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Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (centre), emphasises a point at a press conference at his Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on May 1. Others looking on are Senior Advisor to the Minister, Sharon Hay-Webster and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dean-Roy Bernard.

Assistance for Students Preparing for CSEC Exams

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is collaborating with One-on-One Educational Services Ltd. to assist students in their preparation for the upcoming Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. Based in Kingston, One-on-One provides personalised educational services and e-learning solutions...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (fourth left), with Olivia Leigh Campbell, of Sutherland Global, and senior members of staff of Community Colleges, at the Career and Information Fair, held at Knox Community College’s Mandeville Campus in Manchester, on April 26.

Education Must Cater to Industry – Green

Minister of Education,Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses the Senate on April 28.

School Violence Trending Down

Minister of Energy, Science and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley.

Girls Create Innovations to Address Social Issues

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (2nd left), enjoys a light moment with (from left): Project Leader, Junior Achievement Company of Entrepreneurs (JACE) Secondary Early Entrepreneurial Development (SEED) Programme, Yanique Taylor; United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Director of the Office of Citizen Security, Andrew Colburn; and Executive Director, Junior Achievement Jamaica, Alphie Mullings-Aiken. Occasion was the launch of the JACE/SEED initiative at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston Thursday (April 27).

Grade-Nine Students to Learn Entrepreneurship

9 years ago Education

Government to Take Over Private Early Childhood Institutions

The Government will be moving to convert private early childhood institutions to publicly run facilities. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, who said the process is slated to begin in September this year, with the conversion of the Jamaica House Infant School. The Minister was speaking at an awards function for...

9 years ago Education

400 More Trained Teachers for Early Childhood Sector

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will be placing an additional 400 trained teachers in basic schools and infant departments as part of measures to strengthen early-childhood education. State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green, said the initiative will be done through the Housing, Opportunity, Prosperity, Employment (HOPE) programme. “These are trained teachers, who will be assigned throughout...

Therapedic Caribbean Company Limited Director, Aswad Morgan.

9 years ago Education

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 in the Upper House by Government Senator Don Wehby. He was responding to a suggestion from Opposition Senator, Wensworth Skeffery,...

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.

9 years ago EducationYouth

Children with Autism to Show off Talent at Concert

Children with autism and other developmental disabilities will show off their talents in the performing arts at an Autism Awareness Month concert at Emancipation Park, New Kingston on May 6. The event, to get under way at 4:00 pm, will culminate activities for Autism Awareness Month, which is being observed globally in April. The concert was originally scheduled for April...

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.

9 years ago Education

Students Urged to Write Plan for Goals

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, is encouraging high-school and tertiary students to write a plan for their goals, to expand their horizons and to believe in themselves. Delivering the keynote address at a career symposium for the Career Advancement Programme (CAP) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) students at St. Elizabeth...

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.

9 years ago Education

Montego Bay to Host Third Caribbean TVET Conference

The Third International Conference on Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the Caribbean will be held from May 10 to 12 at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, St. James. The conference, themed ‘TVET for Sustainable Regional Development’, will be attended by local, regional and international officials of key government ministries and agencies as well...

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).

9 years ago Education

$70M Expansion for Stimulation Plus Childhood Centre

Students and staff at the Stimulation-Plus Early Childhood Development Centre (STIM-PLUS) will benefit from a $70-million expansion of its facilities that is slated for completion by the end of 2017. Ground was broken on Tuesday, April 25, at the facility’s Ostend Close premises in Rockfort, Eastern Kingston, for the construction of seven classrooms, bathrooms, physiotherapy rooms, administrative offices, a sickbay...