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Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information , Hon. Floyd Green
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information , Hon. Floyd Green

State Minister says Disabled Persons can be Agents of Change

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says disabled members of society can be agents of change. In his address, read by Acting Senior Director of Community Services at HEART Trust/NTA, Ronique Rhoden,...
State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (second left); Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (third left), and Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (fourth left), holding bags with bananas they received during the launch of the Jamaica Producers Group’s St. Mary Heritage Project, on Friday (December 14) at the company’s farm in Annotto Bay, St. Mary. Presenting the bags are Commercial Manager, JP Tropical Foods Limited, Tara Goulbourne (left) and Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Producers Group, Jeffrey Hall.
State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (second left); Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (third left), and Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (fourth left), holding bags with bananas they received during the launch of the Jamaica Producers Group’s St. Mary Heritage Project, on Friday (December 14) at the company’s farm in Annotto Bay, St. Mary. Presenting the bags are Commercial Manager, JP Tropical Foods Limited, Tara Goulbourne (left) and Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Producers Group, Jeffrey Hall.

Jamaica Producers Group Discounts Price of Bananas to Schools
President of the National Parent-Teacher Association of Jamaica (NPTAJ), Lennon Richards, addressing the National Parenting Support Commission’s ( NPSC) Parent Awards Ceremony held at the Montego Bay Riu Hotel in St. James, recently.
President of the National Parent-Teacher Association of Jamaica (NPTAJ), Lennon Richards, addressing the National Parenting Support Commission’s ( NPSC) Parent Awards Ceremony held at the Montego Bay Riu Hotel in St. James, recently.

Fathers Urged to Get More Involved in Children’s Education
Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna-Marie Rowe (left), presents samples of publications donated to the Mount Olive Youth Club in St. Andrew, to President, Allison Hughes. The donation included storybooks such as A Different Hurricane and Other Stories, Jamaican Folk Customs and Beliefs, Rhythms, What is Our National Heritage, Freedom Road, Free Villages, and Emancipation Tit Bits. The Club also received posters depicting the National Anthem, National Pledge, National Symbols, National Heroes and Heroine, Governors-General, Prime Ministers, and globally renowned cultural icon, Miss Lou.
Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna-Marie Rowe (left), presents samples of publications donated to the Mount Olive Youth Club in St. Andrew, to President, Allison Hughes. The donation included storybooks such as A Different Hurricane and Other Stories, Jamaican Folk Customs and Beliefs, Rhythms, What is Our National Heritage, Freedom Road, Free Villages, and Emancipation Tit Bits. The Club also received posters depicting the National Anthem, National Pledge, National Symbols, National Heroes and Heroine, Governors-General, Prime Ministers, and globally renowned cultural icon, Miss Lou.

JIS Donates Educational Material to Mount Olive Youth Club
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (third left) and Jamaica’s Consul General to New York, Trudy Deans (fourth left), with (from left), Children of Jamaica Outreach (COJO) 2018 awardees - Phillip Feurtado, CEO, Feurtado Shipping; Chairman, Rockhouse Hotel, Paul Salmon; Founder/ Managing Partner of Capital Markets and Finance, Gopal Burgher and Founder and Chairman of COJO, Gary Williams, at the 24th Annual Fundraising Scholarship Gala and awards ceremony, held on December 1 at the Hilton JFK Hotel in New York.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (third left) and Jamaica’s Consul General to New York, Trudy Deans (fourth left), with (from left), Children of Jamaica Outreach (COJO) 2018 awardees - Phillip Feurtado, CEO, Feurtado Shipping; Chairman, Rockhouse Hotel, Paul Salmon; Founder/ Managing Partner of Capital Markets and Finance, Gopal Burgher and Founder and Chairman of COJO, Gary Williams, at the 24th Annual Fundraising Scholarship Gala and awards ceremony, held on December 1 at the Hilton JFK Hotel in New York.

Education Minister Says Diaspora Poised to Play Dual Supporting Role

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Education Ministry Deploying More Social Workers to Schools

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will be increasing the number of social workers deployed to schools to assist administrators and teachers in addressing issues encountered, particularly disruptive student behaviour. This was disclosed by State Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, during the 2018/19 Lasco/Ministry of Education, Youth and Information Teacher and Principal of the Year Awards ceremony, held at The...
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Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean (left), gives details of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations to be held in 2019, as Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, displays one of the Cheetah PEP practice books, at the Ministry
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PEP Exams to be Conducted over a Five Day Period in 2019

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, has announced that the inaugural Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations will be conducted over five day period in 2019. “Based on suggestions that we got to move the Performance Task from December 4 and 5, we have now shifted the Performance Task, which will be held...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (second left) and State Minister in the Ministry, Floyd Green, peruse the new Cheetah Primary Exit Profile (PEP) text book at the Ministry
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Education Minister Explains PEP Mock Exam Results

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has explained the recent Primary Exit Profile (PEP) mock exam results. He is also calling on educators, parents, students and stakeholders of PEP to remain calm about the results they received, as they represent only a percentage of the total score students will receive after sitting the actual examinations...
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Deputy Chief Education Officer with responsibility for the Students Assessment Unit in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Terry-Ann Thomas-Gayle
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Placement Mechanism for PEP Same as GSAT

Manager, Student Assessment Unit in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Terry-Ann Thomas-Gayle, says the placement mechanism for students doing the new Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination will remain the same as the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT). She gave the assurance at the Ministry’s Quarterly Press Conference, which was held in the downtown Kingston offices on Thursday (December 6)....
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Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (left), converses with Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) Director General, Nari Williams-Singh, during Thursday’s (December 6) opening ceremony for the second annual two-day aviation seminar, at the Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston. Mr. Montague was the keynote speaker. The event is jointly hosted by the JCAA, Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ) and Aeronautical Telecommunications Limited (AEROTEL) under the theme ‘Air Transport as an Engine of Economic Development in Jamaica and the Caribbean’.
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Discussions Under Way for Aviation School in Jamaica

Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, says stakeholder discussions are under way for the establishment of a globally recognised aviation school in Jamaica. Mr. Montague advised that the consultations involve representatives of the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ), Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), and two overseas institutions. He...
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