The Jamaica 4-H Clubs has established an aquaponics project in Vernamfield, Clarendon, as part of efforts to provide young Jamaicans with the requisite training to set up enterprises in the fisheries sector. This has been done in partnership with The INMED Aquaponics Social Enterprise (INMED ASE). The first hub farm and training centre, located in Vernamfield, is comprised of a...

The tertiary education of children exiting State care will be fully funded by the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), through its Transitional Living Programme (TLP). This was noted by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CPFSA, Rosalee Gage-Grey, at the agency’s Transitional Living Expo for the Western and Northeast Regions, at the St. John Methodist Church Hall in...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), pauses for a photo with ILAH’s Lemon-Aid Stand For Kids Foundation Founder, Imani-Leigh Hall (centre) and Sagicor Bank Manchester, Branch Manager, Kavon Walker, during a visit to the Foundation’s summer camp at Manchester High School, on Friday (July 22). A donation of $3.5 million from Sagicor has helped the Foundation to...

Approximately 700 youths in state care were sensitised on opportunities that will adequately prepare them for independent living. These include entrepreneurship, vocational and technical skills training, housing accommodation for two years, tertiary enrolment and tuition payments, to support their move to the next phase of their lives. They can access these benefits for free under the Child Protection and Family...

More than 20 young persons are benefiting from the ‘Classroom to Real World’ mentorship workshop, which aims to connect students of science with professionals within the industry across the world. The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) mentorship workshop is a special initiative of the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET), in collaboration with the National Commission on Science...

Fifty-five children with various types of developmental disabilities have successfully completed the special intervention curriculum of the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP). Of the number, 44 will be enrolled in special education primary-level programmes, while 11 will matriculate to the regular school system. At the graduation ceremony, held on Wednesday (July 20) at the Apostolic Church of Jamaica Bethel Temple, 6-8...

The Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY) is reminding stakeholders that the Ministry does not facilitate the general transfer of students from one school to another. In a bulletin released by the MOEY, it was stated that the Ministry will only assist with transfers in cases of proximity, where a student may have been placed at a school in which...