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Deputy Commissioner of Police, Novelette Grant, speaks at the Acts of Random Kindness (ARK) project launch, at the Police Commissioner’s offices last November.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Novelette Grant, speaks at the Acts of Random Kindness (ARK) project launch, at the Police Commissioner’s offices last November.

JCF Partners with Radio Station to Push ARK Project

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has partnered with the Northern Caribbean University-owned radio station, NCU FM, to do school tours across the island to sensitise students, teachers and communities about the Acts of Random Kindness (ARK) project. The initiative, which...
Psychology lecturer in the Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies, University of Technology (UTech), Henry Lewis (left), speaks with Advisor to ththis year’s Tag Drive, an annual fundraising event put on by the Students’ Union.
Psychology lecturer in the Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies, University of Technology (UTech), Henry Lewis (left), speaks with Advisor to ththis year’s Tag Drive, an annual fundraising event put on by the Students’ Union.

UTech Students’ Union Stages Annual Tag Drive
State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Floyd Green.
State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Floyd Green.

Renovated Muirton Child Care Facility in Portland Reopens
Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney (right, presents grade-six student at Lethe Primary in St. James, Dontay Scott, with the first-place trophy in the individual performance category of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP) School Science Quiz Competition. Looking on is media personality and master of ceremonies, Dahlia Harris. The award ceremony was held on Wednesday, February 21 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.
Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney (right, presents grade-six student at Lethe Primary in St. James, Dontay Scott, with the first-place trophy in the individual performance category of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP) School Science Quiz Competition. Looking on is media personality and master of ceremonies, Dahlia Harris. The award ceremony was held on Wednesday, February 21 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

Boys Outdo Girls in JSIF Science Quiz
Education Officer for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s Region IV, Stokely Reid, addresses male students at a one-day conference for teenage schoolboys staged by the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Open Campus in Montego Bay, held on February 21 at the Grandiosa Hotel in the Second City.
Education Officer for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s Region IV, Stokely Reid, addresses male students at a one-day conference for teenage schoolboys staged by the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Open Campus in Montego Bay, held on February 21 at the Grandiosa Hotel in the Second City.

Young Males Urged to Focus on Positives

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Minister of Education, Youth and Information.
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Grade-Five Students to Do PEP Mock Exams in June

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has announced that grade-five students will sit the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) grade-six mock examinations in June. In an interview with JIS News, Senator Reid said all the necessary arrangements have already been made for students islandwide to sit the examinations, of which they will be the first cohort...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.
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Ministries of Education and Culture Collaborate to Stage Jamaica Day 2018

Schools island-wide will be engaged in a number of activities to highlight the theme, share Jamaica’s culture and enhance the experience of students as citizens of Jamaica. The feature school for this year’s observance is Munro College in St. Elizabeth where the Culture Division team from the Ministry of Culture will extensively promote its Culture Passport programme that allow students...
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Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Luisa Gutiérrez (fifth left) and her husband, Luis Felipe Bellorin (fourth left), with new students and staff of the Venezuelan Institute, following a ceremony held on February 19 at the Institute, 24 Windsor Avenue, Kingston, to welcome new candidates.
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New Applicants Begin Spanish Programme at Venezuelan Institute

Forty-two Jamaicans have started a two-year Spanish programme at the Venezuelan Institute. The Institute, located at 24 Windsor Avenue in Kingston, offers complimentary Spanish and guitar classes for children and adults. Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Luisa Gutiérrez, welcomed the new students at a ceremony held on February 19 at the Institute. The students...
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Chairman of the Jamaica Day Planning Committee and Senior Education Officer at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Marlon Williams, giving an overview of Jamaica Day at the launch recently.
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Thousands of Students to Celebrate Jamaica Day Feb. 23

Thousands of students from educational institutions across Jamaica will celebrate Jamaica Day on Friday, February 23. Senior Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and Chairman of the Jamaica Day Planning Committee, Marlon Williams, told JIS News that Jamaica Day 2018 will be observed under the theme ‘Celebrating Jamaica: Nurturing our Natural and Cultural Heritage’. “Every year...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), interacts with students and teachers at the St. Michael’s Primary School in Kingston, where The Department of Correctional Services handed over desks and chairs recently.
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State Minister Says Inmates Deserve a Chance

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says inmates in the penal system deserve a chance to make positive contributions to the society. He was speaking recently at the St. Michael’s Primary School in Kingston, where The Department of Correctional Services handed over desks and chairs to the institution that were made...
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C3 Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses the welcome dinner for international delegates participating in the National Careers Week and Skills Competition at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on February 19.
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HEART Commended for Preparing Jamaicans for Technical Jobs

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has commended the HEART Trust/NTA for preparing Jamaicans for existing and emerging technical jobs, through diversification of its programme offerings. Speaking at a welcome dinner for international delegates participating in the National Careers Week (NCW) and Skills Competition at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on February 19,...
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