The Ministry of Education and Youth has reaped success with its ‘Yard to Yard, Find the Child’ initiative, with Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, informing that schools have almost returned or are fully back to pre-COVID-19 levels of student attendance. The initiative was rolled out in 2022 as a national call to action to identify, locate and re-engage students, given...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., has heaped praises on the Jamaica 4-H Clubs for the organisation’s commitment to promoting the engagement of young people in the agriculture sector. Addressing Friday’s (May 12) National 4-H Achievement Day Expo at the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon, where the best of youth in agriculture from across Jamaica was highlighted and...

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) will be undertaking several activities during May in observance of Child Month. These include outreach initiatives, workshops, empowerment sessions, as well as ‘edutainment’ experiences. Acting Chief Executive Officer of the CPFSA, Michelle McIntosh Harvey, said the planned activities will target children in State care and the wider community, with an emphasis on...

Manager of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Montego Bay Regional Office, Tashion Hewitt Stennett, reads to attentive grade three students of the Catherine Hall Primary and Infant School in St. James, during Read Across Jamaica Day activities at the institution on Tuesday ( May 9).

Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe, is imploring citizens to take action to protect children in their communities and to create safe environments for their growth and development. She made the call in an interview with JIS News, at the annual Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) wreath-laying ceremony at the...

Chief Executive Officer, VM Foundation, Samantha Charles, reads a book to Elletson Road Basic School students during a Read Across Jamaica Day engagement at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library on May 9. Read Across Jamaica Day is used annually to promote the significance of reading and literacy among Jamaicans.

Students at the Webster Memorial Basic School are engaged in a reading session led by Audit Manager at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Karen Watson. The session formed part of Read Across Jamaica Day activities across the island on May 9.