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Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (right) and Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Homer Davis (left ), who is also Member of Parliament for St. James Southern, with the top-performing Primary Exit Profile (PEP) students in the constituency, outgoing Anchovy Primary School student, Nekorah Grey and outgoing Vaughansfield Primary and Infant School student, Demar Hines. Occasion was the St. James Southern High Achievers Awards Ceremony, which was held at the Mount Carey Baptist Church in the parish, recently.
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (right) and Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Homer Davis (left ), who is also Member of Parliament for St. James Southern, with the top-performing Primary Exit Profile (PEP) students in the constituency, outgoing Anchovy Primary School student, Nekorah Grey and outgoing Vaughansfield Primary and Infant School student, Demar Hines. Occasion was the St. James Southern High Achievers Awards Ceremony, which was held at the Mount Carey Baptist Church in the parish, recently.

Children Encouraged to Talk to Parents about Corporal Punishment

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, is encouraging children to tell their parents not to use corporal punishment to discipline them. “Talk to Mommy and Daddy with respect; tell them do not hit you....
Camp Coordinator and Youth Empowerment Officer for St. James, Damian Green (left), points out something of interest in a document to Youth Empowerment Officer for Hanover, Haley Collins-McFarlane (centre), and Chief Executive Officer of M-Lee HR Consulting Services, Marsha-Lee Morris. Occasion was the closing ceremony for the Behaviour Modification Summer camp, hosted by the Youth and Adolescent Policy Division of the Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY) in Montego Bay, St. James, recently.
Camp Coordinator and Youth Empowerment Officer for St. James, Damian Green (left), points out something of interest in a document to Youth Empowerment Officer for Hanover, Haley Collins-McFarlane (centre), and Chief Executive Officer of M-Lee HR Consulting Services, Marsha-Lee Morris. Occasion was the closing ceremony for the Behaviour Modification Summer camp, hosted by the Youth and Adolescent Policy Division of the Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY) in Montego Bay, St. James, recently.

Youngsters in St. James Benefit from Behaviour Modification Camp
JIS Photographer Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams.
JIS Photographer Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams.

National Youth Policy Summer Creative Challenge
The Lauriston/Thompson Pen Community 4-H Club’s 2022 royalty are, (from left), Prince, Raheem Smith; King, Naquan Allen; Queen, Toni-Ann Dean; and Princess, Nyoka Dockery. The winners were crowned and sashed in an official 25th anniversary ceremony at the Shiloh Apostolic Church in Spanish Town on Saturday (August 13).
The Lauriston/Thompson Pen Community 4-H Club’s 2022 royalty are, (from left), Prince, Raheem Smith; King, Naquan Allen; Queen, Toni-Ann Dean; and Princess, Nyoka Dockery. The winners were crowned and sashed in an official 25th anniversary ceremony at the Shiloh Apostolic Church in Spanish Town on Saturday (August 13).

Lauriston/Thompson Pen Community 4-H Club Crowns 2022 Royalty
Minister of Education and Youth, the Hon. Fayval Williams (centre) answers a question posed by a member of the audience, during a consultation with school leaders and administrators at Jamaica College in Kingston recently. This comes as the ministry seeks to get a consensus among stakeholders for a new Student Dress and Grooming Policy for public educational institutions. With her at the head table are (from left) Community Relations Education Officer (Region 5), Anieta Bailey and Permanent Secretary (Acting) in the ministry, Maureen Dwyer.
Minister of Education and Youth, the Hon. Fayval Williams (centre) answers a question posed by a member of the audience, during a consultation with school leaders and administrators at Jamaica College in Kingston recently. This comes as the ministry seeks to get a consensus among stakeholders for a new Student Dress and Grooming Policy for public educational institutions. With her at the head table are (from left) Community Relations Education Officer (Region 5), Anieta Bailey and Permanent Secretary (Acting) in the ministry, Maureen Dwyer.

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Programmes Officer, National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), Keriffe Clark.
EducationYouth

Applications Open for January 2023 Cohort of Aspiring Principals’ Programme

The National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), an agency of the Ministry of Education and Youth (MoEY), is accepting applications for the next cohort for its Aspiring Principals Programme (APP), which is scheduled to start in January 2023. The programme aims to adequately prepare individuals for the task of principalship prior to their appointment. It serves as an opportunity to...
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State Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Franklin Witter, addressing the launch of the ‘Strengthening the Adaptive Capacity of Farmers and Fisherfolk in Jamaica’ pilot project on Thursday (August 11) at the Denbigh 4-H Training and Production Centre, May Pen, Clarendon.
AgricultureFisheriesYouth

600 Young Farmers and Fishers to Benefit from Pilot Project

Some 600 young farmers and fishers across five parishes will benefit from support to bolster their enterprises and combat climate change under the pilot ‘Strengthening the Adaptive Capacity of Farmers and Fisherfolk in Jamaica’ project. The initiative, which is being undertaken through a $21.5-million grant from Global Affairs Canada and the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), United Kingdom, was...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left), presents Student from Hayes Primary School, Ontwane Griffiths (second right), with a back-to-school voucher and school bag, at the New Fortress Energy Foundation’s annual back-to-school fair held on August 9 at the Wembley Centre of Excellence, Hayes, Clarendon. Other participants (from left) are Vice President, New Fortress Energy, Verona Carter and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.
EducationYouth

PHOTOS: Education Minister Attends New Fortress Energy Foundation’s Back-to-School Fair

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left), presents Student from Hayes Primary School, Ontwane Griffiths (second right), with a back-to-school voucher and school bag, at the New Fortress Energy Foundation’s annual back-to-school fair held on August 9 at the Wembley Centre of Excellence, Hayes, Clarendon. Other participants (from left) are Vice President, New Fortress Energy, Verona Carter...
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JIS Photographer Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams.
EducationYouth

Barita Foundation Awards $10 Million in Scholarships and Bursaries

Twenty-three scholarships and 10 bursaries, valued at approximately $10 million have been awarded to students at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels by the Barita Foundation. The presentations were made during the Foundation’s inaugural scholarship awards ceremony, which was held on August 10 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Scholarships were awarded to seven students who sat the...
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Executive Director, Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake
AgricultureYouth

More Young People Embracing Farming

More Jamaicans, especially the youth, are taking up farming as a lucrative profession, says Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake. He noted that with an average farmer age of 48.7 years, Jamaica has one of the youngest farmer populations in the world, where the average age is 60. Moreover, he argued “the data [prove] that the...
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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), presents Sharlene Anderson with a lease agreement for agricultural lands, during a ceremony at the Ebony Park HEART Academy in Clarendon, on August 9.
AgricultureYouth

Agricultural Lands Leased to Young Farmers

Thirty young farmers are the newest selectees for agricultural land leases across the country’s agro-parks and production zones. This has been done under the Agro-Investment Corporation (AIC) ‘Youth in Agriculture’ programme. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., said the initiative continues the Government’s mandate of focusing at least 20 per cent of its activities on youth. “The...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams
EducationTechnologyYouth

Computer Science and IT Teachers to Be Trained Under Coding in Schools Project

The Ministry of Education and Youth, in collaboration with the Amber Group, continues the Train the Teachers Initiative, under the Coding in Schools Programme. Hundreds of Information Technology (IT) and Computer Science teachers are scheduled to participate in this phase, which begins August 22 and will last for five weeks. The course will be conducted using both synchronous and asynchronous...
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