, the collaboration is between the Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA), under the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, and the Hugh Shearer Labour Studies...
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Minister with responsibility for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), is being guided by Ship Director, Logos Hope, Pil-hun Park, during a tour of the floating book fair on Thursday (February 27), at the Carib Cement port in Kingston. The book fair will be open from February 27 to March 17.
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Jamaicans Invited To Visit Floating Book Fair In Kingston

The MV Logos Hope, the world’s largest floating book fair, now docked at the Carib Cement Company’s Port in Rockfort, Kingston, will be welcoming persons on board from February 27 to March 17. Patrons are invited to browse its selection of over 5,000 educational books and other resource material, which are on sale. Its operating times during the week are...
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