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Chief Executive Officer of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Kaysia Kerr, addresses a recent Think Tank held at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) headquarters in Kingston.

Parents to Learn Effective Disciplinary Strategies

Parents and guardians are to benefit from two Parent Villages being staged by the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) this month, during which they will learn effective strategies to discipline their children. The villages, which are part of Parent Month...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (second right), listens as Opposition Senator, Dr. Floyd Morris (second left), reads a copy of the Disabilities Act written in Braille. They were at the launch of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD) public education campaign which aims to promote awareness on disability-related matters, the functions of the agency, and the Disabilities Act. The launch was held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, today (November 9). Others (from left) are Member of the Board of Management for JCPD, Alister McLean; Executive Director of the JCPD, Christine Hendricks and Chairman of the Board of Management, JCPD, Dr. Patricia Holness.

JCPD Launches Public Education Campaign

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), speaking with students at Ardenne High School during a motivational and empowerment session at the St. Andrew-based institution on Wednesday (November 8).

Youth Minister Invites Applications for Charge Up Grants

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), presents a scholarship award to fourth-year medical student at the University of the West Indies, Mona Chedukia Langley, at the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education’s (PATH) 15th anniversary scholarship awards ceremony held at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge in St. Andrew On October 27.

PATH Scholarship Comes at Right Time for Medical Student

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (second right), gives a smile of encouragement to student at the Regent Street Seventh-day Adventist Early Childhood Development Centre, Daquan Brown, as they complete a colouring activity. Occasion was the launch of a volunteer project competition geared towards assisting early-childhood institutions to meet the 12 required standards for Early Childhood Commission (ECC) certification at the Regent Street Seventh-day Adventist Early Childhood Development Centre in Kingston on Thursday (November 2). Others (from left) are student, Natalia Newlands; Principal, Regent Street Seventh-day Adventist Early Childhood Development Centre, Hyacinth Scarlett; and Corporate Communications Manager, Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority, Ava Marie Ingram.

NYS Launches Volunteer Project Competition for Upgrading of Basic Schools

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Lauriston and Thompson Pen 4-H Hailed as Model Club

The Lauriston and Thompson Pen (L&T) Community 4-H Club is being lauded as a model for transforming communities, through its training activities and creating opportunities for entrepreneurship. The 20-year-old entity, which is the Jamaica 4-H Clubs’ largest and most active community group, staged its 10th Annual Stew Festival on Saturday (Nov. 4), its grandest event yet. The street-side festival, which...

8 years ago EducationYouth

Eltham High to Open New Classroom Block in January

Come January 2018, the Eltham High School is expected to open its new classroom block, which is currently under construction at a cost of $75 million. Interim Principal of the Spanish Town-based school, Ricardo Bennett, said the expansion project will provide much-needed classroom space to better serve the approximately 1,800 students enrolled. “It gives the students more space. It gives...

8 years ago EducationInformationSocial SecurityYouth

Deputy Chief Education Officer Urges Jamaicans to Do More to Protect Children From Abuse

Deputy Chief Education Officer, at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Lena Buckle Scott is encouraging Jamaicans to do more to protect the nation’s children from incidents of abuse. She noted that parents and other stakeholders should be sensitised on how to report suspected cases. “We have to make coordinated efforts to help protect the children who are at...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), signs a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Public-Private Sector Partnership in Education Committee at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (November 2). The five-year agreement aims to establish an institutional framework and strategies to better align the education and training sector to meet labour market needs. Looking on are Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Dennis Chung (left); and Director of Planning in the Ministry, Barbara Allen.

8 years ago EducationInformationLabourYouth

MOU to Better Align Education and Training with Labour Market Needs

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and the Public-Private Sector Partnership in Education Committee have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that seeks to better align education and training to meet the needs of the labour market. With youth unemployment at an estimated 30 per cent, the Government is taking a targeted focus on human capital development through education...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left) conversing with President, Jamaica Student Council Association, Antonette Dennis (centre); and Custos of St. Andrew and Co-Chair, Kingston and St. Andrew Development and Homecoming Foundation, Patricia Dunwell. Occasion was the official launch of the Student Motivational and Empowerment Programme at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on November 2.

8 years ago EducationInformationYouth

Student Motivational Programme Launched

The Student Motivational and Empowerment Programme, aimed at inspiring students to achieve their full potential and contribute to national development, was launched on Thursday (November 2) at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston. An initiative of the Kingston and St. Andrew Development and Homecoming Foundation, the programme seeks to motivate and empower high-school students in pursuing peace, excellence, discipline,...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right) is in conversation with Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Kaysia Kerr, pictured in conversation during the media launch of National Parent Month 2017 on Wednesday, November 1 at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston.

8 years ago EducationInformationYouth

Work of Parenting Support Commission Key in addressing Crime – Senator Reid

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the Government, through the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), is committed to providing parents with the necessary training and support to raise their children, as a first line of defence against crime. “It is no longer the Ministry of National Security (only) that is really going to arrest...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. (FILE)

8 years ago EducationInformation

Town Hall Meetings to be Held about PEP

Beginning November 13, the Government will convene town hall meetings across the island in preparation for the roll-out of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) in 2019. Scheduled to run until January 21 next year, the meetings will serve to heighten public awareness of the initiative, which is a new assessment of students at the primary level that will replace the...