The Hazard Skills Training Centre in Clarendon, which provides certification for residents in collaboration with the Heart Trust /NTA, now has a new, more spacious home on the compound of the McLaren Engineering Company in Palmers Cross in the parish. McLaren Engineering, which is a family-operated establishment, offered the space for lease for 100 years at a cost of $1....

Jamaica and the Caribbean’s premier public-sector training and leadership development organisation, the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), now has a Repository of Public Sector Publications and Research. Recently launched at the agency’s head office on Old Hope Road, St. Andrew, the repository seeks to promote the use of aggregate data in an organised manner, therefore making information more accessible....

State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, says the Government is seeking to establish a national programme aimed at showcasing and marketing final products and services of creative industry practitioners. This, he said, will also focus on unearthing new talent, and will be part of the Government’s thrust to create a culture and...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has called on unattached youth living in Zones of Special Operations (ZOSOs) to register for skills-based programmes the Government is offering. Speaking with young people during a tour of the ZOSO in Denham Town, Kingston, to “ascertain the ZOSO’s effect on children, students and youth in the area”, Mr....

The National Education Inspectorate (NEI) 2017 Report has revealed that there are improvements across all eight indicators of school effectiveness in the 189 institutions inspected. Of the 189 schools inspected by NEI personnel during the last academic year, 147 were primary while 42 were secondary. Within these schools, the team observed 10,000 lessons, administered 12,000 questionnaires, conducted 1,200 interviews, and...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Child Diversion Bill will contribute to the strengthening of the nation’s childcare and protection system. “What the Bill really does is to continue to strengthen our approach in relation to how we treat with children in our nation and in ensuring that we put the...

President of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Professor Fritz Pinnock, says a special economic zone (SEZ) would be created at the proposed St. Thomas campus of the university. The President told JIS News that the institution has positioned itself to facilitate training where development is taking place, and that as the university seeks to set up a campus in the...