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Former Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Thursday (February 14).
Former Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Thursday (February 14).

Adequate Post-Assessment Procedures for PEP

Former Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, is assuring the public that adequate post-assessment procedures are in place for the Primary Exit Profile (PEP). “We are now in examination mode, so we...
Manager, Student Assessment Unit, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Terry-Ann Thomas Gayle, presenting Primary Exit Profile (PEP) preparation tips, at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on Thursday (February 14), at the JIS Head Office in Kingston.
Manager, Student Assessment Unit, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Terry-Ann Thomas Gayle, presenting Primary Exit Profile (PEP) preparation tips, at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on Thursday (February 14), at the JIS Head Office in Kingston.

Tips to Help Students get Ready for PEP
We Transform programme director in the Ministry of Justice, Ella Ghartey
We Transform programme director in the Ministry of Justice, Ella Ghartey

More Research Into Youth and Crime Urged
HEART Trust/NTA representatives (seated at left), provide members of the public with information on training programmes, at a Career Youth and Information Forum and Exposition held at Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay on Tuesday (February 12).
HEART Trust/NTA representatives (seated at left), provide members of the public with information on training programmes, at a Career Youth and Information Forum and Exposition held at Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay on Tuesday (February 12).

St. James Custos Calls for Greater Focus on Entrepreneurial Studies
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), greets Founder of LearnFest Caribbean and Chief Executive Officer of Project Management Global Institute (PGMI), Sherrone Blake Lobban, during the recent LearnFest Caribbean 2019 symposium at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston. Mr. Green was the keynote speaker.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), greets Founder of LearnFest Caribbean and Chief Executive Officer of Project Management Global Institute (PGMI), Sherrone Blake Lobban, during the recent LearnFest Caribbean 2019 symposium at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston. Mr. Green was the keynote speaker.

PEP will Foster Entrepreneurship Among Youth – Minister Green

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Tourism Minister, Hon Edmund Bartlett (fifth right), Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCO), Dr. Andrew Spencer (centre); and Permanent Secretary in the Tourism Ministry, Jennifer Griffith (fourth left) with the principals, coaches and students of Mount Airy All-Age and Broughton Primary Schools, who were finalists in the TVJ 2018 Junior Schools’ Challenge Quiz competition.
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Minister Bartlett Fetes 2018 Junior Schools Challenge Quiz Finalists

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, recently hosted a reception for members of the winning 2018 TVJ Junior Schools’ Challenge Quiz team, Mount Airy All-Age School, and runner-up, Broughton Primary School. The students and their coaches, principals, and parents were feted in fine style at the Royan Hotel in Negril, Westmoreland. Both schools are located in Westmoreland, which is the parish...
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Senators, Kerensia Morrison (left) and Aubyn Hill, speaking during the sitting of the Senate on Friday (February 8) in Gordon House.
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Jamaicans Encouraged to Create Safe Spaces for Children

Government Senator, Kerensia Morrison, has called on all Jamaicans to create safe spaces for children, in light of the recent incidents that have resulted in the loss of children’s lives. Closing the State of the Nation Debate in the Senate on Friday (February 8), Senator Morrison made specific reference to the loss of twin girls, Nahelia and Nahalia Pinnock, who...
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State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses the National Foster Care Week Church Service at the Ocho Rios Baptist Church in St. Ann on Sunday, February 10.
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Gov’t Placing Focus on Foster Care

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Government has placed renewed focus on the foster care programme with the objective of encouraging more persons to open their homes to children in State care. He noted that a five-year development plan to advance the system has been instituted. “We want to get more...
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State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (second right), and Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage-Grey (left), look on as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dean-Roy Bernard (right), greets foster-parent Lorna Lawrence, and her four foster-sons. The occasion was the National Foster Care Week church service held at the Ocho Rios Baptist Church in St. Ann on February 10.
Youth

Child Protection and Family Services Agency Observing Foster Care Week

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) is undertaking a number of activities in observance of National Foster Care Week under the theme ‘Give Love, Inspire Hope, Foster a Child’. Manager of Public Relations and Communications at the CPFSA, Rochelle Dixon, says the objective is to raise awareness about the foster care programme and to encourage more Jamaicans to...
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State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), shares a moment with Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage-Grey following the National Foster Care Week Church Service at the Ocho Rios Baptist Church in St. Ann on Sunday, February 10.
Youth

Church Urged to Help Provide Safe Homes for Children

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon Floyd Green, has called for church groups to join the thrust to get more children into foster care. “I encourage all of our churches right across Jamaica… to join with us and provide homes for our children,” he said, while addressing the National Foster Care Week Church Service at...
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Senior Director for Corporate Services in the Ministry of Justice, Sandra Graham, addressing stakeholders during a recent Restorative Justice Youth Town Hall Meeting at Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College in Granville, St. James.
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Justice Ministry Embarking on Child Diversion Stakeholders Training

The Ministry of Justice plans to train members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), among other key stakeholders, in child diversion practices. Senior Director for Corporate Services in the Ministry, Sandra Graham, told JIS News, that Deans of Disciplines and Guidance Counsellors in schools are also being targetted for training, citing them as pivotal partners in the broader restorative justice...
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Coordinator of the Restorative Justice Unit in the Ministry of Justice, Dr. Kahilah Whyte (left), fields questions from students during a panel discussion at the Unit’s Youth Town Hall Meeting at Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College in Granville, St. James, on Wednesday (February 6). Other panellists (from second left) are Mount Alvernia High School student, Chrisann Morris; Anchovy High School student, Faydian Gordon; and Senior Director, Corporate Services Division, Ministry of Justice, Sandra Graham.
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Gov’t Targeting 3,000 School Administrators as Restorative Justice Practitioners

The Government is looking to train approximately 3,000 school administrators islandwide in restorative justice practices. Coordinator of the Restorative Justice Unit in the Ministry of Justice, Dr. Kahilah Whyte, said the goal is to train at least three individuals at every institution, “[in] roughly 1,000 schools”. She was speaking with JIS News following the Ministry’s Restorative Justice Youth Town Hall...
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