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Acting President of University of Technology (UTech), Professor Colin Giles (2nd left) presents a certificate of recognition to Executive Officer, Jamaica Association for the Deaf, Dr. Iris Soutar. Occasion was the official launch of the U-Touch II multimedia software at the Lister Mair/Gilby High School for the Deaf in Papine, St. Andrew, on September 8. Sharing the moment are Account Executive, Development Bank of Jamaica, Zelris Lawrence (left); and Dean of the College of Business and Management, UTech, Dr. Paul Golding.

Lister Mair/Gilby High School for the Deaf Gets Updated Learning Software

Students at the Lister Mair/Gilby High School for the Deaf are set to benefit from upgraded multimedia software, designed to enhance the learning process for deaf and hard of hearing students. The software ‘U-Touch II’ was developed by the University...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), is in discussion with Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney during the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL) power breakfast commemorating International Literacy Day, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on September 8.

Jamaicans Urged to Engage in Continuous Learning

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator Ruel Reid, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

CAPE Students to do Animation and Game Design

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

Message from the Minister of Education, Youth and Information, The Hon. Senator Ruel Reid: International Literacy Day

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

Technology will Boost Delivery of Education Services – Senator Reid

Additional classrooms constructed at the Discovery Bay All-Age School, to remove the institution from the shift system. They were built through the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) programme. (File)

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More Schools Coming off Shift System

More than 7,000 students in six primary schools are transitioning from a shift system to regular school hours, beginning this month. This has been made possible through the construction of additional classrooms at the institutions, under the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) programme. The project, funded by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), makes provision for...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses a back-to-school press conference at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on August 31.

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Ministry Partners With JCF to Ensure Students Attend School Safely

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is partnering with the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to ensure that students in sections of western Kingston can attend school safely. In recent weeks, some communities in western Kingston have been affected by violence. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon Ruel Reid, told JIS News yesterday (September 6) that the JCF is providing additional patrols...

Child Care Co-Coordinator at the Maxfield Park Children’s Home, Richard Lawrence (third left) and Acting Manager, Winston Bowen (fourth left), receive school bags from Jamaica Diaspora Advisory Board member from the United States of America (USA), North-East, Joan Pinnock (second right), yesterday (September 6). At right is US Diaspora Advisory Board member (North-East), Sam Sherrington.

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Back-To-School Supplies for Maxfield Park Children’s Home

Essential back-to-school supplies were handed over to the Maxfield Park Children’s Home in Kingston, yesterday (September 6), by the Jamaica Diaspora in the United States. The supplies were delivered by Jamaica Diaspora Advisory Board member from the United States of America (USA), North-East, Joan Pinnock. Ms. Pinnock, who is an attorney-at-law, told JIS News that the donation is a way of...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (at head of table), hosts a meeting with executives of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices yesterday (September 6). To his right is Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid and to his left, State Minister, the Hon. Floyd Green. This is the first in a series of meetings to be carried out by the Prime Minister across all Ministries.

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PM Carries Out First Ministry Consultation

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, carried out the first in a series of consultations with ministries, when he met with executives of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, yesterday (September 6). During an interview with JIS News, while on a tour of the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices, Mr. Holness said he intends to meet with permanent secretaries, executives...

Project Manager of the Youth Employment in the Digital and Animation Industry (YEDAI) programme at the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET), Margery Newland (fourth right, front row), with Manager, World Bank Projects at MSET, Judy Marshall Anderson (centre) and Animation Specialist at the YEDAI programme, Robert Reid (fourth left), with animation teachers/students at the closing ceremony for the recently held animation Train the Trainer Programme, at the JAMPRO Training Room. In the second row (from third left) are Trainers Adam Sale and Don Perro from Capilano University, in Canada.

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Students Take Part in Animation Training

Twenty-three students participated in the recently concluded Train the Trainer programme 2 (TTT2) in the animation industry. The four-week training programme, which ended in July, also required the instructors to make recommendations to the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET) about ways to improve the industry. Trainers for the TTT2 were Animation Instructors, Adam Sale and Don Perro from...

(FILE) Regional Director of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Region 4, Dr. Michelle Pinnock.

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Smooth Start to New School Year in the West

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is reporting a smooth start to the 2016-17 academic year in Region Four, comprising schools in the parishes of Westmoreland, Hanover and St. James. In an interview with JIS News, Regional Director, Dr. Michelle Pinnock, said all schools opened on time and without glitches on Monday, September 5. She said the smooth start...

Police Officer assigned to the Community Safety and Security Branch (CSSB) Safe Schools Programme, Corporal Fitzroy Rochester (centre) is flanked by students from Calabar High School, who recently participated in the Suncity High School Disc Jockey Competition.

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1,400 Persons Trained in School Safety Techniques

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has trained a total of 1,400 persons in school safety and security techniques, through its School-wide Positive Behaviour Intervention Support (SWPBIS) programme. Of this number, 1,000 are representatives of schools who received training in administration as well as security techniques. The remaining 400 are young persons who were trained as Security Operation Apprentices...