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Chief Executive Officer of the National Parenting Support Commission, Kaysia Kerr

Kids In Spotlight For National Children’s Day

As the country turns the spotlight on children for National Children’s Day on Friday (May 15), parents are being encouraged to break from their daily activities or routine and to immerse themselves in engaging in fun and bond-creating activities with...

Members of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation Junior Council pause for a photograph after a Junior Council meeting. The Junior Councillors have launched a campaign dubbed 'COVID-19: Building Resilient Students' to help youth cope with the closure of schools islandwide due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

KSAMC Junior Council Launches Campaign To Assist Students Impacted By COVID-19

Second Vice Chair of the National Child Month Committee, Nicole Patrick Shaw.

Pickney Party For National Children’s Day On Friday

Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne (right), presents items to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Mrs. Rosalee Gage-Grey (centre), at a handover ceremony at the Glenhope Nursery and Place of Safety in Kingston on Tuesday, May 5. Observing (at left) is Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts-Risden. The donated goods, valued at $1.2 million, included basic food supplies, children’s stationery, toiletries and cleaning items.

More Support For Children’s Homes

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, reads to children from the storybook, titled, ‘Sandy, Tosh and the Moo Cow’, by Paula-Ann Porter Jones, during Read Across Jamaica Day activities, Tuesday, May 5, from his offices in St. Andrew. This year’s staging of the annual interactive event was done online as part of measures to contain and minimise the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

Prime Minister Reads To Children Digitally

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Institute of Jamaica’s HUSH Children’s Symposium on for May 20

The Institute of Jamaica's Programme's Coordination Division will host its annual HUSH Children's Symposium on Wednesday (May 20). The event will be a virtual occasion under the theme, 'Views YOU Choose: Real Talk'. It will be hosted on the Zoom platform and is slated to begin at 10 am and go for two hours. The details for the event are:...

Minister with oversight for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, gives a statement to the House of Representatives on May 5.

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Education Ministry Signs MOU To Enhance Learning For All Children

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ReadyTV for the development, management and distribution of digital educational channels, as part of an eHomeSchool Network. Speaking in the House of Representatives on May 5, Minister with oversight for the Ministry, Hon. Karl Samuda, said the agreement will ensure that those students who have...

Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage-Grey.

6 years ago TechnologyYouth

Child Protection And Family Services Agency Gets Technology Boost

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) has received a donation of tablets and laptop computers valued at approximately $14 million from the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), through its Public Sector Transformation Programme. The 56 laptops and 35 tablets are expected to enhance the information and communication technology (ICT) capacity of the CPFSA as it serves clients and carries...

Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency, Rosalee Gage=Grey.

6 years ago Youth

CPFSA Joins NCMC To Celebrate Children

Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage Grey, says the agency has joined with the National Child Month Committee (NCMC) and other partners to celebrate and educate children, under this year’s Child Month theme, Unplug Negativity, Connect Positivity…Think! Mrs. Gage Grey was addressing the virtual National Child Month Church service, held on Sunday,...

(FILE) Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge reads to New Providence Primary School students, to observe Read Across Jamaica Day on May 7, 2019 at the institution’s Barbican Road address in Kingston. Read Across Jamaica Day forms part of activities to mark Education Week from May 5 to 11, under the theme, ‘Empowering Educators: Retooling, Innovating, Networking for Sustainable Development’.

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Today Is Read Across Jamaica Day

Read Across Jamaica Day will be observed on Tuesday, May 5. The day forms part of activities by the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) to celebrate Education Week from May 3 to 9, under the theme ‘Promoting Digital Transformation and Positive Values & Attitudes – Imperatives for Redefining 21st Century Education’. The objective of the day is to promote the significance...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), and Kingston’s Mayor, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (2nd left), head officials laying flowers at the Secret Garden Monument in downtown Kingston during a ceremony on Sunday (May 3) in memory of the nation’s children who have died under tragic and violent circumstances. The event was organized by the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) as part of activities commemorating Child Month during May under the theme: ‘Unplug Negativity, Connect Positivity… Think!!!’.

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PHOTOS: KSAMC Child Month Wreath Laying Ceremony

(FILE) Regional Director of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Region 4, Dr. Michelle Pinnock.

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Parents Encouraged To Use Creative Ways To Homeschool Children

Regional Director in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information (Region 4), Dr. Michelle Pinnock, is encouraging parents to use creative and engaging ways to effectively homeschool their children. Schools across the island have been closed due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. In an interview with JIS News, Dr. Pinnock said parents should consider all five senses when...