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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
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's location in St. Catherine, on Monday (November 4).

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...
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.
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.

NCMC Hosts Youth Forum
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.
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.

Young People Encouraged To Follow Their Passion
Programme Manager, Education System Transformation Programme (ESTP), Daynea Facey, addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, on Tuesday (October 29).
Programme Manager, Education System Transformation Programme (ESTP), Daynea Facey, addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, on Tuesday (October 29).

Early-Childhood Brain Builders Initiative Receives US$70,000 Boost
State Minister for National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer.
State Minister for National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer.

Wards, Staff At Hill Top Juvenile Facility Trained In Drama And Theatre

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, opens the debate on amendments to the Human Employment and Resource Training Act in the House of Representatives on October 29.
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PM Credits Fall In Youth Unemployment To Empowerment Programmes

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...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, opens the debate on amendments to the Human Employment and Resource Training Act in the House of Representatives on October 29.
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Merger Of HEART Trust, NYS And JFFL Will Reach More Unattached Youth – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, opened the debate on amendments to the Human Employment and Resource Training Act (2019) in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 29). The legislation makes the necessary legal provision for the merger of the functions of the HEART Trust/NTA with the National Youth Service (NYS), the Apprenticeship Board and the Jamaican Foundation...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right, background), holds the hand of Clan Carthy Primary School student, Naquan Smith (second right, foreground), while looking at the desk formerly occupied by his late classmate, Benjamin Bair, who died tragically at the institution, located on Deanery Road in Kingston, on Monday (October 28). Among those also looking on are State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (background right), and student, Damoya Wright (right).
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Prime Minister Holness Visits, Consoles Clan Carthy Primary School Family

Less than 24 hours after the untimely death of seven-year-old Clan Carthy Primary School student, Benjamin Bair, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, visited the institution on Deanery Road in Kingston on Tuesday (October 29) to console Principal, Sheldon Richards, and the teachers and students, who have been badly shaken up by the mishap. Tragedy struck on Monday (October...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (third left), interacting with a group of students from St. Elizabeth Technical High School at United Nations Day 2019 at the Courtleigh Auditorium in St. Andrew on Thursday (October 24).
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Young People Urged To Get Involved In Governanace

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, is encouraging more young people to get involved in the governance of the country to ensure a better future for themselves and the generation of tomorrow. “Getting involved in causes and in politics is getting involved in your own lives. The youth of Jamaica, the youth...
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Managing Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Janet Dyer, addressing a recent JIS Think Tank.
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HEART/NTA Better Positioned To Drive Human Capital Development

Managing Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Janet Dyer, says the merger of the entity with the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL), National Youth Service (NYS) and the Apprenticeship Board has better positioned the agency to carry out its role as the driver for human capital development. Dr. Dyer, who was addressing a recent JIS Think Tank, said that...
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