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Therapedic Caribbean Company Limited Director, Aswad Morgan.
Therapedic Caribbean Company Limited Director, Aswad Morgan.

Private-Sector Support for Social Bonds to Fund Tertiary Education

As the Government pursues partnerships to fund tertiary education, a suggestion for the utilisation of social impact bonds in this undertaking is being supported by members of the private sector. Social impact bonds, which are largely private-sector-driven, were recently proposed...
Professor of Child Health, Child Development and Behaviour at the University of the West Indies (UWI), and Patron of the Autism Support Association, Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughan, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.
Professor of Child Health, Child Development and Behaviour at the University of the West Indies (UWI), and Patron of the Autism Support Association, Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughan, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

Children with Autism to Show off Talent at Concert
State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), listens to a question from one of the students who attended the CAP and CAPE symposium, held at St. Elizabeth Technical High School in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth, on April 26.
State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), listens to a question from one of the students who attended the CAP and CAPE symposium, held at St. Elizabeth Technical High School in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth, on April 26.

Students Urged to Write Plan for Goals
Chairman of the Third Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the Caribbean, Professor Halden Morris, addressing Wednesday’s press launch at the University of the West Indies’ Mona Campus in St. Andrew on Wednesday, April 26. At left is Education Programme Specialist, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Dr. Claude Akpabie.
Chairman of the Third Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the Caribbean, Professor Halden Morris, addressing Wednesday’s press launch at the University of the West Indies’ Mona Campus in St. Andrew on Wednesday, April 26. At left is Education Programme Specialist, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Dr. Claude Akpabie.

Montego Bay to Host Third Caribbean TVET Conference
Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), escorts a student of the Stimulation- Plus Early Childhood Development Centre in Rockfort, Kingston, to the site of the facility’s expansion project, for which ground was broken during a ceremony on Tuesday, April 25. Accompanying her are Director of the Early Stimulation Programme, Antonica Gunter Gayle (left); Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Colette Roberts Risden (2nd left); and Councillor for the Springfield Division in Eastern Kingston, were the Centre is located, Lorraine Dobson (right).
Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), escorts a student of the Stimulation- Plus Early Childhood Development Centre in Rockfort, Kingston, to the site of the facility’s expansion project, for which ground was broken during a ceremony on Tuesday, April 25. Accompanying her are Director of the Early Stimulation Programme, Antonica Gunter Gayle (left); Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Colette Roberts Risden (2nd left); and Councillor for the Springfield Division in Eastern Kingston, were the Centre is located, Lorraine Dobson (right).

$70M Expansion for Stimulation Plus Childhood Centre

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Early Childhood Commission (ECC) Inspector, Marlene Turner (right), attends to participants registering for the ECC’s Region Two Certification Fair in Buff Bay, Portland, in October 2016.
Education

ECC to Host Early Childhood Certification Fair in St. Catherine

The Jamaica Early Childhood Curriculum will be the central focus of a Regional Certification Fair scheduled for the Cedar Grove Academy in Portmore, St. Catherine, on Friday, April 28. The event, being organised by the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), is slated to get under way at 9:00 a.m. with an opening ceremony scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Acting Executive Director of...
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Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (2nd right), and Managing Director of Make Your Mark Consultants, Jacqueline Coke-Lloyd (right), are shown displays mounted at the booth of technology firm, Iprint Digital, by Sales Manager, Sophia Somers Williams (2nd left). Looking on is the entity’s Sales Administrator, Monique Blake. The occasion was the opening day of the eighth annual two-day Make Your Mark Consultants Middle Managers’ Conference, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday, April 25.
Education

Middle Managers Encouraged to Become Transformational Leaders

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is encouraging middle managers to become transformational leaders within their organisations by supporting their entities’ ultimate vision. “You must find out where senior management or owners want to take the organisation and how you, as an individual middle manager, can help in that process,” he said. The Minister was addressing...
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Students Encouraged to Participate in COTA Essay Competition

Secondary Students are being encouraged to participate in the Caribbean Organisation of Tax Administrators (COTA)/Tax Administration Jamaica, Fifth Regional Essay Competition. It is open to students between the ages of 14 and 15 years, who are required to construct an essay around the topic ‘If I were the Head of my Country’s Tax Administration, what would I do to increase...
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Education

Education Ministry Promotes Healthy Lifestyle Habits

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the Ministry will continue to do its part in educating parents to ensure that their children practise healthy lifestyle habits. Addressing the 23rd Annual International Diabetes Outreach Conference at the Jewels Runaway Beach and Golf Resort, St. Ann, on April 20, Senator Reid said the Ministry is very...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), breaks ground for the Olympic Gardens Infant School yesterday (April 25). Others participating (from left) are Chairperson of the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Trisha Williams-Singh; Chairman of the National Education Trust (NET), Nicholas Scott; Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid; the People’s Republic of China Ambassador to Jamaica, NIU Qingbao; State Minister in the Education, Youth and Information Ministry, Floyd Green, and Councillor-Caretaker of the Molynes Division, Glendon Salmon.
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Prime Minister Breaks Ground for Early-Childhood Institution

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, broke ground yesterday (April 25) for the construction of an early-childhood institution in his West Central St. Andrew constituency. Under a grant-funded project by the Government of China worth J$803 million (CNY43.12 million), two schools are to be constructed – the Olympic Gardens Infant School in St. Andrew and the Morant Estate Infant...
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Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology at The Mico University College, Dr. Albert Benjamin, addressing a recent JIS Think Tank.
Education

Education Offers Solution to Crime

Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology at The Mico University College, Dr. Albert Benjamin, has cited education as one of the most critical elements in addressing crime in Jamaica. He noted that education shapes values and attitudes and transforms lives, and research has shown a correlation between high levels of education and low crime rate. “We must have...
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