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

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...

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).

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

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.

Top CSEC Students in St. Catherine Receive Bursaries

(From left) Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Professor Dale Webber; Managing Director, Global Public Affairs, Jake Suski; Deputy Principal, UWI, Mona, Prof. Ian Boxill and Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Dr. Paul Aiken, examine a cake with the logo of the new Faculty of Engineering at the launch, on Wednesday (September 13), at Mona Visitors’ Lodge, in St. Andrew.

UWI Opens Faculty of Engineering

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.

CMU Opens Fact Centre September 19

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...

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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), converses with Southern Bureau Chief for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), Michael Kahane; and Caribbean Regional Director of the AHF, Dr. Kevin Harvey, at the Advancing Secondary Tertiary Remedial Education for Adolescent Mothers (A-STREAM) awards ceremony held on Tuesday (September 11) at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston.

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Forty-Eight Teen Parents Get Bursaries and Scholarships to Go Back to School

Forty-eight adolescent parents have received bursaries and scholarships valued at $2.32 million to assist with their reintegration into the formal education system. The awards, under the Advancing Secondary, Tertiary Remedial Education for Adolescent Mothers (A- STREAM) Programme administered by the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), include 44 bursaries worth $40,000 each to 40 teen mothers and four fathers enrolled...

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Minister Floyd Green Participates in European Union Visitors Programme

Minister of State in Jamaica's Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Floyd Green, is visiting Belgium and France this week to participate in the European Union Visitors Programme (EUVP) September 10 – 14, 2018. The EUVP is an individual study programme of the European Parliament and the European Commission that invites promising young leaders and opinion shapers from countries outside...

Captain of the Clarendon-based Dynamic Cadet Corps, Rene Level (right), with students and cadets who participated in the corps

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One Hundred Fifty-Two Students Better Equipped to Manage Conflicts and Behaviour Issues

One hundred and fifty-two students from 10 high schools across three parishes have returned to the education system better equipped to manage conflicts and disciplinary issues. The youngsters, from the parishes of St. Catherine, Clarendon and Trelawny attended a behaviour-modification camp over the summer, where they benefited from intervention to build their self-esteem and leadership skills and steer them away...

Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF) President, David Wan, speaks to JIS News.

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Business Leaders React to CXC Suggestion

Several business leaders have reacted to the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) suggestion that employers diversify employment requirements by also requesting qualifications outside of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC). The CXC’s proposal comes against the background of what the regional examination body’s Registrar, Glenroy Cumberbatch, notes is the thousands of students who have been failing CSEC. Small Business Association of...

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

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Gov’t Taking Steps to Make Adoption Easier

The Government is taking steps to amend the Children (Adoption of) Act with a view to making the adoption process in Jamaica less tedious and conform to international standards. Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, tells JIS News that the legislation, which was passed in 1958, is outdated. “A number of things...

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Literacy More than Reading and Writing – Senator Reid

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says literacy is more than reading and writing, noting that it is a tool for social and economic empowerment. "When citizens are literate, it places the country in a better position to address complex issues," Senator Reid said, adding that it enables individuals to respond in creative ways to...