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Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Managing Director, Omar Sweeney (centre), signs a contract for implementation of the $18-million Behaviour Modification Initiative/Community-based Behaviour Change Programme, at the agency’s head office in New Kingston on Tuesday (September 18). The initiative, which forms part of phase four of the European Union (EU)-funded Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP IV), aims to reduce deviant behaviour among at-risk youth, aged eight to 25, in volatile and vulnerable communities in five parishes, through a range of social services and interventions. Observing are representatives of two of the stakeholder partners (from left): Head, University of the West Indies Social Welfare Centre, Cerita Buchanan; and Executive Director, Family and Parenting Centre, Dr. Beverley Scott.

Behaviour Change Programme to Help at-Risk Youth

At-risk youth between eight and 25 years of age who reside in volatile and vulnerable communities in five parishes are to benefit from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) implementation of an $18-million behaviour change programme over the next eight...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), enteracts with students at Mineral Heights Primary School in Clarendon after a ceremony on Thursday (September 13) to officially hand over 12 new classrooms. Looking on (from left) are Principal of the school, Lanzeford Howell; and Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney. The new clarooms have facilitated the transition of the school from the shift system.

Mineral Heights Primary Taken Off Shift

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (second left), listens keenly to Programme Manager for the Transitional Living Programme for Children in State Care (TLP-CSC) project and Head of the Caribbean Child Development Centre (CCDC) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus, Ceceile Minott (left), during a tour of the Transitional Living Complex at 24 Lady Musgrave Road in Kingston on June 7. Also on the tour were Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage-Grey (second right) and Project Engineer for Surrey Paving and Aggregate Company Limited, Brandon Williams. The facility is scheduled to open on Tuesday (September 18).

Transition Complex for Former Wards of the State Opens Tuesday

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (centre), listens to Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), at the Choose Life International (CLI) World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) Seminar, held on Friday (September 14), at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston. At left is President and Founder of CLI, Dr. Donovan Thomas.

More Public Education Needed to Raise Awareness about Mental Health – Reid

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, speaks at the national technical and vocational education and training (TVET) Quality Awards ceremony for Secondary Schools, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on September 14.

Education Minister Highlights Importance of TVET

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), shares a light moment with Facebook Privacy and Public Policy Manager for Latin America, Paula Vargas, at a Regional Data Security Conference on September 13 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston.

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Education Management Information System Being Developed

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says an Education Management Information System (EMIS) is being developed that will provide a more detailed, data-driven profile of students. He said that the EMIS will be supported by information from the National Student Registration System (NSRS) implemented in 2010 to capture biographical and other data on all students entering...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid.

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Give PEP A Chance to Succeed – Education Minister

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is urging all stakeholders to come together to ensure the success of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP). He said it is important that the new assessment “is given the chance to succeed.” “This is a new system and there will inevitably be things to iron out. However, together we...

Assistant Superintendent of Police, Coleridge Minto, Director of the Safety and Security Unit of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (September 13).

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Safety and Security Unit of Education Ministry Gets Support of US$3 Million

The Safety and Security Unit of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has been boosted with a US$3 million support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), under the Ministry/USAID Partnership For Safe School project. Through the project, the Unit will increase the number of hand held metal detectors to 500, and walk through scanners to 30...

Custos of St. Catherine, Hon. Reverend Jeffrey McKenzie (fourth left, front row), with the 22 top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) students from the parish, who received bursaries worth $550, 000, at a ceremony held on September 13, at the Phillippo Baptist Church, in Spanish Town.

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Top CSEC Students in St. Catherine Receive Bursaries

Custos of St. Catherine, Hon. Reverend Jeffrey McKenzie, has awarded bursaries of $550,000 to 24 top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) students from the parish, with each receiving $25,000. Speaking at a presentation ceremony, held on September 12, at the Phillippo Baptist Church, in Spanish Town, the Custos praised the efforts of parents and teachers in helping the students to...

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UWI Opens Faculty of Engineering

The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, has opened a new Faculty of Engineering, with the hope of training more professionals to satisfy the growing demand of Jamaica’s booming construction and industrial sectors. The new faculty was launched on September 12 at the Mona’s Visitors’ Lodge in St. Andrew. Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Dr. Paul Aiken, said the university...

A fully outfitted laboratory at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) Festo Authorised and Certified Training (FACT) Centre for Mechatronics and Automation, which will be officially opened at the CMU’s Palisadoes Park campus on September 19.

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CMU Opens Fact Centre September 19

The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) will officially open its Festo Authorised and Certified Training (FACT) Centre for Mechatronics and Automation, at its Palisadoes Park Campus, on Wednesday, September 19. The facility, which is the largest FACT Centre in the world, will offer a multi-layered approach to training through the offering of a wide range of courses. It was built at...

Chief Executive Officer, Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage-Grey (left), shows a pamphlet on the National Plan of Action for an Integrated Response to Children and Violence to (from second left): Chairman, Children’s Advisory Panel, CPFSA, Matthew McHayle; Senior Director, Children’s Policy and Affairs in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hyacinth Blair; and Consultant, Dr. Elizabeth Ward, at a Stakeholder Information Session held at The Knutsford Court Hotel on Wednesday (September 12).

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CPFSA Hosts Information Session on National Action Plan

In response to the ongoing violence against children in Jamaica, the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) hosted its first Stakeholder Information Session on the National Plan of Action for an Integrated Response to Children and Violence, in Kingston on Wednesday (September 12). The National Plan of Action is part of Jamaica’s response to its commitment made to the...