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Founder of YES Effect International and Youth Empowerment Specialist, Ruth Lawrence (second left) and Founder of WomanUp Ja and Social Media Ambassador at the United States Embassy, Jamaica, Isheba Cornwall (second right), with Social Media Ambassador, United States Embassy, Jamaica, Mark Anthony Deacon (left) and moderator at the recently held What’s Next Conference, Tamoy Campbell, at the Excelsior Community College.
Founder of YES Effect International and Youth Empowerment Specialist, Ruth Lawrence (second left) and Founder of WomanUp Ja and Social Media Ambassador at the United States Embassy, Jamaica, Isheba Cornwall (second right), with Social Media Ambassador, United States Embassy, Jamaica, Mark Anthony Deacon (left) and moderator at the recently held What’s Next Conference, Tamoy Campbell, at the Excelsior Community College.

Youth Participate in Goal-Setting Conference

More than 200 youth from across Jamaica came together at the Excelsior Community College in Kingston, recently, to participate in the inaugural ‘What’s Next Youth Conference’. Held under the theme ‘Seet, Plan it, Dweet’, the event was designed to expose...
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a press conference on the availability of teachers for the 2022/23 academic year, at the Ministry in Kingston, on Monday (August 22).
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a press conference on the availability of teachers for the 2022/23 academic year, at the Ministry in Kingston, on Monday (August 22).

964 Specialist Teachers May Be Available for New School Year
Chair, Children’s Advisory Panel (CAP), Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Jessica Russell.
Chair, Children’s Advisory Panel (CAP), Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Jessica Russell.

Youth Encouraged to Join CPFSA’s Children’s Advisory Panel
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn (right), presents the prestigious Marcus Garvey Award for Excellence in the Performing Arts to Co-curricular Coordinator at Ardenne High School, Marsha Lawrence-Davids. She collected the award on behalf of the school during the National Performing Arts Excellence Awards Ceremony at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston, on August 17. The event was organised by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC).
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn (right), presents the prestigious Marcus Garvey Award for Excellence in the Performing Arts to Co-curricular Coordinator at Ardenne High School, Marsha Lawrence-Davids. She collected the award on behalf of the school during the National Performing Arts Excellence Awards Ceremony at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston, on August 17. The event was organised by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC).

PHOTOS: Ardenne High Cops Marcus Garvey Award
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), and Executive Chairman of Supreme Ventures Limited, Gary Peart (right) look on students (from left) Githaniel Byfield and Janella Burton show them the coding programme used to control the robot they made. Occasion was the closing ceremony for the five-day Junior Creators Robotics Camp held at Ardenne High School in Kingston on August 19. The camp was spearheaded by the Supreme Ventures Foundation in partnership with Halls of Learning.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), and Executive Chairman of Supreme Ventures Limited, Gary Peart (right) look on students (from left) Githaniel Byfield and Janella Burton show them the coding programme used to control the robot they made. Occasion was the closing ceremony for the five-day Junior Creators Robotics Camp held at Ardenne High School in Kingston on August 19. The camp was spearheaded by the Supreme Ventures Foundation in partnership with Halls of Learning.

Students Gain Robotics Skills at Five-Day Camp

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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right), presents a back-to-school package to young Asier Bryan, who is being held by his mother Treviece Gayle. The occasion was a back-to-school fair hosted by staff of the Ministry on August 18 at the PCJ Building, Kingston. It catered to children of members of employees of the Ministry and their relatives.
EducationEnergyTechnologyYouth

Students Get Back-to-School Items

Scores of students were assisted in their preparations for the reopening of schools in September at a back-to-school fair staged by staff of the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology on Thursday (August 18). The event catered to children of employees and their relatives, who were provided with packages containing notebooks, pens, pencils and masks. They also received snack items....
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PAH! Deaf Dance Company entertains attendees at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency’s fifth National Children’s Summit. The event was held at the National Indoors Sports Centre in Kingston on August 18.
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CPFSA Hosts Fifth National Children’s Summit

Hundreds of children, mainly wards of the State, converged at the National Indoors Sports Centre on Thursday (August 18) for the fifth staging of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) National Children’s Summit. The biennial event was conceptualised by the agency’s Children’s Advisory Panel (CAP) in 2014, as a means of increasing interaction with the youngsters the panel...
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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda, interacts with students of the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP), Kaylee Ellis and Antoine Allen, at the opening of ESP’s sensation station in Kingston on May 31.
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Special Needs Children Get Support Through Early Stimulation Programme

Hundreds of special needs children across the island benefited from support through the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP) last year. The intervention included the provision of developmental assistance, stimulation and therapy, assistive aids and educational support. As contained in the Economic and Social Survey Jamaica 2021, there were 888 referrals to the ESP last year, with Kingston and St. Andrew recording...
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Children enjoy jumping on the trampoline at the fun day staged at the four juvenile correctional facilities to close out the annual summer programme.
National SecurityYouth

Wards at Juvenile Facilities Treated to Fun Day

Children across the island’s four juvenile correctional facilities were treated to an end-of-summer fun day last week. The event was held to close out the annual summer programme staged by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) and the Ministry of National Security for the wards under the ‘We Transform’ initiative. Policy Director and Project Manager at the Ministry, Ella Ghartey,...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, receives a gift from Lecturer in the School of Business Administration, University of Technology (UTech), Diana Shakes, after addressing a recent staff retreat at the institution’s Papine campus in St. Andrew.
EducationYouth

Business Graduates Urged to Help Improve Students’ Financial Literacy

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, is calling on business graduates to assist the Government’s efforts to impart financial literacy skills to students. She said there is need for students to be exposed to such knowledge at earlier levels of the education system. Addressing the University of Technology (UTech) School of Business Administration’s recent annual staff retreat, Mrs....
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Hundreds of Children to Participate in NCS August 18

More than 1,200 children are expected to participate in the fifth staging of the National Children’s Summit (NCS) on Thursday, August 18, at the National Indoor Sport Centre. The event will be held under the theme ‘Beat the Odds, Chart your Destiny!’, and is in keeping with the strategic objectives and core values of the Child Protection and Family Services...
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