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Director of Safety and Security in Schools in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Coleridge Minto.
Director of Safety and Security in Schools in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Coleridge Minto.

More Teachers to Be Trained in Restorative Justice

Beginning in May, the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Information will be training more teachers in restorative justice practices, in keeping with strategies to improve safety and security in schools. This is according to Director of Safety and Security in...
Former Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), who conceptualised the ‘We Transform’ Programme to assist in the rehabilitation of youth offenders. At left is Youth Advocate, Ragae Lewis.
Former Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), who conceptualised the ‘We Transform’ Programme to assist in the rehabilitation of youth offenders. At left is Youth Advocate, Ragae Lewis.

‘We Transform’ Programme Seeks to Rescue Youth Offenders
Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean.
Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Grace McLean.

C-TOC to Develop Checklist to Help Schools Identify Students with Deviant Behaviour Traits
Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna-Marie Rowe (centre), and Duty Officer at the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home, O’Neil Reid (left), listen as Managing Director, Perishables Jamaica Limited, Norman Wright, outlines details about his company’s products. The occasion was the JIS’s annual Easter Sports Day visit to the Home in Walderston, Manchester on April 7.
Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Donna-Marie Rowe (centre), and Duty Officer at the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home, O’Neil Reid (left), listen as Managing Director, Perishables Jamaica Limited, Norman Wright, outlines details about his company’s products. The occasion was the JIS’s annual Easter Sports Day visit to the Home in Walderston, Manchester on April 7.

Mount Olivet Boys’ Home Embarking on Herbal Teas Project
Some of the boys at the Mt. Olivet Boys’ Home in Walderston, Manchester, participate in a race during the annual sports day held at the Home on Saturday, April 7. Some 100 persons from the Jamaica Information Service, as well as friends, sponsors, and the wards and staff of the Home, participated.
Some of the boys at the Mt. Olivet Boys’ Home in Walderston, Manchester, participate in a race during the annual sports day held at the Home on Saturday, April 7. Some 100 persons from the Jamaica Information Service, as well as friends, sponsors, and the wards and staff of the Home, participated.

Mount Olivet Boys Enjoy Sports Day Activities

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Hundreds to Participate in J.Wray & Nephew Boys Conference

Hundreds of young men and boys are scheduled to participate in the J. Wray & Nephew (JWN) Foundation’s ‘Spotlight Sessions – Focus on Boys’ conference in Kingston from April 17 to 19. Part of the entity’s social inclusion initiative, the conference seeks to raise awareness about the special needs of boys/young men, especially in relation to education. Speaking to JIS...
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Acting Senior Director for the Bureau of Gender Affairs in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Sharon Coburn Robinson, addresses a ‘More Than an Athlete: Not Just a Player’ symposium, held on Thursday, April 12, at Jamaica College in Kingston. The symposium sought to equip male high-school athletes with the knowledge and life skills to make healthy choices as they transition from school into professional careers.
Gender AffairsSportYouth

Male Student Athletes Attend Symposium

More than 100 male student athletes from several high schools across the island attended the inaugural ‘More Than an Athlete: Not Just a Player’ symposium held today (April 12) at Jamaica College in Kingston. The forum sought to equip the student athletes with the knowledge and life skills to make healthy choices as they make the transition from school into...
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Youth

Wards of the State Take Part in Five-Day Camp

Sixty young persons between 16 and 18 years old who are living in State care participated in a five-day camp hosted by the Dunwoody Baptist Church (DBC) of Atlanta, Georgia in the United States of America (USA), in partnership with the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA). The camp, held April 2-7, was in keeping with the CPFSA’s commitment...
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Chairman of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings, addresses the media launch of Child Month on Wednesday (April 11) at GraceKennedy’s head office in downtown Kingston.
EducationYouth

Affirm Our Children – National Child Month Committee

The National Child Month Committee (NCMC) is calling on citizens to provide a supportive and positive environment for the nation’s children as it prepares to observe Child Month in May under the theme ‘A.F.F.I.R.M Me!’. Chairman of the NCMC, Dr. Pauline Mullings, explained that A.F.F.I.R.M is an acronym for “Acknowledge me, (Be) Friend Me, Favour Me, Influence me positively, Respect...
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General Manager, Triple Century Sports Bar and Grill, New Kingston, Radcliffe Haynes (left), presents copies of cricketer, Chris Gayle’s autobiography ‘Six Machine’, to former Jamaica netball team captain, Simone Forbes, during the launch of Project GOLD (Guidance, Opportunities and Lessons for Development) on April 6. Chris Gayle is a patron of the initiative, which is being spearheaded by Ms. Forbes.
DevelopmentYouth

August Town Welcomes Project ‘GOLD’

Parents in August Town, St. Andrew, are excited about the recently launched Project GOLD (Guidance, Opportunities and Lessons for Development) initiative that will engage youth in a programme designed to challenge the influence of criminal activity, through sports and mentorship. The pilot, which kicked off in the community on Saturday, April 7, is the brainchild of Jamaica’s former netball team...
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Director of Communications and Marketing at the National Youth Service (NYS), Julia Smiley Green, highlights the various programmes being undertaken by the agency, at a JIS Think Tank on March 13.
Youth

Application for Hope Summer Work Programme Extended to April 27

The application deadline for the HOPE Youth Summer Work Programme has been extended to April 27, 2018. The thrust, which is in line with the Government’s initiative of the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme, will enable 14,000 young people to benefit from valuable work experience during the months of June, July and August. The target group, aged 17...
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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dean-Roy Bernard (right), speaking with (from left) Custos Rotulorum of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller; Deputy Principal, UWI Open Campus, Professor Julie Meeks Gardner; and Campus Registrar, UWI Open Campus, Karen Ford-Warner. Occasion was the launch of a photo exhibition entitled ‘The UWI –Then and Now… Riding on the Shoulders of Giants’ at the Open Campus on Camp Road, Kingston, on April 9.
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UWI Open Campus Launches Photo Exhibition

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dean-Roy Bernard, has commended the University of the West Indies (UWI) on 70 years of outstanding achievement. “I doubt there are any who would even attempt to contest the wide-ranging, social, cultural, political and economic impact of UWI on the development of our country and, by extension, our region,” he...
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