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Public Relations and Communications Manager at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Kristen Laing

CPFSA Hosts PEP Awards Ceremony August 15

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) will host its annual Primary Exit Profile (PEP) awards ceremony on August 15. This is to recognise and celebrate the academic achievements of children in State care who sat the PEP exam...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith (third right); Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Kasan Troupe (third left); and Chief Executive Officer, e-Learning Jamaica, Andrew Lee (second right), display some of the new laptops donated by e-Learning Jamaica to the Jamaica Library Service (JLS) at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library, 2 Tom Redcam Drive, on Tuesday (August 13). Others from left are Senior Director, JLS, Kishma Simpson; Principal Director, Telecommunications, Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Kaydian Smith Newton; and Director General, JLS, Maureen Thompson.

e-Learning Jamaica Donates 200 Laptops to Jamaica Library Service

The Portmore Youth Innovation Centre (YIC) in St. Catherine, which was officially reopened on Monday (August 12).

Importance of Youth Innovation Centres Underscored

Chief Executive Officer, e-Learning Jamaica Limited (e-LJAM), Andrew Lee.

Jamaica Library Service Receives 200 Laptops

A flyer promoting the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) Tertiary Education Grant for the 2024/2025 academic year.

BGLC Accepting Applications for Tertiary Education Grant

Patrons flock the various booths during a back-to-school fair held at B.B. Coke High School in Junction, St. Elizabeth, on August 9. The fair was hosted by the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Foundation, Flow Foundation and the Digicel Foundation, in partnership with Food For the Poor.

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Utility Companies Partner with Food for the Poor to Host Back-to-School Fair in St. Elizabeth

Three of the island’s utility companies partnered with Food For the Poor to host a Back-to-School Fair for residents of St. Elizabeth, on August 9. The parish was hardest hit by the recent passage of Hurricane Beryl, which impacted the island on July 3. Partnering with the charity organisation were the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Foundation, the Flow Foundation and...

Jamaica and Mexico flags waving together in the wind.

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AMEXCID Accepting Applications for 2024 Medical Specialisation Scholarship

The Mexican Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AMEXCID), part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Mexico, is now accepting applications for the 2024 AMEXCID Medical Specialisation Scholarship. This prestigious scholarship programme offers an exceptional opportunity for individuals seeking to undertake specialised medical studies in Mexico. In a bulletin issued by the Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY), eligible...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe (seated centre); General Manager, Finance, Standards, Procurement, Jamaica Social Investment Fund, Orville Hill (seated right), and Director, Build Rite Construction, Chantay Campbell (seated left), affix their signatures to documents for expansion and rehabilitation works at the Mount Moriah Primary School in St. Ann, at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on August 8. Observing from left are Member of Parliament St. Ann Southwestern, Hon. Zavia Mayne; Principal, Mount Moriah Primary School, Kerrol Lyons and other stakeholders.

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Contracts Signed for Rehabilitation of Mount Moriah Primary, Pisgah Primary and Infant

Two contracts valued at approximately $380 million have been signed for expansion and rehabilitation works at Mount Moriah Primary School in St. Ann and Pisgah Primary and Infant school in St. Elizabeth. The projects are being carried out by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) under the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Basic Needs Trust Fund, with counterpart financing by the...

Tourism Director, Donovan White, presents winner of the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) 2024/25 Junior Minister of Tourism Competition, 16-year-old student of Manning’s School in Westmoreland, Taj Melbourne, with his prizes following the finals, held recently at Beaches Ocho Rios in Boscobel, St. Mary.

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Importance of Tourism Action Clubs In Schools Underscored

Tourism Director, Donovan White, has underscored the importance of establishing the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) Tourism Action Club (TAC) in schools islandwide. “It’s a massive undertaking but it’s an important undertaking, we believe, because of the importance of what tomorrow means for Jamaica and for our tourism industry,” he said. “There is no greater hope for us than to see...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe (left), delivers the keynote address during Wednesday’s (August 7) National Preparatory Session for the Global Ministerial Conference on ‘Ending Violence Against Children’, held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston. Listening (from second left) are Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency, Laurette Adams-Thomas, and UNICEF Jamaica Country Representative, Olga Isaza.

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Permanent Secretary Calls for Collective Action to End Violence Against Children

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe, is calling for collective action to end violence against children. “Violence is not a one-man band. It’s global and it will take an inter-ministerial and an inter-global partnership and approach to end what is happening to our children,” she said. Dr. Troupe delivered the keynote address on behalf...

Teachers at the St. Catherine-based Crescent Primary School celebrate with their two top students, Kellisya Charles (third left) and Nathan Gersham (fourth left), at the school recently.

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Crescent Primary Celebrates PEP Results (JIS)

KINGSTON, August 5 (JIS): The St. Catherine-based Crescent Primary School performed very well in the 2024 sitting of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) exams, with more than half of the students gaining their schools of choice. Sixty-eight students have been placed on Pathway One, 65 on Pathway Two, and Five on Pathway Three. “This surpasses our expectations, and is an...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe, speaks at a recent post-Cabinet press briefing, at Jamaica House.

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Plans Far Advanced to Fill Vacancies in Schools

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe, has informed that the Ministry is far advanced in its plans to recruit overseas teachers to fill vacancies in the school system for the upcoming school year. Dr. Troupe made the disclosure during a post-Cabinet press briefing held recently at Jamaica House. “We have a number of international...