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Senior Instructor at the HEART College of Construction Services, Shalimar Blair, speaks during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) 'Think Tank'

HEART Urges Builders to Access Free Training for Stronger Resilience

Senior Instructor at the HEART College of Construction Services, Shalimar Blair, is urging builders and homeowners to take advantage of free construction training offered by the HEART/NSTA Trust, aimed at strengthening building resilience across the island. He was speaking during...

Communications Manager at e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, Kimona Gordon.

Over 3,000 Devices Distributed Under Laptop for Primary Schools Initiative in 2025

Senior Instructor at the HEART/NSTA Trust’s College of Construction Services, Shalimar Blair, outlines the agency’s role in training tradesmen and sensitising citizens on the importance of using hurricane straps to secure roofs.

Tradesmen Targeted in ODPEM’S ‘Strap Up Jamaica’ Campaign

Assistant Chief Education Officer, Guidance and Counselling Unit, Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Kennecy Davidson.

Education Ministry Observing National Career Awareness Week

Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton (third left, front row); President, Incorporated Masterbuilders Association (IMAJ), Richard Mullings, (second left, front row); Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Lieutenant Colonel A Cooper-Nelson, (centre, front row); and Deputy Managing Director National Training and Programmes Division, HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Cheryl McLaughlin (third right, front row), share a photo opportunity with members of the JDF, international military personnel and Building Resilience and Inspiring Development through Guided Experience (BRIDGE) Project participants, during the BRIDGE orientation ceremony held at the JDF Camp Site in Luana, St. Elizabeth.

HEART/NSTA Trust Launches BRIDGE Project to Train 200 Youth from Hurricane Affected Communities

High School Diploma Equivalency Officer at the HEART/NSTA Trust, St. Thomas parish office, Cleopatra Francis, addresses the Bath Community Forum, held at the Bath Primary School on Wednesday (January 28).

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Residents of Bath Encouraged to Enrol in HSDE Programme Offered by HEART/NSTA TRUST

Residents of Bath, St. Thomas, are being encouraged to enrol in the High School Diploma Equivalency (HSDE) programme offered by the HEART/NSTA Trust, as a pathway to improved employment prospects and sustainable community development. The call was made by HSDE Officer at the HEART/NSTA Trust, St. Thomas parish office, Cleopatra Francis, during the Bath Community Forum, held at the Bath...

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, speaks during Friday’s (January 30) sitting of the Senate at Gordon House.

2 months ago Skills

Agencies Partnering To Train First-time Offenders In Job Skills

The Ministry of National Security and Peace, HEART/NSTA Trust, and Department of Correctional Services are partnering to equip first-time offenders with income-earning skills. “Their lives do not end at the prison walls,” Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, informed while piloting the debate on the Criminal Records (Rehabilitation of Offenders) (Amendment) Act,...

Executive Director of the National Education Trust (NET), Latoya Harris Ghartey, delivers remarks during the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) In Action Expo, held on Thursday (January 29) at the Chinese Benevolent Association in St. Andrew.

2 months ago EducationSkillsYouth

NET Executive Director Urges Students to Embrace Critical Thinking

Executive Director of the National Education Trust (NET), Latoya Harris Ghartey, is urging students across Jamaica to move beyond rote learning and embrace the transformative power of critical thinking. Speaking during the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) In Action Expo held Thursday (January 29) at the Chinese Benevolent Association in St. Andrew, Mrs. Harris Ghartey described the student...

Postmaster General, Post and Telecommunications Department, Lincoln Allen, greets Managing Director, HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton, during the official launch of the Department

2 months ago Office of the Prime MinisterSkillsTelecommunicationsVision 2030

Over 300 Jamaica Post Employees to Benefit from Empowerment Programme with HEART/NSTA Trust

More than 300 employees of Jamaica Post will benefit from a staff empowerment programme being implemented in partnership with the HEART/NSTA Trust. Through the partnership, employees will be trained, assessed, and certified in National Vocational Qualification of Jamaica (NVQ-J) programmes and degree pathways, including business administration, human resource management, leadership and strategic management, logistics, internal audit and accounts, records and...

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, provides a post-Hurricane Melissa update in a Ministerial Statement during Friday’s (January 23) sitting of the Senate at Gordon House.

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Education Ministry Announces Full Resumption of Schools Post-Hurricane Melissa

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information has announced that all schools resumed full operations as of January 14, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, in a Ministerial Statement to the Senate on Friday (January 23), providing an update on post‑Hurricane Melissa recovery. “Within 90 days...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe (right), cuts the ribbon to officially open the Electronic Document Preparation and Management (EDPM) and Customer Engagement Laboratory at Stony Hill Technical High School in St. Andrew on January 9. Joining her are State Minister in the Ministry of National Security and Peace and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew West Rural, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (second right), along with other stakeholders.

2 months ago EducationSkillsTechnology

Technical High Schools Being Outfitted With Digitisation Labs

Technical high schools are being equipped with digitisation laboratories by the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, as part of a national effort to modernise technical and vocational education and better align student training with labour market needs. As part of the initiative, a digital construction lab is being established at the Stony Hill Technical High School in St....

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe (right), engages with Bustamante High School students, during the handover of renovated and expanded information communications technology (ICT) facilities at the institution in Clarendon on Thursday (Jan. 15).

2 months ago EducationSkillsTechnology

Bustamante High School Gets Modern ICT Labs

Nearly two years after a fire severely damaged two Information Communication Technology (ICT) laboratories at Bustamante High School, the Clarendon-based institution is the beneficiary of modern facilities through public-private collaboration. The restoration and expansion project was done at a cost of $20 million by the Universal Service Fund (USF) in partnership with e-Learning Jamaica Company (e-LJam) Limited, the Flow Foundation...