The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, is spearheading activities for Parent Month 2019. During the month of November, several activities will be executed under the ‘Be the Influence’ campaign. This year’s observance of Parent Month is a culmination of the three-year Be the Influence campaign. Chief Executive Officer of the...

The Gregory Park Primary School in St. Catherine was this year chosen as the main beneficiary of an intervention by the United Nations (UN) – the ‘World’s Largest Lesson (WLL)’ – which relays the importance of the Global Goals for Sustainable Development in a way that children can understand. The WLL is a repository of lesson plans and activity ideas...

The National Child Month Committee (NCMC) wrapped up its 2019 calendar of activities with its annual youth forum, held on November 1, at the St. Andrew Parish Church Hall, in Kingston. More than 170 students representing 15 high schools from across the island participated in several activities depicting the theme: ‘Encourage. Enable. Include Me’. Chair of the NCMC, Dr. Pauline...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, is encouraging the nation’s youth to follow their passion and to be prepared to put in the work that is required to make it a reality. “Preparation and passion; those are two things that you must never forget. Have a passion for what you want to do...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s (MOEYI) Brain Builders Centres (BBC) initiative has been bolstered with the acquisition of a US$70,000 Japan-funded Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) technical cooperation grant. This was disclosed by Programmes Manager for the Education System Transformation Programme (ESTP). Daynea Facey, during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the agency’s head office in Kingston...

Thirty-seven wards and members of staff of the Hill Top Juvenile Facility, who have successfully completed a drama and theatre programme, were feted on Monday (October 27), during a closing ceremony held at the institution in St. Ann. The six-week programme, dubbed ‘From Training to Stage’ was undertaken by the Ministry of National Security as part of its youth-offender rehabilitation...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is attributing the fall in youth unemployment to critical empowerment programmes, which have been implemented by the Government for young people. “It is gratifying when you see the various statistics and metrics go in the right direction. One such metric would be the unemployment rate, and without question, we have increased employment in...