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Graduates of the Youth Enrichment Programme (YEP) listen keenly as Custos Rotulorum for St. James, Bishop the Hon Conrad Pitkin, provides a project overview during the inaugural graduation ceremony at Faith Temple Assemblies of God Church, Princess Street, Montego Bay on August 15. The five-week training programme, which was undertaken in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, certified the 540 participants, aged 17 to 35, in several skills sets including barbering, business process outsourcing, food preparation, and nail technology.
Graduates of the Youth Enrichment Programme (YEP) listen keenly as Custos Rotulorum for St. James, Bishop the Hon Conrad Pitkin, provides a project overview during the inaugural graduation ceremony at Faith Temple Assemblies of God Church, Princess Street, Montego Bay on August 15. The five-week training programme, which was undertaken in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, certified the 540 participants, aged 17 to 35, in several skills sets including barbering, business process outsourcing, food preparation, and nail technology.

540 Participants Graduate from Youth Enrichment Programme in St. James

The first cohort of participants in the Youth Enrichment Programme (YEP) in St. James recently graduated after completing five weeks of comprehensive training and development in various skill sets. The 540 youth, aged 17 to 35, were trained in food...
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, delivering the keynote address at the Jamaica Teachers’ Association’s 54th Annual Conference at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, St. James, on Wednesday (August 22).
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, delivering the keynote address at the Jamaica Teachers’ Association’s 54th Annual Conference at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, St. James, on Wednesday (August 22).

More Early Childhood Institutions Being Certified
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, speaks at the 2018 Sagicor Foundation Scholarship Awards ceremony, held on Thursday, August 23 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, speaks at the 2018 Sagicor Foundation Scholarship Awards ceremony, held on Thursday, August 23 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

Minister Says PEP Will Create Inclusive Education System
Graduates from the first cohort of the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment’s (HOPE) Design and Apparel Manufacturing Corps group celebrate after they received their certificates at HEART Trust/NTA Garmex Academy, on Marcus Garvey Drive, in Kingston, on Wednesday (August 22).
Graduates from the first cohort of the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment’s (HOPE) Design and Apparel Manufacturing Corps group celebrate after they received their certificates at HEART Trust/NTA Garmex Academy, on Marcus Garvey Drive, in Kingston, on Wednesday (August 22).

HOPE Garment Assemblers Graduate
Skills Building Coordinator, Women’s Resource and Outreach Centre (WROC) Limited, Ivan Coore (left), congratulates Mansfield Greensword (right), who successfully completed the WROC’s six-month ‘Strengthening the Culture of Integrity Jamaica Project: Skills Building for Integrity Programme’, during a graduation ceremony at Alhambra Inn in St. Andrew on Wednesday (August 22). Other participants (from 2nd left) are: Paulette Lyons Shaw and Stephen McDonald.
Skills Building Coordinator, Women’s Resource and Outreach Centre (WROC) Limited, Ivan Coore (left), congratulates Mansfield Greensword (right), who successfully completed the WROC’s six-month ‘Strengthening the Culture of Integrity Jamaica Project: Skills Building for Integrity Programme’, during a graduation ceremony at Alhambra Inn in St. Andrew on Wednesday (August 22). Other participants (from 2nd left) are: Paulette Lyons Shaw and Stephen McDonald.

Over 30 Youth Certified Under WROC Training Programme

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Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addressing awardees and guests attending the Jamaica Teachers’ Association’s ( JTA) 54th annual conference awards ceremony at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, St. James, on Tuesday (August 21).
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Education Minister Lauds Teachers

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has lauded the nation’s teachers for their outstanding contributions and continuous commitment to the profession. He also praised them for their active roles in the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), which this year presented awards to 16 educators in recognition of their excellent and steadfast service to Jamaica, above and beyond...
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Their Excellencies, Governor-General the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (10th left) and Lady Allen (10th right), along with recipients and sponsors of the Summer of Service awards during the presentation ceremony at King
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GG Encourages Youth to Keep Pace with Changes in the Work Environment

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, is encouraging young people to be mindful of the ever-changing demands of the 21st century work environment, and challenges them to seek new knowledge to enhance their service delivery capabilities. Speaking at the sixth Summer of Service scholarship awards ceremony at King's House on Tuesday (August 21), the Governor-General urged the...
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Chairman, HEART Trust/NTA, Edward Gabbidon (left), converses with the agency’s Managing Director, Dr. Janet Dyer (centre); and Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, E-Media Interactive Group, Tyrone Wilson (right). The occasion was HEART Trust/NTA’s World Entrepreneurs’ Day symposium and workshop, which was held at The Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston, on August 21 under the theme ‘Rise on the Heels of Success’.
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HEART Trust’s Reassignment to OPM Consistent with Growth Agenda

Chairman, HEART Trust/NTA, Edward Gabbidon, says the strategic placing of the Agency at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) is in line with the country’s growth agenda. “Placing HEART at the OPM is strategically in line with our 2030 vision and [the] goal is to promote entrepreneurships, start-ups and an option to spur economic growth. It is for this...
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Bus Service for Students to be Expanded

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has committed $380 million for the roll-out of the Expanded Pilot Rural Transportation Project for the 2018/19 academic year. The Ministry committed $200 million for implementation of the first year of the programme in 2017. Now in its second year, the programme is being implemented in the rural sections of 12 parishes, excluding...
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Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean
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100 Teachers Being Better Equipped to Impart Spanish

Come the start of the 2018/19 academic year in September, about 100 current and prospective teachers of Spanish at the primary, secondary, vocational and tertiary levels will enter the classroom better equipped to impart the subject. These individuals, including lecturers at teachers’ colleges and final-year student teachers, are participating in a four-day intensive training course now underway at Shortwood Teachers’...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), with students who passed the final sitting of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) and were awarded by TIP Friendly Society on Friday (August 17), at the Knutsford Court Hotel, in New Kingston. To the Minister’s right is President, Committee of Management, TIP Friendly Society, Mr. Ray Howell.
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Education Ministry to Push for Greater Performance by Students

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Ministry will be pushing for even greater performance by students in external examinations, especially Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) subjects. Speaking at TIP Friendly Society’s 2018 Scholarship awards luncheon at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on August 17, Mr. Green cited the...
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Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), addressing parents during a question and answer session at the Ministry’s parent sensitisation session for Region’s One and Two, at the Karram Speid Auditorium, Merl Grove High School, Kingston, on August 16. Also pictured is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dean-Roy Bernard.
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Public Sector Workers Not Required to Pay School Auxiliary Fees for Children

Public sector workers with children attending public educational institutions will not be required to pay auxiliary fees for their enrolment as of the 2018/19 academic year, which begins in September. This was announced by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dean-Roy Bernard, during one in a series of parent sensitisation sessions, which was held for Regions...
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