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Programme Manager for the Education System Transformation Prgramme (ESTP), Daynea Facey (centre), addressing a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank. Looking (from left) are Systems Administrator at the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Kayedean Allen, and ECC Sector Planner, Paula Shaw.

Early Childhood Commission To Stage Inaugural Parent Partners Forum

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) will, on November 19, stage the first ever Parent Partners Forum. The event in being held in collaboration with the Education Sector Transformation Plan for Learning and Teaching, a Japan grant-funded Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-implemented...

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CPFSA to Host Child Protection Forum on November 14

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis, speaking at the Media Launch of the 2019 Mayor’s Charity Ball at the Grand-A-View Restaurant, Montego Bay, St. James on November 6.

2,500 Children to Benefit from Mobay Mayor’s Charity Ball

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), is in conversation with British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Asif Ahmad (centre); and HEART Trust/NTA Chairman, Edward Gabbidon, at the official launch of the ‘Get Hired’ Programme at the British High Commissioner’s Residence in Kingston on November 7.

PHOTOS: State Minister Terrelonge At Launch Of ‘Get Hired’ Programme

State Minister Terrelonge Launches L.I.T. Youth Month 2019

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (at podium), addresses attendees at the launch of the 100th anniversary celebrations of the Kingston Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), at its Hope Road location in Kingston, on Wednesday (November 6). Executives of the Kingston YMCA at the head table are (from left) Chairman, 100th Anniversary Committee, Hon. Mike Fennell; the Association’s Chairman, Allan Roy Marsh; and Administrator/General Secretary, Sarah Newland Martin.

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Justice Minister Lauds Work Of YMCA

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, has lauded the tireless work of the Kingston Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in positively impacting the lives of Jamaica’s youth, through its various community outreach programmes. Speaking at the launch of the Association’s 100th anniversary celebrations at its Hope Road location, in Kingston, on Wednesday (November 6), Mr. Chuck said he was one...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, speaking during the Youth Month Church Service, which was held at the Holy Cross Moravian Church in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth, on November 3.

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State Minister Emphasises Role Of Youth In National Development

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, says Jamaica is blessed with young people who can drive the island’s transition to a developed country. “You are wired to the world, and you have information, knowledge and power at the tips of your fingers,” he said. Consequently, Mr. Terrelonge said the Government and other well-thinking...

Chairperson for the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Trisha Williams-Singh (second left); and media personality, Jennifer Small (left), dance with St. Peter Claver Primary and Infant School students, Amelia Foster (right), and Arianna Temple. Occasion was a ceremony to officially launch the Sagicor Foundation’s 2019/2020 Adopt-A-School programme at Hope Gardens in St. Andrew on Tuesday (November 5).

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Three Institutions To Be Upgraded Under Sagicor Adopt-A-School Programme

Another three early-childhood institutions will this year benefit from renovation and upgrades amounting to $15 million under Sagicor Foundation’s Adopt-A-School programme. The schools are Petersville Early Childhood Institution in Westmoreland, Prime Time Early Childhood Institution in Clarendon, and St. Peter Claver Primary and Infant School in St. Andrew. The announcement was made during the official launch of this year’s programme...

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

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Parents Must Influence Children – NPSC

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...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (right); and Education Specialist, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Dr. Rebecca Tortello (left), interact with students of the Gregory Park Primary School during a session teaching them about the United Nations (UN) ‘World’s Largest Lesson (WLL)’, which relays the importance of the Global Goals for Sustainable Development in a way that children can understand. The session took place at the school

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Gregory Park Primary Main Beneficiary Of UN Session

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...

Students of the Papine High School, in Kingston, perform a skit depicting the theme: ‘Encourage, Enable, Include Me’, during the National Child Month Committee (NCMC) Youth Forum, which was held on November 1, at the St. Andrew Parish Church Hall, in Kingston.

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NCMC Hosts Youth Forum

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...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), greets head boy of York Castle High School in St. Ann, Bobby Francos (right), at the Jamaica Tertiary Education Commission’s (J-TEC) Go Higher Conference on Thursday (October 31) at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. At second right is President of the Students’ Council at York Castle High, Mark Johnson.

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Young People Encouraged To Follow Their Passion

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...