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Deputy Registrar, National Children’s Registry (NCR), Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Warren Thompson. (JIS File Photo)
Deputy Registrar, National Children’s Registry (NCR), Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Warren Thompson. (JIS File Photo)

CPFSA’s Transitional Living Week July 18-22

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) will observe its annual Transitional Living Week from July 18-22 under the theme: ‘Preparing now for a Better Tomorrow’. Director of Children and Family Programmes at the CPFSA, Warren Thompson, told JIS...
Education and Youth Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), is joined by Senior Programme Development Specialist in the Ministry, Yanique Williams (sixth left), in welcoming members of the International Youth Fellowship, to the Ministry’s offices in Kingston on Tuesday (July 12). They are (from left), Montego Bay Branch Manager, International Youth Fellowship, Garfield Garvey, Reina Kim, Ana Han, Sally Ryu, Jessica Jang, Brian Lee, Jason Kim, Jay lee, John oh and Senior Manager, International Youth Fellowship, Noel Esty.
Education and Youth Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), is joined by Senior Programme Development Specialist in the Ministry, Yanique Williams (sixth left), in welcoming members of the International Youth Fellowship, to the Ministry’s offices in Kingston on Tuesday (July 12). They are (from left), Montego Bay Branch Manager, International Youth Fellowship, Garfield Garvey, Reina Kim, Ana Han, Sally Ryu, Jessica Jang, Brian Lee, Jason Kim, Jay lee, John oh and Senior Manager, International Youth Fellowship, Noel Esty.

PHOTOS: International Youth Fellowship Calls on Minister Williams
Training and Placement Coordinator at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Bernetta Kerr.
Training and Placement Coordinator at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Bernetta Kerr.

Young Farmers Impacted by RYEEP
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), addresses Friday’s (July 8) press conference to discuss the results of this year’s Primary Exit Profile (PEP) at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston. From left is Deputy Chief Education Officer for Examinations, Assessment and Administration Services, Terry-Ann Thomas-Gayle and Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Kasan Troupe.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), addresses Friday’s (July 8) press conference to discuss the results of this year’s Primary Exit Profile (PEP) at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston. From left is Deputy Chief Education Officer for Examinations, Assessment and Administration Services, Terry-Ann Thomas-Gayle and Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Kasan Troupe.

87 Per Cent of Students Placed in Schools of Choice
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams

Parents Urged to Ensure Children Attend National Summer School

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AgricultureYouth

Support for Youth in Agriculture

Approximately 700 young people have received training and venture capital support through the expanded Rural Youth Economic Empowerment Programme (RYEEP) managed by the Jamaica 4-H Clubs. This is contained in the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s Economic and Social Survey Jamaica, 2021, which was tabled in the House of Representatives recently. Participants also received advanced training in business development and management,...
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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage-Grey, addressing the closing ceremony for the agency’s Capacity Building Workshop for its Residential Child Care Sector programme, held at the Chinese Benevolent Association in St. Andrew on July 7.
Youth

170 Caregivers at Residential Facilities Benefit from Training

A total of 170 caregivers at residential childcare centres have been equipped to respond more effectively to the needs of wards at those facilities. This follows training conducted by the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) under its Capacity Building Workshop for the Residential Child Care Sector (Phase II). The initiative aims to improve service delivery in the residential...
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Programme Director of the Global Services Sector (GSS) Project, Marjorie Straw, says the GSS Project and its partners offer training to Jamaicans to upskill them as part of Jamaica’s value proposition, as a skilled workforce attracts investments.
EducationYouth

Skills Training, Another Component for FDI

The Global Services Sector (GSS) Project is aimed at providing Jamaicans with the requisite skills and training to attract foreign direct investment and other positive outcomes. Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank session on the new High School Immersion Bootcamp Training Programme offered under the GSS Project, Programme Director, Marjorie Straw, said that skills and training are important considerations...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaks at the official launch of the online School Board Platform at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Wednesday (June 28). The establishment of the virtual portal forms part of a comprehensive strategy to transform the governance of Jamaica’s public educational institutions.
EducationYouth

Plans Being Made to Transform School Boards

The Ministry of Education and Youth and the National Council on Education (NCE) are putting medium and short-term strategies in place to transform the current school governance structure. This is according to portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, who informed that several initiatives are being pursued to provide greater support to the boards of management and to transform the school governance...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams
EducationTechnologyYouth

Primary-School Teachers Urged To Redeem Laptop Vouchers

More than 700 primary-level teachers who have received electronic vouchers (e-vouchers) under the ‘Laptop for Teachers’ initiative are yet to redeem their vouchers for devices and are being urged by the Ministry of Education and Youth to do so. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, said the latest numbers show that 8,852 e-vouchers for laptops have been issued to primary-level teachers...
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Rose Bennett-Cooper (right), widow of the late Jamaican artist Cecil Cooper, in conversation with Jamaican-born writer, journalist and broadcaster, Ferdinand Dennis and curator of the Cecil Cooper Scholarship Exhibition, Gilou Bauer, on July 2 at the Olympia Gallery, Old Hope Road, in St. Andrew.
EducationYouth

Cecil Cooper Foundation Provides Scholarships For Edna Manley College Students

Students of the Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts have an opportunity to receive tuition assistance through a Scholarship programme spearheaded by the Cecil Cooper Foundation. The programme was launched on June 17 concurrently with the inaugural Cecil Cooper Scholarship Exhibition, which is slated to run until July 16. The exhibition features never-before-seen works by the late...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second from left), consoles grieving parents Micey Walters (left) and Owen Tomlinson, at the funeral for their children Kayla and Abigail Tomlinson, who perished in a fire that gutted their Haylesfield, Clarendon, home on March 24. The funeral was held on Sunday (July 3) at the Race Course Seventh-day Adventist Church in the parish.
Youth

“Hold Your Children A Little Closer” – Minister Williams

Education and Youth Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, is appealing to parents to provide adequate supervision for their children and not to leave them home alone. In an emotional send-off on Sunday (July 3) for two Clarendon sisters who perished in a fire at their Haylesfield home on March 24, Minister Williams said parents should “ensure that [children] are always in...
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