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Minister without Portfolio, with oversight for the Education, Youth and Information Ministry, Hon. Karl Samuda addresses the House of Representatives on Tuesday (November 21).
Minister without Portfolio, with oversight for the Education, Youth and Information Ministry, Hon. Karl Samuda addresses the House of Representatives on Tuesday (November 21).

New CMU Council To Be Appointed

Minister without Portfolio, with oversight for the Education, Youth and Information Ministry, Hon. Karl Samuda, says a new Council for the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) is to be appointed. “Those names will be provided to the Cabinet next Monday (January...
Director General for the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, addresses the agency’s quarterly briefing at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, on Friday (January 17).
Director General for the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, addresses the agency’s quarterly briefing at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, on Friday (January 17).

Unemployment Rate Falls To 7.2 Per Cent
Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses today’s (January 15) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.
Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses today’s (January 15) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

Work To Begin Soon On Port Royal Street Coastal Revetment Project
Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses today’s (January 15) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.
Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses today’s (January 15) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

Cabinet Approves Contract For Purchase Of 20 Garbage Trucks
Minister with oversight for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), in discussion with Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre); and Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, during today’s (January 15) post-Cabinet press briefing, at Jamaica House.
Minister with oversight for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), in discussion with Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre); and Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, during today’s (January 15) post-Cabinet press briefing, at Jamaica House.

Harsher Penalties Coming For Owners Of Dogs That Attack Persons

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Children’s Advocate Encourages Caregivers To Seek Help

Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison, is encouraging caregivers to seek assistance, where necessary, to produce positive parenting outcomes in children’s development. Speaking at the annual Parenting Exposition, hosted by the Kingston and St. Andrew Family Court, on December 6, in Downtown Kingston, Mrs. Gordon Harrison said there is no harm in asking for help. “The most efficient tasks and the...
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New Sexual Harassment Policy For Edna Manley College Soon

Minister with Responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, says a new sexual harassment policy will soon be finalised for the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts. The Minister, who was responding to questions posed by Opposition Spokesperson on Education, Peter Bunting, on the matter, in the House on December 3, said a committee comprising...
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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, speaking during Wednesday’s (November 27) signing of a 10-year memorandum of understanding between the Government and City & Guilds Group at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew.
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Gov’t And City & Guilds Group Sign 10-Year Skills Development Agreement

Approximately 25,000 students will benefit from a landmark agreement signed between the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and international skills development organisation, City & Guilds. The arrangement will see Jamaican students being afforded globally recognised certification by the City & Guilds Group. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed by representatives of the Ministry and City & Guilds during...
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Programme Manager for the Education System Transformation Prgramme (ESTP), Daynea Facey (centre), addressing a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank. Looking (from left) are Systems Administrator at the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Kayedean Allen, and ECC Sector Planner, Paula Shaw.
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Early Childhood Commission To Stage Inaugural Parent Partners Forum

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) will, on November 19, stage the first ever Parent Partners Forum. The event in being held in collaboration with the Education Sector Transformation Plan for Learning and Teaching, a Japan grant-funded Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-implemented technical cooperation initiative. This was disclosed by Programme Manager for the Education System Transformation Prgramme (ESTP), Daynea Facey, in an...
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Professor Emeritus, Hubert Devonish (left), addresses a function to launch a public petition on the Office of the Prime Minister’s online petition website for the granting of official status to the Jamaican language alongside the English language. The launch took place on Thursday (Nov. 7) at the Faculty of Humanities and Education Conference Room, The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus. Seated next to Professor Devonish is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Language, Linguistics and Philosophy, Joseph Farquharson.
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PHOTOS: Launch of Public Petition for the Granting of Official Status to the Jamaican Language

Professor Emeritus, Hubert Devonish (left), addresses a function to launch a public petition on the Office of the Prime Minister’s online petition website for the granting of official status to the Jamaican language alongside the English language. The launch took place on Thursday (Nov. 7) at the Faculty of Humanities and Education Conference Room, The University of the West Indies...
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