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Director in the Department of Community Services and Development at University of Technology, Paulton Gordon (centre) and Community Case Management Officer at the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) Angella Harris (left) listen as Coordinator of the football derby and Community Advocate Keith ‘Tess’ Henry shares an idea with them.

August Town Residents Benefit from Wellness Fest

Residents of August Town have expressed appreciation to the University of Technology (UTech) and its partners for hosting a Wellness Fest aimed at strengthening the social and economic fabric of the community. At the event, community members were engaged through...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses the launch of National Mathematics Week and the presentation of the Mathematics Teacher of the Year award at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge and Conference Centre yesterday (March 6).

Ministry Intensifies Measures to Improve CSEC Maths Passes

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (3rd left), presents the Mathematics Teacher of the Year trophy to teacher of Crescent Primary School in St. Catherine, Neisha Grant Lawrence (3rd right). The presentation was made at the launch of Mathematics Week at the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Mona Visitors’ Lodge on March 6. Sharing the moment (from left) are National Mathematics Coordinator at the Education Ministry, Dr. Tamika Benjamin; Senior Manager, Learning Development Culture, Jamaica National Group, Dr. Renée Rattray; Vice President, Insurance Association of Jamaica and Chief Executive Officer, National Commercial Bank Insurance Company, Vernon James; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dean Roy Bernard.

Crescent Primary Educator is Mathematics Teacher of the Year

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (fourth left), officially launches the Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Master’s Degree Programme at the University of Technology (UTech) on March 2 at the university’s Papine campus. Others (from left) are Chargé d’Affaires at the German Embassy, Michael Dumke; Dean, Faculty of the Built Environment at UTech, Dr. Garfield Young; President of UTech, Professor Stephen Vasciannie; UTech’s Sustainable Energy Head, Dr. Ruth Potopsingh; Manager, Energy, CARICOM Secretariat, Dr. Devon Gardner, and Representative from the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) in the Dominican Republic, Anya Shwerwin.

UTECH Offers Master’s Degree in Sustainable Energy

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles, Jr. (FILE)

Inmates to Benefit From MOU to be Signed by Security Ministry and JFLL

9 years ago Education

Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education Week from March 6-10

The University Council of Jamaica (UCJ) will be observing the 12th annual Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education Week from March 6-10 under the theme ‘Enhancing and Sustaining a Quality Culture: Preparing for Institutional Accreditation’. Executive Director of the UCJ, Althea Heron, said the week will highlight the role of the Council as the national External Quality Assurance Agency for tertiary...

Region Three Director in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Karlene Segre, addresses the launch of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Regional Workforce Development Programme at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James on Thursday, March 2.

9 years ago Education

USAID-Funded Skills Training and Employment Programme to Benefit At-Risk Youth

Jamaica is among three countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region that are benefiting from a Regional Workforce Development Programme (RWDP) aimed at boosting skills training and employment for at-risk youth. The programme is being implemented over five years through US$35 million in funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The objective is to provide the...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), listens to Professor the Hon. Errol Morrison, on the final day of a two-day international conference on Educational Leadership and Management, at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, on March 3.

9 years ago Education

More Help for PATH Students

Students on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) will benefit from a rental initiative for literature books in the upcoming school year, which begins in September. Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, made the announcement at the end of a two-day international conference on Educational Leadership and Management, at The Knutsford Court Hotel...

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

9 years ago Education

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 services to be provided to Jamaica’s youth through the combined HEART Trust/NTA, Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL), and 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.

9 years ago Education

21 Persons Graduate from TPDCo Programme

Some 21 persons from Olympic Gardens are now better equipped to pursue careers, having graduated from the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) Culinary Skills Training Programme. The graduation ceremony was held today (March 1) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. The programme forms part of the ‘Olympic Way Hip Strip’ project being implemented by TPDCo with funding from...

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

9 years ago Education

Innovative Workforce the Way Forward

Jamaica is developing an education system that is quality based, with a special focus on skills in technology, to ensure that the country has a workforce that is creative and innovative. The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is also ensuring that students attain strong reasoning skills and the ability to solve problems. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid,...

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.

9 years ago Education

Green Hails Partnership for Teaching of Garveyism at Hydel

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, has hailed the partnership to facilitate the teaching of the philosophies of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, at the Hydel Group of Schools in St. Catherine. Hydel has, since 2009, collaborated on this undertaking with the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), which was founded by Mr. Garvey...