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Vice President (Administration) of the Caribbean Military Academy, Jamaica Defence Force, Lieutenant Colonel Nadine Notice, speaks at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on March 13.

More Businesses Urged to Invest in Skills Training for Workforce Development Initiative

As the Skills Training for Workforce Development pilot advances, more businesses across Jamaica are being urged to invest in the initiative, to help more youngsters gain essential skills and access to meaningful employment opportunities. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service...

University of the West Indies (UWI) Lecturer, Professor Disraeli Hutton, delivers the keynote address at the HEART/NSTA Trust’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Research Symposium at the UWI Regional Headquarters in Kingston on Wednesday (March 12). Listening in the audience are HEART/NSTA Trust Board Chairman, Professor Alvin Wint (left), Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton (second left) and other participants.

PHOTOS: HEART/NSTA Trust’s TVET Research Symposium

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth & Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, along with Jamaica College Principal, Wayne Robinson (left); and Co-Tournament Director, FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Jamaica National Robotics Championship, Dr. Ricardo Anderson (right), observes as students show off their inventions at the Championship held on Saturday (March 8) at Jamaica College, 189 Old Hope Road, Kingston 6. The top-three teams will get the opportunity to participate in the FIRST Championship in Houston, Texas.

PHOTOS: First Tech Robotics Championship

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (third right), shares a moment with members of the Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI), and five honourees during the WLI’s International Women’s Day Brunch and Awards held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Sunday (March 9). From left are: Co-chair of the WLI, Roxann Linton; Executive Director of the American Friends of Jamaica, Caron Chung; Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lillan Limited, Andrea Cowan; Managing Director of Jamaica Stock Exchange, Dr. Marlene Street-Forrest; Bishop of Dover, the Rt. Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin; Communications Strategist and Philanthropist, Donette Chin-Loy Chang; and Chair of WLI, Grace Burnett.

Women’s Representation Matters – Senator Morris Dixon

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, delivers the keynote address during the Beginning Teachers Synergy Conference at The Mico University College in Kingston on Tuesday (March 4).

Education Minister Urges Educators to Embrace Technology and AI for Transforming Learning

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, addresses Wednesday’s (February 26) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

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Latest Fitch Rating Indicative of Jamaica’s Robust Governance – Minister Morris Dixon

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, says Jamaica’s latest credit grading by Fitch Ratings reflects the country’s robust governance, significant progress in debt reduction and a favourable economic growth trajectory. The globally respected agency last week reaffirmed Jamaica’s credit rating at ‘BB-’, with a ‘Positive’ outlook. “This positive outlook indicates potential for...

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, addresses the audience at the fourth Jamaica Creative Career Expo held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston, on Tuesday (February 25). The Expo was hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and highlighted careers in the creative industry.

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Education Minister Highlights Alternative Career Pathways

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, has noted the importance of acknowledging careers in the creative industry as viable alternatives to traditional professions. The Minister was speaking to hundreds of high-school and tertiary students at the fourth Jamaica Creative Career Expo held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston, on Tuesday (February...

Force Executive Officer, Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Brigadier Markland Lloyd, and Deputy Managing Director, National Training and Programmes Division, HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Cheryl McLaughlin, pose with the first 50 students who will participate in the Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC) Skills Track for Workforce Development programme in front of a newly built computer lab where some of their lessons will be delivered. The programme was launched during a ceremony at JDF Headquarters, Up Park Camp, Kingston, on Monday (February 24).

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JDF and HEART/NSTA Trust Launch Skills Training for Workforce Development

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and HEART/NSTA Trust have embarked on a pilot to engage youth, 18 to 23 years, in a Skills Training for Workforce Development initiative. The initiative, being executed through the Jamaica National Service Corps’ (JNSC) Skills Track for Workforce Development, got under way on Monday (February 24). It will see 50 participants trained over eight months....

Executive Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton (right), having a light exchange with egg farmer, Stephano Thompson, at the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce’s MSME Business Roadshow, on February 20, at the JUICI Empowerment Centre in Clarendon.

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Trainee Start-Ups Receive $6.7 Million from HEART/NSTA Trust

For the 2024/25 fiscal year to date, funds allocated to HEART/NSTA Trust trainee start-ups amount to $6.7 million. This is part of the ongoing investment by the Trust in the micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) sector, in a bid to foster entrepreneurial growth and development. Executive Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton, provided details at the Ministry...

Principal, Vocational Training Development Institute (VTDI), Dr. Delize Williams, addresses the VTDI graduation ceremony on Wednesday (February 12) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

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More Than 600 Regional Trainers to Benefit from VTDI Training Programme

More than 600 trainers in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean are poised to benefit from training to be facilitated under a partnership between the Vocational Training Development Institute (VTDI) and the Commonwealth of Learning, for which discussions are under way. Principal of the VTDI, Dr. Delize Williams, made the disclosure while addressing the Institute’s graduation ceremony on Wednesday (February 12)...

Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton, addresses the recent launch of National Career Awareness Week 2025 at the Meadowbrook United Church in St. Andrew.

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HEART/NSTA Trust Preparing Persons to Meet Demand for TVET Skills

The HEART/NSTA Trust, through training and certification, is positioning Jamaicans to meet the global demand for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)-based careers, which is anticipated to grow significantly in the coming years. Managing Director of the Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton, said a report from international market research and consulting company, Grand View Research, indicates that the global technical...

Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton, addresses the launch of National Career Awareness Week 2025 held at the Meadowbrook United Church in St. Andrew on (February 9).

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Career Awareness Enabling Persons to Unleash Potential

Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton, has highlighted the importance of career awareness in enabling persons to unleash their untapped potential, thrive in their chosen careers and meaningfully contribute to society. She was speaking at the launch of National Career Awareness Week 2025 under the theme 'Career Success through Self-Development’, at the Meadowbrook United Church in St....