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Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), presents participant in the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL) Aspiring Principals Programme, Sophia Brown Sinclair, with her certificate during the graduation ceremony held on June 28 at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, in Kingston. The programme provides a standard credential, the Professional Qualification for Principalship (PQP), to which the Ministry of Education and school Boards refer before authorising the hiring of principals of public schools.
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), presents participant in the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL) Aspiring Principals Programme, Sophia Brown Sinclair, with her certificate during the graduation ceremony held on June 28 at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, in Kingston. The programme provides a standard credential, the Professional Qualification for Principalship (PQP), to which the Ministry of Education and school Boards refer before authorising the hiring of principals of public schools.

Education Minister Commends NCEL

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is lauding the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL) for outstanding work in preparing educators to be effective leaders, through its Aspiring Principals Programme. At a graduation ceremony on June...
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid.

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Managing Director of the HEART Trust/ NTA, Dr. Janet Dyer, addresses cheque presentation ceremony for $6 million donated by the Phillip & Christina Gore Family Foundation, in support of unattached youth in St. James and St. Catherine. The money will be used to pay the stipend of 50 participants in the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme. They will be working as interns with Gore Developments Limited. The cheque presentation ceremony was held on June 26 at the training institution’s corporate offices on Oxford Road in Kingston.
Managing Director of the HEART Trust/ NTA, Dr. Janet Dyer, addresses cheque presentation ceremony for $6 million donated by the Phillip & Christina Gore Family Foundation, in support of unattached youth in St. James and St. Catherine. The money will be used to pay the stipend of 50 participants in the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme. They will be working as interns with Gore Developments Limited. The cheque presentation ceremony was held on June 26 at the training institution’s corporate offices on Oxford Road in Kingston.

Merger to Create Super Heart Trust/NTA Well Advanced
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), converses with Custos of St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin, at a Youth Enrichment Programme consultation on crime and violence at the Sea Gardens Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James, on Thursday (June 21).
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), converses with Custos of St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin, at a Youth Enrichment Programme consultation on crime and violence at the Sea Gardens Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James, on Thursday (June 21).

Young People Encouraged to Acquire Skills
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (centre), unveils plaque in memory of the late Enid Bennett at the Enid Bennett High School in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, immediately after the school was renamed, on Tuesday (June 19).
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (centre), unveils plaque in memory of the late Enid Bennett at the Enid Bennett High School in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, immediately after the school was renamed, on Tuesday (June 19).

Infrastructure to be Upgraded at Enid Bennett High School

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Executive Director, Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Dr. Christine Hendricks.
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JCPD Working With OUR to Improve Service to the Disabled

The Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD) is working with the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) to improve service provided by utility and telecommunications companies to consumers within the disabled community. Executive Director of the JCPD, Dr. Christine Hendricks, told JIS News that the collaboration is essential for promoting greater inclusion of these persons in the society. “We are...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.
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Jamaica Committed To Disaster Risk Management – McKenzie

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says Jamaica will adhere to the guidelines of the United Nations Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Management. He made the commitment while speaking at the three-day Sixth Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas conference, held in Cartagena, Colombia, from June 19 to 21. “Jamaica is serious about...
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Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (left), emphasises a point while speaking during the Caribbean Policy Research Institute’s recent public forum at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge, University of the West Indies, St. Andrew. Among those attending were Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams (third right); and Senior Policy Advisor in the Ministry, Gerrard Johnson (second right).
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Gov’t Reviewing Public-Sector Grades and Salary Scales

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says the Government is collating data on the grades and salary scales of various positions across the civil service to determine how best these can be restructured. The move, he pointed out, is aimed at retaining highly skilled people and improving efficiency in government operations, which is imperative in...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (centre), is flanked by relatives of the late Enid Bennett (from left): niece, Bridget Orrett; sister, Gloria Martin; and grand-niece, Belinda Orrett. Occcasion was a ceremony to officially rename the Bog Walk High School in St. Catherine, the Enid Bennett High School, held on June 19 on the school grounds.
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Bog Walk High Renamed in Honour of Late Enid Bennett

Bog Walk High School in St. Catherine has been renamed the Enid Bennett High School in honour of the late former State Minister and daughter of the parish, who was instrumental in the establishment of the institution. Ms. Bennett played a key role in securing the funds and land for the construction of the school, along with Tacius Golding High...
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Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), breaks ground on Tuesday (June 19) for five additional classrooms and four technology laboratories at Immaculate Conception High School in St. Andrew at a cost of approximately $76 million. Also participating are grade-nine student, Avalei March (centre); and Home-School Association President, Donovan Mayne.
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Ground Broken for Additional Classrooms at Immaculate

Ground was broken today (June 19) for the construction of five additional classrooms and four technology laboratories at Immaculate Conception High School (ICHS) in St Andrew, at a cost of approximately $76 million. The project, slated for completion by early 2019, is being spearheaded by the school’s Home-School Association (HSA) and aims to provide additional space for the student population,...
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Top performing student in the Grade Six Achievement Test at St. Andrew Preparatory School, Jayden Ebanks, gets a high-five from teacher, Phyllis Ramsay, after receiving his results.
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Jayden Channels Grief into Top GSAT Marks

For St. Andrew Preparatory School student, Jayden Ebanks, achieving the top marks for his school in the 2018 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) is bittersweet. Jayden, who will be attending Wolmer’s Boys in September, scored 100 per cent in Mathematics, 100 per cent in Social Studies, 99 per cent in Language Arts, 98 per cent in Science and 12/12 in...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid addresses the back-to-school conference for regions one, two and six held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on June 14. Seated (at left) is Chief Education Officer, Dr. Grace McLean.
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All High Schools Equipped With Metal Detectors

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says that all of the island’s 171 high schools now have metal detectors. Most institutions are equipped with handheld scanners. “We have some walk-through detectors now being installed in selected schools and another 200 (handheld) devices are being procured to ensure that defective ones are readily replaced,” Senator Reid...
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