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Director of Parenting Support Coordination and Behaviour Change at the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Peta gay Waugh.

NPSC Helping Parents to Develop Healthy Relationships with Children

The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) will be staging its ‘Stay Connected’ programme from October 2016 to March 2017, to empower parents with helpful tips on how to develop healthy relationships with their children. There will be several training sessions...

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

Gov’t Provides Budgetary Support for All School Operations

University of the West Indies (UWI) lecturer, Dr. K’adamawe K’nife engages participants in the Citizen Security and Justice Programme’s (CSJP) Summer Diversion Camp, during the graduation and awards ceremony held on August 30 at the Greendale Community Centre in Spanish Town, St. Catherine.

30 Students Graduate from CSJP Summer Camp

In this file photo, Distribution agent with GeoTechVision Limited, Varon England (left), shows Shaniqua Hibbert, student of the Greater Portmore campus of the Windsor School for Special Education, how to operate one of the tablet computers which were handed over to the institution, under the Tablets in Schools Programme.

$2.1 Billion for Second Phase of Tablets in Schools Programme

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.

High Schools to Receive Second Disbursement of $600 Million in September

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

10 years ago Education

CXC Agrees to Accept SBAs of Penwood High Students

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has decided to accept the outstanding School-based Assessment (SBA) samples of students of Penwood High School in St. Andrew. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, during a back-to-school press conference at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on August 31. Approximately 40 students of the school...

10 years ago EducationYouth

Zero Tolerance for School Violence – Senator Reid

With the new school year set to begin on Monday (September 5), Education Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has warned that violence in school will not be tolerated. “We have an obligation to ensure that our school compounds are safe and that our students and teachers can operate in an environment that is conducive to learning....

Chief Education Officer, Dr. Grace McLean, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on August 25.

10 years ago Education

12,000 Teachers Trained for New National Standards Curriculum

Some 12,000 teachers have already been trained to deliver lessons from the new National Standards Curriculum in five grades starting this academic year. Training started at the beginning of August and will continue into September. Chief Education Officer, Dr. Grace McLean, said this training is critical, as the rollout of the new curriculum for grades one and four at the...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (centre), listens to a comment from Captain O’Neil Nelson (right) of the Jamaica Combined Cadet Corps at a back-to-school meeting with principals in the Ministry’s Region 4, held at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in St. James on Tuesday, August 30. Regional Director, Dr. Michelle Pinnock, looks on.

10 years ago Education

Education Ministry to Introduce New Early-Stimulation Programme

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, will be introducing a new early-stimulation programme, which will prepare children for learning while they are still in the womb. “We are priding ourselves on a structured programme from pregnancy to age 29,” said Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. “We will network through our other ministries…to ensure we work together to...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses a back-to-school meeting of principals in the Ministry’s Region Four held at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in St. James on Tuesday (August 30).

10 years ago Education

Region Four Ready for New School Year

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says Region Four schools are in a state of readiness for the start of the 2016/17 academic year. Region Four covers educational institutions in Westmoreland, Hanover, and St. James. Addressing a back-to-school meeting of principals in the region at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre on Tuesday (August 30), Minister...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), unveils a commemorative plaque symbolising the official opening of the HEART Trust/NTA automotive laboratory at the Jamaican-German Automotive School (JAGAS) on Maxfield Avenue, in Kingston, on August 30. Others (from second left) are Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green and Chargé d’Affaires, Federal Republic of Germany, Michael Dumke. During the ceremony a mobile electronics lab was also commissioned into service.

10 years ago EducationGovernor General

Jamaicans Will Be Equipped With Requisite Skills to Compete – Green

The Government remains committed to equipping Jamaicans with the requisite skills and academic qualifications, in order to effectively satisfy and compete in the ever-changing labour market. “It is a thrust of the Ministry not only to ensure that our students have strong academic knowledge, but to train them in the various skill competencies that the world needs,” says Minister of...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (background, right), and Deputy Chief Education Officer in the Ministry, Dorrett Campbell (background, left), enjoy a performance by students from Clan Carthy Primary School during Monday’s (Aug. 29) back-to-school conference for Region One at the Jamaica Conference Centre, in downtown Kingston.

10 years ago Education

Performance Report of Schools out Soon

In a matter of weeks, the performance report of approximately 100 schools will be made available by the National Education Inspectorate (NEI). Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, made the disclosure during Monday's (Aug. 29) back-to-school conference for Region One at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston. He said once the report is “launched”, discussions...