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Auxiliary Fees to be Removed

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the Government will honour its commitment for the removal of auxiliary fees for the academic year 2016/17. Speaking at the Aspiring Principals’ Programme presentation ceremony, held at the...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), listens as Executive Director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), Dr. Fritz Pinnock, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’, yesterday (April 19).

Education Minister Endorses ERP System at CMI

Executive Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Wayne Wesley (left), listens to Advisor to the Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Sharon Hay Webster, at the agency’s Greening in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) forum, held at the University of the West Indies, Mona, today (April 19).

HEART Committed to Integrated Training Programmes

Lecturer in the Department of Education, University of the West Indies, Dr. Carol Gentles, addresses a Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) conference on Education, held recently at the Jewel Runaway Bay Resort, in St. Ann.

Good Teaching Practices have to be the Standard Going Forward – Dr. Gentles

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (second left) and State Minister, Hon. Floyd Green (third left), having a light exchange with students of Munro College, Owayne Honeyghan (second right) and Mario Plummer Congo-Nyah (right), at the launch of the Munro College Old Boys Association (MCOBA) Education Fund, held on April 15 at the Medallion Hall Hotel, on Hope Road, in Kingston. Others (from left) are: President of MCOBA, Arthur Williams, and donor of the Education Fund and past student of Munro College, William McConnell.

Past Students Urged to Set Up Education Funds

Permanent Secretaries in the Ministries of Labour and Social Security, Mrs. Colette Roberts Risden (right), and Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Maurice Smith (second right), in conversation with Permanent Secretary from the Ministry of Social Transformation, Local Government and Community Empowerment in St. Lucia, Ms. Juliana Alfred (second left), at the Pegasus Hotel on April 18 . At left is Chief Technical Director, Social Security, Mrs. Dione Jennings. Ms. Alfred is leading a five-member St. Lucian delegation that is studying the Programme of Advancement Though Health and Education (PATH).

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Team from St. Lucia Studies PATH Programme

A delegation from the Ministry of Social Transformation, Local Government and Community Empowerment, in St. Lucia, is currently in the island for a one-week study tour of the Programme of Advancement Though Health and Education (PATH). The five-member team, headed by Permanent Secretary, Ms. Juliana Alfred, was welcomed on April 18 by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, at...

Technical Advisor, Investment and Private Sector at the CARICOM Secretariat Office of Trade Negotiations, Joel Richards.

10 years ago EducationForeign Affairs

Cave Hill Students Examine Local Implementation of CSME

Nineteen students from the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Cave Hill campus in Barbados have concluded a week-long study tour in Jamaica, where they examined the extent of the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The tour is a part of a Public Education Programme organised by the CARICOM Secretariat titled: ‘Students Engaging the CARICOM Single...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (2nd right), affixes his signature to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will facilitate the creation and delivery of a leadership development programme for middle-level leaders in the public service. Also signing (from 2nd left), are: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), Ruby Brown; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Maurice Smith. Looking on at left is Director, Public Service Capability Development, MIND, Ann-Marie Smith. The MoU, which is a partnership between MIND and the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), was signed during a ceremony held at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on April 15.

10 years ago Education

Public Sector Leaders to Benefit from Training Programme

The competence of middle-level leaders in the public sector is to be strengthened under a new programme to be offered by the Management Institute for National Development (MIND) in partnership with the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL). Both entities signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development and delivery of the training programme during a ceremony held at...

Regional Director, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Michelle Pinnock, addresses an anti-tobacco forum for students, held at the St. John’s Methodist Church Hall in Montego Bay on Thursday, April 14. The forum was hosted by the Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control, and was attended by students from several schools across Western Jamaica.

10 years ago EducationHealth & Wellness

Education Ministry Supports Anti-Tobacco Programmes

Regional Director, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Michelle Pinnock, says the Ministry stands in full support of programmes aimed at preventing tobacco use among young people. “We recognise the reality as it relates to our young people and smoking and we join the action towards finding solutions,” she said. She was addressing an anti-tobacco forum for students staged...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), is introduced to Deputy Representative for the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), Lone Hvass (right), by Development and Behavioural Paediatrician, Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughan (2nd left). Occasion was the fourth staging of the Jamaica Autism Support Association’s (JASA) ‘Light it up Blue’ autism awareness forum held recently, at the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Mona campus in St. Andrew. Sharing the moment is Co-Founder of the JASA, Kathy Chang.

10 years ago Education

Education Ministry Looks to Better Serve Children with Autism

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is looking to work more closely with the Jamaica Autism Support Association (JASA) to better address the needs of children with autism. “I want to invite you at your earliest convenience to have a sit down to examine how the great work of JASA can be enhanced through greater...

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (second left), and Chairperson of the National Child Month Committee, Dr. Pauline Mullings (left), converse with St. George’s College students (from 3rd left): Delano Headley, Howard Llewellyn, Ajani Lyons and Daniel Harper, following the media launch for Child Month, being commemorated in May, at GraceKennedy Limited’s corporate office, in downtown Kingston, on April 13.

10 years ago Education

National School Feeding Policy Being Implemented in 2016/17 Academic Year

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will implement its National School Feeding Policy during the 2016/17 academic year. State Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, says the policy is part of the Government’s undertaking to ensure that children attending school are provided with the appropriate nutrition that will “improve (their) educational outcomes.” He was speaking at the media launch for Child...

10 years ago EducationGovernor General

Career Advancement Programme to be Strengthened

The Government will be strengthening the Career Advancement Programme (CAP), which provides additional educational and vocational training opportunities for secondary students, aged 16 to 18. This was announced by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, while delivering the Throne Speech during Thursday’s (April 14) Ceremonial Opening of Parliament, for the 2016/17 legislative year, at Gordon House. Since...