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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, makes her contribution to the 2022/23 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 12. Seated at left is Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, makes her contribution to the 2022/23 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 12. Seated at left is Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan.

Ministry To Help Parents Get Involved In Children’s Education

The Ministry of Education and Youth will be launching a public education series aimed at helping parents to get actively involved in their children’s education, particularly at the early-childhood level. Dubbed, ‘What Should My Child Know and Do?’, the series...
Member of Parliament for Hanover Western, Tamika Davis (centre), with Sherice Williams, Youth Parliamentarian, and Junior Mayor for Lucea, Timothy Kent, at a mentorship awards ceremony at the Grand Palladium Resort, Hanover, recently.
Member of Parliament for Hanover Western, Tamika Davis (centre), with Sherice Williams, Youth Parliamentarian, and Junior Mayor for Lucea, Timothy Kent, at a mentorship awards ceremony at the Grand Palladium Resort, Hanover, recently.

SDC Hailed For Implementing Mentorship Programme In Western Hanover
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, makes her contribution to the 2022/23 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 12. Seated at left is Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, makes her contribution to the 2022/23 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 12. Seated at left is Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan.

More Institutions To Take Part In Coding In Schools Programme
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, makes her contribution to the 2022/23 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 12. Seated at left is Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, makes her contribution to the 2022/23 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 12. Seated at left is Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan.

Thousands Of Students Re-Engaged Through Find The Child Initiative
Coordinator at the Science and Technology Education Unit of the Scientific Research Council, Kavelle Hylton.
Coordinator at the Science and Technology Education Unit of the Scientific Research Council, Kavelle Hylton.

SRC Invites Students To Register For CSEC Workshops

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Chief Executive Officer, Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage-Grey (right); Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Maureen Dwyer (centre); and Founder, Hear the Children’s Cry, Betty-Ann Blaine, sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide a more effective response to the issue of missing children in Jamaica under the Ananda Alert system at the Terra Nova Hotel in St. Andrew on April 8. Overseeing the signing is Acting Deputy Registrar, CPFSA, Lesia Bhagwandat Vassell.
EducationYouth

Partnership Strengthened For Recovery Of Missing Children

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) and the multi-sectorial partners on the Ananda Alert system have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide a more effective response to the issue of missing children in Jamaica. The parties have agreed to strengthen cooperation and information sharing on the reporting, investigation, and return/recovery of a child who becomes the...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), interacting with Head Girl of Guy’s Hill High School, Shayanique Neil (second left); Principal, Guy’s Hill High, Cecil Donald (left); and grade-nine student at the institution, Ajani Murphy, following the presentation of laptops to Guy’s Hill High School by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) at the Commission’s Ballater Avenue offices in Kingston on April 7.
SportYouth

$7-Million Grant To Support CARIFTA Swimmers

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport will be providing monetary support for Jamaica’s delegation heading to the CARIFTA Swimming Championships in Barbados, April 16 to April 20. “I have begun to deliver on my commitment to provide a grant of $7 million to support Jamaica’s delegation to the CARIFTA Swim Meet and… [approximately] $4 million has been paid...
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Assistant Commissioner of Police, Clifton Chambers.
National SecurityYouth

JCF Using Social Programmes To Reach Youths in the West

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is developing several initiatives to help reduce the number of young people involved in criminal activities in western Jamaica, says Head of the Area One Police, Assistant Commissioner (ACP) Clifton Chambers. Speaking at the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s inaugural security summit at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on April 6, ACP Chambers...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams
EducationYouth

Education Ministry To Roll Out School Resocialisation Programmes

Programmes to facilitate the resocialisation of students as part of measures to prevent violence and other deviant behaviours in schools will be rolled out across the island shortly by the Education and Youth Ministry. Speaking in a recent interview with JIS News, portfolio Minister, Hon Fayval Williams, said that the intervention is necessary because “[students] have been away from the...
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Assistant Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Ava White-Anderson (left), presents an award to President of Bully Proof Kids International, Gabrielle Clarke, during the UNDP’s ‘Amplifying Youth Voice and Action’ (AYVA) project close-out and awards ceremony, held recently at The Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston. The UNDP piloted an intensive and inclusive youth engagement strategy through the AYVA project to address citizen security and safety. The project contributed to the empowerment of youth to actively participate in Jamaica’s citizen security governance and policymaking mechanisms, supported by the Ministry of National Security, the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Youth

UNDP’s Amplifying Youth Voice and Action Close-out Ceremony

Assistant Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Ava White-Anderson (left), presents an award to President of Bully Proof Kids International, Gabrielle Clarke, during the UNDP’s ‘Amplifying Youth Voice and Action’ (AYVA) project close-out and awards ceremony, held recently at The Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston. The UNDP piloted an intensive and inclusive youth engagement strategy through...
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Resident Manager for Round Hill Hotel, Conroy Thompson (centre); emphasises a point during the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo) ‘Let’s Talk Tourism’ panel discussion at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, on March 29. Listening are Coordinator of Corporate Communications & Community Awareness, TPDCo, Marline Stephenson Dalley (left); and Group Human Resource Director for Couples, Floyd Burchell.
EducationTourismYouth

Students Urged To Consider Career In Tourism

Students are being encouraged to consider a career in tourism as they make plans for their future. Director of the Jamaica Centre of Tourism Innovation/Craft Development Institute, Carol Rose Brown, said that more than 1,500 new hotel rooms are to be added to Jamaica’s stock, with most of these to be situated in Trelawny. “So, we have to find people...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green (right), examines a piece of equipment as Project Manager of J. Wray & Nephew Limited, Dwight Mullings (left), conducts a tour of the $47-million Elim Agro-Processing Plant that was officially handed over to Sydney Pagon STEM Academy in St Elizabeth and the wider farming community, on Thursday (March 24).
ScienceTechnologyYouth

Sydney Pagon STEM Academy Gets Elim Agro-Processing Plant

The Sydney Pagon Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Academy in St. Elizabeth is the beneficiary of the $47-million Elim Agro-Processing Plant that was officially handed over to the school and the wider farming community on Thursday (March 24) The 2,200 sq. ft. facility was donated by the J. Wray & Nephew Limited Foundation following the closure of the Appleton...
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