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National Career Awareness Week Slated for February 9-14

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information in collaboration with the HEART/NSTA Trust, Junior Achievement Jamaica and CHOICES, will host National Career Awareness Week 2025 from February 9-14 under the theme: ‘Career Success through Self Development’. This annual observance...
Acting Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Terry-Ann Thomas Gayle, delivers greetings on behalf of Portfolio Minister, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon. during Sunday’s (February 9) National Careers Awareness Week Church Service. The service was held at Meadowbrook United Church in St. Andrew under the theme: ‘Career Success through Self Development’.
Acting Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Terry-Ann Thomas Gayle, delivers greetings on behalf of Portfolio Minister, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon. during Sunday’s (February 9) National Careers Awareness Week Church Service. The service was held at Meadowbrook United Church in St. Andrew under the theme: ‘Career Success through Self Development’.

PHOTOS: National Careers Awareness Week Church Service
An Early Childhood Commission (ECC) flyer promoting February as Play Month.
An Early Childhood Commission (ECC) flyer promoting February as Play Month.

Stakeholders Identify Hopscotch Game as Pivotal Tool in Children’s Skills Development
Acting Director, Restorative Justice Branch, Social Justice Division, Ministry of Justice, Sheron Betancourt.
Acting Director, Restorative Justice Branch, Social Justice Division, Ministry of Justice, Sheron Betancourt.

More Than 12,000 Students Benefit From Restorative Justice Training
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, pays tribute during Saturday’s (February 8) Thanksgiving Service for late Jessie Ripoll Primary School Principal, O’Neil Stevens, and wife, Camesha Lindsay-Stevens, at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity in Kingston.
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, pays tribute during Saturday’s (February 8) Thanksgiving Service for late Jessie Ripoll Primary School Principal, O’Neil Stevens, and wife, Camesha Lindsay-Stevens, at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity in Kingston.

Education Minister Pays Heartfelt Tribute During Service for Late Jessie Ripoll Primary School Principal and Wife

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National Career Awareness Week Slated for February 9-14

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information in collaboration with the HEART/NSTA Trust, Junior Achievement Jamaica and CHOICES, will host National Career Awareness Week 2025 from February 9-14 under the theme: ‘Career Success through Self Development’. This annual observance aims to empower students at all levels to make informed career choices and enhance their future through education, entrepreneurship and...
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Director for the Victim Services Branch (VSB) in the Ministry of Justice, Dr. Nesta Haye, stands alongside Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, as he addresses students of the Oberlin High School ahead of a balloon release at Hope Gardens in St. Andrew on Thursday (February 6). The exercise was part of a resocialisation intervention held for children who have encountered traumatic experiences.
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VSB to Host Interventions for Children Experiencing Trauma

The Victim Services Branch (VSB) in the Ministry of Justice’s Social Justice Division is looking to undertake several resocialisation interventions this year, targetting children who have experienced trauma. The Cultural Resocialisation Intervention Project (CRIP) provides therapeutic healing for children through cultural resensitisation, cognitive restructuring, behaviour modification and the teaching of coping skills. The first intervention of the year was held...
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Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, interacts with students of Swallowfield Primary and Infant School, prior to the start of a symbolic march from the Ministry at National Heroes Circle to the office of the National Education Trust (NET) at the Caenwood Centre in Kingston on Thursday (February 6). The occasion was NET’s 15th anniversary launch.
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NET Commended for 15 Years of Pivotal Service to Education

As the National Education Trust (NET) celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, is commending the entity for its critical role in advancing Jamaica’s education sector. This, she notes, through infrastructure development; scholarships; grants; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) expansion; technology integration; sustainable initiatives and strategic...
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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe (second left), and Executive Director of the National Education Trust (NET), Latoya Harris-Ghartey (third right), share a photo opportunity with Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuhiro Atsumi (right), and the Principals of schools that will be receiving buses under Government of Japan’s Grassroots Human Security Project. The Principals are (from left) Bustamante High School, Wayne Evans; Port Antonio Primary School, Kennecha Davis-Williams; and Rest Primary and Infant School, Dr. Sandra Smith. The occasion was a grant signing ceremony on Wednesday (February 5) at the Education Ministry in Kingston.
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Gov’t of Japan Providing School Buses for Three Institutions

Three schools in rural Jamaica have expressed gratitude to the Japanese Embassy, following the signing of grant agreements on Wednesday (February 5) to purchase much-needed school buses. The funds, totalling $28.8 million, will facilitate the acquisition of two 29-seater Toyota Coaster buses and one 15-seater bus for the institutions under the Government of Japan’s Grassroots Human Security Project. The beneficiaries...
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Three Schools to Get Buses from Japan

The Embassy of Japan has signed three grant contracts amounting to $28.8 million, to purchase school buses for Rest Primary and Infant and Bustamante High Schools in Clarendon, and Port Antonio Primary School in Portland. Two 29-seater Toyota Coaster buses and one 15-seater bus will be purchased with the money, under the Government of Japan’s Grassroots Human Security Project. The...
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CMU Campus to Be Fully Solarised by August

The main campus of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) at Palisadoes Park, Kingston, is to be fully solarised by August 2025. CMU President, Professor Andrew Spencer, who made the disclosure at a recent JIS Think Tank, explained that the project will include the construction of solar photovoltaic (PV) carport power plants, solar PV rooftop power plants and electrical vehicle (EV)...
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Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon (seated second row, fourth from right), and Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Chen Daojiang (seated second row, fourth from left), are surrounded by members of the Chinese community and students and staff from Albion Primary and Mount Salem Primary and Infant schools in St. James. Occasion was a ceremony for the handover of 11 tablets to the schools by the Jamaica China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification, at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in Sam Sharpe Square on Monday, February 3.
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Chinese Community Donates 11 Tablets to Two Primary Schools in Montego Bay

Albion Primary and Mount Salem Primary and Infant schools in St. James have received a donation of tablet computers from the Chinese community in Jamaica. Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Chen Daojiang, made the presentations on Monday (February 3), on behalf of the Jamaica China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification, at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre...
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