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Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison.
Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison.

Parents Urged to Thoroughly Vet Persons Who Have Access to their Children

Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison, has called on parents and guardians to be vigilant about who they allow to have access to their children and to ensure that they are properly vetted.  “Children who are abused are primarily abused by...
Special Projects Officer at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Romona Geohaghan (right), presents a carton containing fruit juices to Director of the Mount Olivet Boys
Special Projects Officer at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Romona Geohaghan (right), presents a carton containing fruit juices to Director of the Mount Olivet Boys' Home, Sophia Morgan, at the JIS head office in Kingston on May 15. The donation, through sponsorship from Trade Winds Citrus Limited, is in keeping with the JIS’s ongoing support of the home, which is its primary corporate social responsibility project. The home, located in Walderston, Manchester, is currently working to resurface its driveway to ensure safer, and easier access for residents, staff and visitors.

Handover of Items to Mount Olivet Boys’ Home (PHOTOS)
Fourth-year student at Shortwood Teachers’ College, Christopher Dawes (left), is presented with a cheque by Children of Jamaica Outreach (COJO) Inc. United States-based supporter and honoree, Dr. Patricia Smith, during COJO’s scholarship luncheon on Wednesday (May 21) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.
Fourth-year student at Shortwood Teachers’ College, Christopher Dawes (left), is presented with a cheque by Children of Jamaica Outreach (COJO) Inc. United States-based supporter and honoree, Dr. Patricia Smith, during COJO’s scholarship luncheon on Wednesday (May 21) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

COJO Awards Scholarships to Wards of the State
Professor of Curriculum Studies in the School of Education, University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, Professor Carmel Roofe, delivers remarks at an education forum held on Tuesday (May 20), at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston under the theme ‘Future Proofing Teaching: A School of Education, UWI Mona Perspective’.
Professor of Curriculum Studies in the School of Education, University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, Professor Carmel Roofe, delivers remarks at an education forum held on Tuesday (May 20), at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston under the theme ‘Future Proofing Teaching: A School of Education, UWI Mona Perspective’.

PHOTOS: UWI Education Forum
Picture of schoolboy with backpack smiling
Picture of schoolboy with backpack smiling

National Child and Adolescent Mental Health Day to Be Observed on May 22

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Education Programme Specialist, the Education Policy Section at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Rokhaya Fall Diawara, gives the keynote address at the opening of the sixth annual Early Childhood Commission (ECC) Professional Development Institute (PDI), at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on Monday (May 19).
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Jamaica Commended for Enrolment in Early-Childhood Institutions

Jamaica has been commended for having more than 95 per cent of children, aged four to five, enrolled in early-childhood institutions across the island. This comes from Education Programme Specialist, the Education Policy Section at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Rokhaya Fall Diawara. Ms. Diawara was giving the keynote address at the opening of the sixth...
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Chair of the National Child Month Committee, Nicole Patrick Shaw (left), distributes tokens and stickers to students from the St. Thomas Hill View Kinder-Prep School, as part of children
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National Child Month Committee Observes Children’s Day in St. Thomas

The streets of Morant Bay, St. Thomas came alive on Friday (May 16) as the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), in partnership various stakeholders, observed National Children’s Day. The activities included offering words of affirmation, greeting school children and distributing tokens to celebrate and uplift Jamaica’s youngest citizens. “This day is just as special as Mother’s Day or Father’s Day....
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Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, participates in a game of hopscotch during a visit to Calabar Infant, Primary and Junior High School in Kingston, in observance of National Children’s Day on Friday (May 16).
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Education Leaders Champion Playtime as Key to Child Development

Education stakeholders are underscoring the importance of playtime in the development of the nation’s children. Minister of Education, Skills, Youth, and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, asserts that young children’s brains require playtime. “So often, we tell our children to just focus on the schoolwork. But play is an important part of their development, and it helps...
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Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz (third right) gives the thumbs up at the launch of the rural school-bus service in Portland recently. He is joined by (from left) Deputy Managing Director for Operations at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Romain-Khade Gayle; Director of the Safety and Security in Schools Unit at the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Richard Troupe; Member of Parliament for Portland Eastern, Ann-Marie Vaz; Principal of Titchfield High School, Richard Thompson; and JUTC Corporate Communications Manager, Shantole Thompson.
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Titchfield High Principal Welcomes Portland School-Bus Service

Principal of Titchfield High School in Portland, Richard Thompson, is welcoming the provision of a dedicated rural school bus service for the parish. Speaking in an interview with JIS News following the recent launch, Mr. Thompson said that the service, operated by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), will facilitate the timely, safe and efficient movement of students, including those...
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