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Brandon Bennett, student of Vauxhall Technical High School (centre), explains how the circuit which he helped to build works. The device was on display at Open Day held at the institution on Friday March 24.

Vauxhall High Host Open Day

The Industrial Arts Department of Vauxhall High School on Friday (March 24) hosted an Open Day to showcase the skills of secondary students preparing for careers in technical and vocational fields. The institution was supported by students from Kemps Hall,...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (third right) is pictured with from left, students of the Kingston Technical High School, Javier Grant and Javaughn Rose; Founder and Director of the Jamaican American Athletic Development (JAMAAD) Incorporated, Nicole Hoyen-Birch and Students of the Kingston Technical High School, Rayion Watson and Garfield O’Connor. They were at the launch of the Touchdown Project at the Overseas Examinations Commission in Kingston on March 23. Others in the background are from left: Education Officer for Physical Education in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Elton Johnson and Director of JAMAAD, Zachery Harding.

Touchdown Project Launched

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (2nd left), looks on as Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Masanori Nakano (2nd right) and Principal of the Hanover Educational Institute, Angela R. Haye, sign an agreement for the provision of grant funding for the building of a hospitality training facility on the grounds of the institute. The signing ceremony was held at the Ambassador’s Residence on Paddington Terrace on March 23. Looking on (at left) is Consultant, Ministry of Tourism, Dr. Lloyd Waller.

Japan Provides $10 Million for Hospitality Training Facility in Hanover

Acting Executive Director of the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Karlene Deslandes.

ECC Forms Partnership to Help Early-Childhood Schools

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), in discussion with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director, Maura Barry-Boyle (left) and Chairman of the Digicel Foundation, Jean Lowrie-Chin, during the handing over of the Enrichment Initiative to the Education Ministry on March 22 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston. The programme seeks to improve literacy in all primary schools.

Literacy Project Reaping Success

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Teachers Urged to Find Creative Ways to Teach Math

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is challenging teachers to find new and creative ways of teaching mathematics to students, including the incorporation of technology. “Don’t be afraid of technology; don’t feel, necessarily, that you are less of a person if you use the technology to aid the current process,” he said. Senator Reid was...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green. (FILE)

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Students Must be Guided to Choose Careers

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the job market has become very competitive and students should now be guided as it relates to careers they pursue. The Minister, who was speaking at the media launch of the MoBay City Run on March 21 at the Holiday Inn Hotel, St. James, said...

Knox Community College students pursuing the Associate of Science Degree in Architectural and Construction Technology show off their work - a model of their school (Knox Community College, Cobbla Campus in Manchester), during College Day held on March 15. The College has four campuses – Cobbla, Mandeville, Spaldings and May Pen.

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Students Attend College Day at Knox

Students from 40 schools in Central Jamaica attended the annual ‘College Day’ staged by Knox Community College, Cobbla Campus, in Manchester, on March 15. Held under the theme ‘Forging Forward: A New Horizon Beckons’, the Day featured guest speaker, Senior Lecturer and Head of the School of Allied Health and Wellness in the College of Health Sciences, University of Technology...

In this file photo, Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), is greeted by Pro-Chancellor of the Mico University College, Professor Neville Ying, at the launch of the University and College Leadership Training Programme (UCLTP), last year at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge and Conference Centre, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus.

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The Mico University to Launch Education Conversation Series

The Mico University College will launch ‘The Education Conversation Series’, on Thursday, March 23, under the distinguished patronage of Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen. In an interview with JIS News, Pro Chancellor and Chairman of the Mico Board, Professor Neville Ying, said the focus of the first conversation will be on the ‘Migration of Teachers:...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left) and Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Masanori Nakano (2nd right), display a symbolic cheque for a $10-million (US$82,214) grant which was presented to the Principal of Middleton Primary School in St. Thomas, Jennifer Crawford (2nd left), to construct a canteen at the institution. The money has been provided under the Japanese Government’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects. Sharing the moment is Middleton Primary student, Abigail Johnson.

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Principals Welcome Assistance from Japan

Administrators at the Highgate Primary and Junior High School in St. Mary and Middleton Primary School, St. Thomas, have welcomed the $24-million (US$195,817) grant funding from Japan for infrastructural works at their institutions. Highgate Primary will benefit from the construction of two new classrooms at a cost of $14 million (US$113,603) that will increase the institution’s complement to 13. Both...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (2nd left), gets a high-five from media personality, Christopher ‘Johnny’ Daley (right), after participating in a tug-o-war contest with students attending the finale of the Ministry’s Health Youth Positive Energy (HYPE) School Tour at the University of Technology (UTech) in St. Andrew on Friday (March 17). The event was staged in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information to promote healthy lifestyles in schools.

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Hundreds of Students Attend Hype Event

Hundreds of students from schools in Kingston, St. Andrew, St. Catherine and St. Thomas converged at the University of Technology (UTech) for Friday’s (March 17) Health Youth Positive Energy (HYPE) School Tour finale. The event, organised by the Ministry of Health, was a joint initiative undertaken with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, to promote healthy lifestyles in schools....

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

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HEART Merger to Expand Access to Training and Certification

Persons will be able to access training and be certified through a centralised system, with the merger of the HEART Trust/NTA, Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL) and the National Youth Service (NYS). Under the merger, slated to take effect on April 1 this year, operations of the JFLL and NYS are to be subsumed under the HEART Trust/NTA. This...