The Ministry of Education and Youth (MoEY) has issued a bulletin informing school administrators that the cost of the school registration package at the secondary level should be no more than $6,000. Meanwhile, in keeping with the Ministry’s mandate of ensuring that the cost to parents remains minimal for all children to attend school or access their education, there should...

The Jamaica 4-H Clubs has introduced a Youth in Fisheries Programme to attract more young persons and provide a supportive framework for the development of the fisheries sector. Among the primary objectives of the programme are training, promotion of opportunities within the sector, and enterprise development. Business and Entrepreneurship Development Manager, Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Villett Kelly-Bennett, told JIS News that...

A total of 6000 youngsters from across Jamaica will be engaged in gainful employment over a six-week period under the Government’s Youth Summer Employment Programme (YSEP). The national initiative, which is in its sixth year, was officially launched at the Mannings School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland on Friday (July 15) by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, and Minister of...

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 News that the objective of the week is to give youngsters in State care the opportunity to be exposed to...

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,...

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...

More than 1,000 young farmers are making strides in agriculture, with the help of the Jamaica 4-H Club’s Rural Youth Economic Empowerment Programme (RYEEP). The ‘starter’ entrepreneurship programme targets rural underserved youth between 18 and 35 years with an opportunity to launch their own agricultural enterprise. The programme provides training, in partnership with the HEART/NSTA Trust, in agricultural best practices,...