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Students of Pembroke Hall High School deliver a musical performance at the National Safe Schools — Students of Pembroke Hall High School deliver a musical performance at the National Safe Schools' Peace Day Concert held in March 2017 at Mandela Park in St. Andrew.

JCF Strengthens Peace in Schools Campaign

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will be merging the National Safe Schools’ Peace Day Concert with the Peace for Champs initiative this year in order to strengthen the message of peace in schools. Students from over 60 schools have been...

Minister of Education, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (second left) and Japanese Ambassador, His Excellency Hiromasa Yamazaki (third left), clasp hands following the unveiling of a plaque marking the official handover of the recently renovated Warsop Primary and Infant School in Trelawny on Tuesday, February 27. At left is Member of Parliament for Trelawny Southern, Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert and Principal of the school, Stephanie Codling-Smith.

Education Minister Commends Japan for Assistance

From left: Aman Spence and Nico Campbell are among the rural youth who are looking forward to enlisting in the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF).

Enhanced Security Measures Inspire Rural Youth to Join JDF

Dr. Pauline Russell-Brown of PEY and Associates shares research findings of a study on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’. The findings were presented at the National Health Research Conference in November 2017.

Children, Adolescents and Youth Need Information to Guide Their Decisions

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green.

Gov’t Looking to Raise Profile of Jamaica Day

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8 years ago DevelopmentEducationYouth

Education Minister Highlights Need for Skills Training

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid has reiterated the importance for today’s youth to be trained and certified in specialised skill areas that are in demand in an increasingly competitive labour market. He made the call at the closing ceremony for the National Skills Competition held at the National Arena on February 22. He encouraged...

8 years ago EducationInformationYouth

Work Under Way to Rebuild Walker’s Place of Safety

Preliminary work is under way for the reconstruction of the Walker’s Place of Safety in Kingston. Minister of State for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, said that architectural work has started, with one architect providing his services at a reduced cost. “We now have in place a project management team. We have already started some architectural drawings, so...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Floyd Green.

8 years ago EducationInformationYouth

Renovated Muirton Child Care Facility in Portland Reopens

The Government has reopened the $40-million renovated Muirton Child Care Facility in Portland, to serve boys with learning challenges. Located in the community of Manchioneal, the home is equipped to care for boys with intellectual disabilities, and to develop their social and entrepreneurial capabilities in agriculture, computer science and the arts. Speaking at the official ceremony for the reopening of...

Education Officer for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s Region IV, Stokely Reid, addresses male students at a one-day conference for teenage schoolboys staged by the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Open Campus in Montego Bay, held on February 21 at the Grandiosa Hotel in the Second City.

8 years ago EducationInformationYouth

Young Males Urged to Focus on Positives

Education Officer for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s Region IV, Stokely Reid, is imploring the country’s young males to focus on the positives, noting that their dreams can be realised as long as they work steadfastly and earnestly towards these goals. “Stop looking at the past and the negativity and what will hold us down and start looking...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information.

8 years ago EducationInformationYouth

Grade-Five Students to Do PEP Mock Exams in June

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has announced that grade-five students will sit the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) grade-six mock examinations in June. In an interview with JIS News, Senator Reid said all the necessary arrangements have already been made for students islandwide to sit the examinations, of which they will be the first cohort...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses the inaugural Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Leaders’ Summit and Youth Forum, organised by the HEART Trust/NTA, and held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on February 20.

8 years ago EducationInformationYouth

Heart Trust/NTA Encouraged to Highlight Work of Young Innovators

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, has tasked the HEART Trust/NTA to keep track of young innovators and to highlight their creativity. The State Minister said the agency should facilitate the exposure of the scores of youth across the island who are “doing well”, and “showcase them more”, through channels such as the...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley. (FILE)

8 years ago ScienceTechnologyYouth

Project to Improve Animation Skills in Youth

The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has been allocated just over $1 billion to continue the roll-out of the Youth Employment in Digital and Creative Industries Project this year. As outlined in the 2018/19 Estimates of Expenditure that were tabled in the House of Representatives on February 15, the project is designed to build the capacity and enhance the...