The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has advised boards and administrators of tertiary institutions that they can exercise autonomy in determining when they will reopen their respective institutions. However, every effort must be made to ensure that operations are aligned with the Disaster Risk Management Act and the guidelines of the Ministry of Health & Wellness in order to...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will be rolling out a series of psychosocial sessions with students in September, to help them cope with their fears and anxieties that have been brought on by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Speaking at a virtual Back-to-School Students’ Sensitisation Session for Primary, High and Tertiary Students, hosted by the Ministry on August 26,...

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), through its Children and Family Support Unit (CFSU), is currently hosting a Virtual Camp and Back-to-School Extravaganza for children in State care and vulnerable children within CFSU, aged 12 to 17. The Zoom summer camp is being held virtually, in observance of the Government’s COVID-19 social-distancing guidelines. It will run from Monday,...

The Youth and Adolescents Policy Division (YAPD) of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will host two COVID-19 sensitisation sessions targeting youth aged 15-29. These virtual sessions are scheduled for Wednesday, August 26 and Wednesday, September 9, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Ministry, in a bulletin, indicated that the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated certain changes in the...

Some 165 unattached youth recently graduated from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Alternative Livelihoods Skills and Development Project - Blue Economy training programme, during a recent ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. The project was undertaken in partnership with the RE School of Education and Technology (RESET) with funding of $34 million jointly provided by...

Hundreds of children aged eight to 12 will benefit from a virtual healthy lifestyle summer camp being staged by the Ministry of Health and Wellness today, Wednesday (August 19). The one-day camp, which will also target parents and teachers, will focus on increasing awareness about the importance of healthy eating and engaging in physical activity in order to combat obesity....

Nominations are now being accepted for the Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards for Excellence. They will be closed on September 11. Chair of the Selection Committee, Rhys Campbell, told JIS News that the annual event is open to all Jamaican nationals between 15 and 29 years of age who are living in Jamaica and the diaspora. Nominees should excel, show...