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

Merger of Training Agencies will not Affect Programmes

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is assuring that no programmes will be cut when the country’s three training agencies are merged. Instead, he noted that there will be an expansion and strengthening of the...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (3rd left back) with the 21 graduates of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) Culinary Skills Training Programme. The TPDCo spare headed initiative aims to upgrade the skills of new and existing entrepreneurs in the field of gastronomy. The graduation ceremony was held on March 1 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. Others pictured from (2nd left back) are Minister of Education, Youth and Information Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid and Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.

21 Persons Graduate from TPDCo Programme

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

Innovative Workforce the Way Forward

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), touches a statue of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, which is mounted at the Hydel Group of Schools in St. Catherine. The occasion was the annual Marcus Garvey Symposium held at the institution on Tuesday, February 28. Looking on (from left) are Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) President and Chairman of Hydel’s Garvey Studies Department, Steven Golding, and the institution’s Founding President, Hyacinth Bennett.

Green Hails Partnership for Teaching of Garveyism at Hydel

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), observes while Executive Director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), Dr. Fritz Pinnock (centre) and Managing Director of Agrocaelum Limited, Kirk Harris (right), sign an agreement for the establishment of an Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) training programme at the Institute. The event was held at the Petroleum Corporation (PCJ), in St. Andrew, recently.

Drone Pilots to be Trained at CMI

Early Childhood Commission (ECC) Chair, Trisha Williams-Singh (left), and Acting Executive Director, ECC, Karlene Degrasse-Deslandes, engage in discussion on sector developments.

9 years ago Education

Early Childhood Commission Looking to Certify 300 Schools by 2019

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) is deepening its engagement with existing partners and targeting new ones, as it seeks to certify approximately 300 basic schools by 2019. One hundred institutions, with an enrolment of approximately 5,000 children, are being targeted under the initial certification phase, which commenced last September and is scheduled for completion in August 2017. Board Chair, Trisha...

Student at the St. Andrew-based Merl Grove High School, Javene Whyte (left) reasons with her schoolmates while at the recent launch of the National School Garden Programme, held at the Mocho Primary School, in Clarendon.

9 years ago Education

Students Welcome Renewed Thrust in Agriculture

A number of students and officials are hailing the renewed thrust of agriculture in schools, with the relaunch of the National School Garden Programme in November. The Programme seeks to demonstrate the importance of agriculture to students, while boosting the provision of breakfast in educational institutions across the island. Some 196 schools have been selected for the first phase of...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), converses with founder of the James and Friends Educational Programme (JFEP), Otis James, during a recent dinner at Moby’s Family and Recreation Centre in May Pen, Clarendon.

9 years ago Education

Otis James – Philanthropist Extraordinaire

Praises have been heaped on Clarendon native, Otis James, for his dedication to empowering youngsters in the parish with educational opportunities, and providing support to parents in need of assistance. For more than 12 years, Mr. James, through his James and Friends Educational Programme (JFEP), has been providing scholarships to secondary and tertiary students, as well as children in primary...

Minister of Education, Youth, and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid addressing Friday’s (February 24) sitting of the Senate.

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Senate Approves Bill for CMI to Become a University

The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) will now gain university status, following the passage of legislation in both Houses of Parliament to effect this. The Senate on Friday (February 24) approved the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) Bill 2017, with 26 amendments. It will repeal the Caribbean Maritime Institute Act, under which the institution operates. In piloting the legislation, Minister of Education...

9 years ago Education

Government to Award 10 Scholarships to Chinese Students

The Government will be awarding 10 scholarships to students from the People’s Republic of China to study locally at the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI). This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, while opening the debate on the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) Bill 2017, at today’s (February 24) sitting of the Senate. The...

Director of Production, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Enthrose Campbell, acknowledges a student wanting to answer her question at Mona High School’s recently held Career Day.

9 years ago EducationVision 2030

Schools Report Successful Staging of Career Week Activities

A number of schools around Jamaica are reporting a successful staging of National Career Week activities at their institutions under the theme: ‘Expanding Horizons for Vision 2030’. Students at all levels in the six regions of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information (MOEYI) participated in the seventh staging of National Careers Week from February 11 to 17. Organized in...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (left), assists in displaying a cheque valued at $310 million, donated to the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), by the Universal Service Fund (USF), on Thursday (February 23). The Institution was presented with the cheque during a function held at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) offices on Trafalgar Road, new Kingston. The funds will go towards advancing the Institution’s training in logistics and other areas. Others pictured from second left are: Executive Director for the CMI, Dr. Fritz Pinnock, Chairman of the USF, Robert Lawrence, and Chief Executive Officer of the USF, Suzette Buchanan

9 years ago Education

USF Provides $310 Million in Funding to the CMI

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Thursday (February 23) between the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) and the Universal Service Fund (USF) for the provision of $310 million in grant funding to the institution. The agreement will cover the establishment of a National Maritime Port Operations Simulator Training Centre, a multipurpose laboratory to form a Regional Training Centre and...