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National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), engages with Youth Empowerment Training Initiative participants (from left) Jonross Taylor, Nickeria Box, Ali-Kaye Daley and Kevin Shakes. Occasion was the opening ceremony and orientation exercise for the skills training programme on Thursday (March 14) at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) campus, Kingston.

91 Youth to Benefit from Empowerment Programme

Ninety-one unattached young people from several communities in Kingston and St. James are to benefit from skills training under a $50-million Youth Empowerment Training Initiative (YETI). The initiative, being implemented by the Ministry of National Security and the Citizen Security...

President, The Mico University College, Dr. Asburn Pinnock, provides details about the International Mathematics Teaching Summit at a JIS Think Tank on March 11. The event will be held from March 25 to 27 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

MICO to Host Int’l Mathematics Teaching Summit

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean (second left), peruses the new handbook for school Boards at a training workshop for principals and Board chairs hosted by the National College for Education Leadership (NCEL)/National Council on Education (NCE) at the Melia Braco Village in Trelawny on Monday (March 12). Others (from left) are Executive Director of the NCE, Merris Murray; Chairman of the Teachers’ Services Commission and Custos of St. James, Conrad Pitkin; and Director and Principal of NCEL, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton.

Seven-Year Secondary-School Programme a Game Changer – Dr. McLean

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, announces the Revenue Measures for the financial year 2019/20, as he opens the 2019/20 Budget debate in the House of Representatives on March 7. Seated from left are: Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw and Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams.

Gov’t Increases Support for Students Under PATH

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (second right), speaks to HEART Trust/NTA Chairman, Edward Gabbidon (right), at a contract signing ceremony between the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the HEART Trust/NTA to train ancillary workers in schools, at JSIF’s headquarters, in Kingston, on March 7. Also sharing in the dialogue are (from left): General Manager of Technical Services at JSIF, Loy Malcolm, and JSIF Managing Director, Omar Sweeney.

Programme to Train and Certify Workforce to be Launched in April By Heart

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (seated, centre), affixes his signature to a Service Agreement between Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) and Family Life Ministries (FLM), for a pilot foster care project. Waiting to sign are Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of FLM, Dr. Barry Davidson (seated left); and CEO of CPFSA, Rosalee Gage-Grey (seated right). Overseeing the process (in the background are FLM Board Members, Arnold Aiken; and Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughan. The signing took place at the FLM’s Cecelio Avenue offices in St. Andrew on Tuesday (March 5).

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Gov’t to Embark on Pilot Foster Care Project

A pilot foster care project will be undertaken over the next year as the Government moves to place more children under State care in stable family settings. The pilot is part of a three-year programme between the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) and Family Life Ministries (FLM). Under the initiative, dubbed ‘For the Child Foster Care Programme’, the...

Poison Information Coordinator at the Caribbean Poison Information Network, Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh, addressing a recent JIS Think Tank

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Children from Poor Households More Prone to Poisoning

Children from poor households in Jamaica are more likely to be exposed to chemical poisoning, says the Caribbean Poison Information Network (CARPIN). This is one of the findings coming out of a CARPIN study that focused on the use of chemicals within the home and how behaviour, knowledge, and storage pattern will determine how children 0-5 years are poisoned in...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left); and Regional Director, Ministry of Education

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Gov’t Committed to Seven-Year High-School Expansion Programme

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says that the Government is committed to a seven-year programme for the expansion of high-school space across the island. He noted that while a number of institutions have been built and upgraded over the years, more places are needed to meet needs. He was speaking to JIS News following a...

Consultant Pulmonologist and Senior Medical Officer at the National Chest Hospital, in St. Andrew, Dr. Terry Baker, makes a presentation at the Healthy Lifestyle Youth Forum, hosted by the Jamaica Cancer Society at the Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston on February 28.

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Students Warned Not to Smoke

A stern warning is being issued to students across the island to desist from smoking cigarettes, marijuana, hookahs, e-cigarettes and other harmful substances. Consultant Pulmonologist and Senior Medical Officer at the National Chest Hospital in St. Andrew, Dr. Terry Baker, advises that cigarettes, including e-cigarettes, consist of nearly 600 additives, and tobacco smoke contains over 4,000 different compounds. Addressing students...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (second right), presents Holy Family Primary School student, Malique Brown, with the winner

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Don’t Gamble with Your Education – Terrelonge

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, is imploring adolescents to refrain from participating in underage gambling, as this may negatively impact their education. “Your education is the best gift that you can give to yourselves not gambling...Your education is the one thing that will last for the rest of your life. So do not gamble with...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon Ruel Reid (right), is greeted by Principal of Hoolebury Primary School in Runaway Bay, St. Ann, Leon Lamont, during a visit on February 26.

7 years ago EducationYouth

Four Primary and Infant Schools in St. Ann to be Upgraded

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is to carry out infrastructural upgrade of four St. Ann-based Primary and Infant schools. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, told JIS News that the upgrading work forms part of the Ministry’s national infrastructure development programme, adding that the Government remains committed to tackling the infrastructural needs of schools across the country....

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon Ruel Reid, addresses a post-Cabinet press briefing held at the Office of the Prime Minister on February 27.

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First Component of PEP Successful – Senator Reid

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the administration of the first component of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) conducted on February 26, was successful. More than 40,000 students were registered to sit the Ability component at 1,104 centres across the country. “Our focus now is for the Performance Task component next month and the...