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OCA Hosts Workshop for Media Practitioners

Several media practitioners participated in a sensitisation workshop hosted by the Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA) on Monday, April 30 at the The Courtleigh in Kingston. Facilitator, Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison, told participants that the objective of the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses handover ceremony for solar lanterns to seven constituencies, at the Office of the Prime Minister in St. Andrew on April 30.

Youth Energy Corps to be formed to Promote Solar Lanterns

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Dr. Alwin Hales (left), listens to a point being raised by Senior Geologist, Mines and Geology Division, Rockey Wood (right), at the launch of the Mines and Geology Division’s Geoscience School Tour on Monday (April 30) at its Hope Gardens location in St. Andrew. Also listening (from second left) are Student of Wolmer’s Girls’ School, Iyanla Reid; Acting Commissioner of Mines, Leighton Williams; Country Coordinator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Ruth Clarke; and Student of Papine High School, Daniel Knight.

Young Persons Encouraged to Pursue Career Options in Geoscience

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses a press conference at the Ministry on Monday (April 30).

Education Minister Calls on Students to Plan for Tuition Fees and to Join JAMVAT

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (front, centre); Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (second right); State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green (second left) and Principal of Bog Walk High School, Patrick Phillips (third left), with students and administrators of the Bog Walk High School in St. Catherine who are participants in the institution’s ‘Boys Big-Up Programme’, at Jamaica House on April 25.

Bog Walk High Introduces Programme to Recognise Boys

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OCG Engaging Young People

The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) is targeting young people as part of measures to address corruption. Contractor General, Dirk Harrison, said there is a direct link between corruption and crime, and the objective is to steer the youth from making bad choices. “While not saying we have given up on the adults, we are now really making a...

8 years ago EducationYouth

Teachers Urged to Listen to Students

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, has charged teachers to listen to their students and tailor lessons to meet their various needs. He noted that “oftentimes they (students) are able to tell you what would work, what won’t work, and, as such, we have to organise our system around some of their...

8 years ago EducationInformationYouth

AIM Higher Filling a Necessary Gap – Education State Minister

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, has hailed the AIM Higher Foundation for assisting bright students who are financially challenged to access higher education. He said that while the Government invests billions of dollars in education each year, more support is needed to enable students to successfully make the transition from secondary to tertiary studies. “You...

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Prime Minister Calls on Parents to Desist from Keeping Children out of School

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is imploring parents engaged in the practice of withholding their children from school on some weekdays, to involve them in economic activities to generate household income, to desist from doing so. “You’re not doing the child a favour (and) you’re certainly not supporting their full potential development by depriving them of one or...

8 years ago Youth

Jingle and Mascot Contests for Child Month

Jingle and mascot competitions are among activities being organised by the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) for Child Month in May. The Child Protection Jingle competition, which gets under way on May 3, invites young people to submit creative songs in keeping with the themes of childcare and protection. Chief Executive Officer of the CPFSA, Rosalee Gage-Grey, launched...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (second right), accepts a cheque for $1,491,375 from Spanish Ambassador to Jamaica, Josep Bosch Bessa (second left), to cover the cost for 1,025 students to sit their upcoming Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Spanish oral examination. The presentation was made on Monday (April 30), at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston. Looking on are Project Manager, Spanish-Jamaican Foundation, Vanessa Meggoe (left) and Chief Education Officer, Dr. Grace McLean.

8 years ago EducationInformationYouth

Spanish-Jamaican Foundation Pays for Students’ Exams

The Spanish-Jamaican Foundation has provided $1,491,375 to cover the cost for 1,025 students to sit their upcoming Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Spanish oral examinations. The students are from schools in regions three and four of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, who accepted the cheque from Spanish Ambassador, Josep Bosch Bessa,...

Attorney General, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte (fourth left), at the unveiling of a sign at the opening of Parent Place at the Emmanuel Chapel in Mt. Salem, St. James, on Friday, April 27. Also at the ceremony were (from left): Chief Executive Officer, National Parenting Support Commission, Kaysia Kerr; His Worship the Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis; Acting Mission Director, USAID, Andrew Colburn; Managing Director, National Education Trust, Marcia Phillips-Dawkins; Chief Education Officer, Dr. Grace McLean; and Councillor of the Mount Salem Division, Kerry Thomas.

8 years ago EducationInformationYouth

Ministry Determined to Reduce Violence in Schools – Chief Education Officer

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, has reaffirmed the Ministry’s commitment to reducing violence within schools. Speaking at the opening ceremony for a Parent Place located at Emmanuel Chapel in Mt. Salem, St. James, on Friday, April 27, Dr. McLean said a multipronged approach is being used to tackle and reduce violence...