The Ministry of National Security, through the recently ended Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP), virtually engaged more than 200 youth in pre-vocational and vocational skills training. Between April and June, the participants from the Kingston Metropolitan Area, Central and Western regions were engaged in Mathematics, English and Life Skills Education three times per week. The training programmes were scheduled...

As part of its continued efforts in exercising its corporate social responsibility, the nation’s leading water provider the National Water Commission (NWC), has to date employed over 300 at risk youth to gather vital information through its Customer Census Mapping Project. By definition, at risk youth are persons who due to a range of factors are deemed less likely to...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has provided a $4-million grant to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to strengthen its police youth club programme. The funds, provided under the $50-million Safe Community Project, will go towards additional training of officers assigned to the Community Safety and Security Branch in four main areas – human rights, crime prevention through environmental design,...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, says the Government continues to put measures in place to protect the rights and well-being of the nation’s children. He noted that a National Plan of Action for an Integrated Response to Children and Violence (NPACV) has been adopted, providing an inter-sectoral response to treating with...

Guidance Counsellor at William Knibb Memorial High School in Trelawny, Carradine Kerr, says the institution is placing emphasis on safeguarding the mental health of students who have returned to school. Schools across the island were closed in late March due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Secondary schools, as of Monday (June 8), were temporarily reopened to facilitate final preparation for...

The Hon. Karl Samuda has been appointed Minister of Education, Youth and Information. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the announcement during a meeting with Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) Board members on Wednesday (June 17) at the institution's Palisadoes Park address in Kingston. Minister Samuda has served as Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education since March 2019....

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) will host a virtual child protection forum on Wednesday (June 17), starting at 8:00 p.m. It is the third in a series of sessions staged by the agency to address the situation of Jamaican children, with two held in Montego Bay, St. James and Linstead Square, St. Catherine in March. Speaking with...