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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (seated third right), observes as student at the Stimulation-Plus Early Childhood Centre, Aidane Lawrence (third left), completes a puzzle. Also looking on (from left) are Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney; Executive Director of the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP), Antonica Gunter Gayle; Chief of Operations at the Inter-American Bank (IDB), Adriana La Valley; and State Minister in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne. Occasion was the official opening of the $70-million centre in Rockfort, Kingston, on May 18.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (seated third right), observes as student at the Stimulation-Plus Early Childhood Centre, Aidane Lawrence (third left), completes a puzzle. Also looking on (from left) are Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney; Executive Director of the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP), Antonica Gunter Gayle; Chief of Operations at the Inter-American Bank (IDB), Adriana La Valley; and State Minister in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne. Occasion was the official opening of the $70-million centre in Rockfort, Kingston, on May 18.

More Children with Special Needs to be Reached

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is working with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security to reach more children with special needs. Education Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, who spoke with JIS News at the official opening...
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), greet Therese Braham after the National Workers’ Week and Labour Day church service at the Portmore Holiness Christian Church, Hellshire, St. Catherine, on May 20.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), greet Therese Braham after the National Workers’ Week and Labour Day church service at the Portmore Holiness Christian Church, Hellshire, St. Catherine, on May 20.

Businesses Urged to Support Ramps for Schools Project
Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (right) in discussion with Opposition Senator, Damion Crawford (centre) and Secretary General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), Akbar Khan during the CPA roadshow held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on May 18. The roadshow provides young people with opportunities to meet and find out more about the work of their representatives.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (right) in discussion with Opposition Senator, Damion Crawford (centre) and Secretary General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), Akbar Khan during the CPA roadshow held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on May 18. The roadshow provides young people with opportunities to meet and find out more about the work of their representatives.

Young People Urged to Participate in the Political Process
State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), speaking at the launch of the second annual Nathan Ebanks Foundation Family Expo and Special Needs Resource Fair on Tuesday (May 15) at the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation in Kingston. Looking on is Founder/President of the Nathan Ebanks Foundation, Christine Staple-Ebanks.
State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), speaking at the launch of the second annual Nathan Ebanks Foundation Family Expo and Special Needs Resource Fair on Tuesday (May 15) at the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation in Kingston. Looking on is Founder/President of the Nathan Ebanks Foundation, Christine Staple-Ebanks.

Gov’t Allocates $50 Million for Wheelchair Ramps in Schools Project
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (second left), parcipates in the breaking of ground for construction of a new Confucius Institute at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, on May 17. Others (from left) are Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal University of the West Indies, Mona, Professor Archibald McDonald (left); Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams; and Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Tian Qi.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (second left), parcipates in the breaking of ground for construction of a new Confucius Institute at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, on May 17. Others (from left) are Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal University of the West Indies, Mona, Professor Archibald McDonald (left); Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams; and Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Tian Qi.

UWI to Get New Confucius Institute

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Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), in discussion with Chief of Operations at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Adriana La Valley (centre) and the Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Hiromasa Yamazaki, at the launch of the Support for Sustainability of the Education Sector Transformation Plan, at the Courtyard by Marriot Hotel in New Kingston on May 15.
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Government to Build New Schools to Tackle Shift System

The Government is in discussions with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) as it relates to the buildout of five of 17 new schools, in order to remove 40 from the shift system. Speaking at the launch of the Support for Sustainability of the Education Sector Transformation Plan, at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in New Kingston on May 15, Education,...
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Final-year student at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Shannon McCalla (centre), having an animated discussion with former Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, Niu Qingboa (left), and President of the university, Professor Fritz Pinnock, at a recent scholarship awards ceremony held at the CMU Palisadoes campus in Kingston. Miss McCalla and four other students at the university were presented with scholarships by the Government of China valued at over $1 million.
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CMU Final-Year Student to Set up Mentoring Programme at Alma Mater

Final-year student at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), 21-year-old Shannon McCalla, has plans to set up a mentoring programme at Edwin Allen High School in Clarendon. A past student of the school, Miss McCalla, tells JIS News that it is necessary to mentor high-school students for university life. She hails from the community of Peckham in the hills of Clarendon,...
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Public Relations and Communications Manager for the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rochelle Dixon (right), greets Acting Assistant Commissioner for the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Floyd McLean (left), during the launch of the JFB’s ‘Jamaica’s Future is on Fire... Mek Wi Fix It’ public education campaign on May 3 at the Brigade’s Fire Prevention Headquarters, Ocean Boulevard, downtown Kingston. At centre is Community Relations Manager, Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Tanisha Miller.
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CPFSA Strengthening Fire Safety at Children’s Homes

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) is taking measures to strengthen fire prevention and safety at children’s homes and places of safety. Public Relations and Communications Manager, CPFSA, Rochelle Dixon, told JIS News in a recent interview that safety audits have been completed at the island’s 54 public and private facilities. She said that in addition to the...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), and Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), share a light moment with Opposition Senator, Dr. Floyd Morris, during the launch of activities for Workers
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PM and Education Minister to Lead National Labour Day Projects

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, and Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, will lead groups of volunteers in carrying out refurbishing works at the national Labour Day Projects on May 23 at the Cumberland Health Centre in St. Catherine, and the St. Ann’s Bay Infant School in St. Ann. Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left) accepting the Declaration on Higher Education in Jamaica from Chairman, Higher Education Summit Committee, Dr. Dameon Black, at the conclusion of the two-day summit at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Friday (May 11).
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Declaration on Higher Education Emerges from Two-Day Summit

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s inaugural Higher Education Summit concluded on Friday (May 11) with the production of a ‘Declaration on higher education in Jamaica'. The document, which emerged out of two days of deliberations by stakeholders at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, is expected to guide the development of legislation on governance, quality assurance and regulation...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, speaking at the opening of the inaugural Higher Education Summit on Thursday, May 10 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Observed under the theme: ‘Education 4.0: Disrupting Tradition...Transforming Jamaica’, the two-day summit aimed to provide a platform for stakeholders within the higher education sector to discuss and provide feedback on a number of issues critical to the development of the sector.
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Gov’t Looking to Create Integrated Higher Education System

The Government is looking to create an Integrated Higher Education System for Jamaica (IHES-J) aimed at better aligning training to industry demands. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, made the disclosure while addressing the opening of the Ministry’s inaugural Higher Education Summit on May 10 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. “This integration is expected to be...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), presents Executive Director, MultiCare Youth Foundation, Alicia Glasgow-Gentles, with the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for service to Jamaica in the ‘Organisations’ category, during a ceremony held on the lawns of Jamaica House on April 25. Assisting is aide-de-camp assigned to the Prime Minister for the function, Major Karl McKen.
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MultiCare Youth Foundation Recognised For Empowering Youth

The MultiCare Youth Foundation has been working with its partners for more than two decades to empower underserved children with a multiplicity of skills to effect real and sustainable change in their lives, as well as the communities in which they live. The organisation, which is an amalgamation of the MultiCare Foundation, Youth Upliftment Through Employment (YUTE), and Youth Opportunities...
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