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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (background, centre), and Local Government and Community Development Minister, the Hon. Desmond McKenzie (third right, back row), share a photo opportunity with the recently installed Junior Mayors during a courtesy call at Jamaica House on December 6.
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (background, centre), and Local Government and Community Development Minister, the Hon. Desmond McKenzie (third right, back row), share a photo opportunity with the recently installed Junior Mayors during a courtesy call at Jamaica House on December 6.

PM Urges Junior Mayors to Help Push Local Government

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is urging the island’s Junior Mayors to use their platform to inspire more Jamaicans to support the activities of local government. He gave the charge as he welcomed the youth representatives of the...
Principal Director for Field Services at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Winston Simpson second left), interacts with students of the White Marl Primary School in St. Catherine at the launch of the LASCO-sponsored Releaf Environmental Awareness Programme (REAP) at the institution on December 5. Others (from left) are Principal of the school, Othense Davy; REAP Director, Stephen Newland, and LASCO Brand Manager, Kelia-Gaye Dunbar.
Principal Director for Field Services at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Winston Simpson second left), interacts with students of the White Marl Primary School in St. Catherine at the launch of the LASCO-sponsored Releaf Environmental Awareness Programme (REAP) at the institution on December 5. Others (from left) are Principal of the school, Othense Davy; REAP Director, Stephen Newland, and LASCO Brand Manager, Kelia-Gaye Dunbar.

Teach Children to become Environmental Ambassadors
Chairman of the Joint Committee for Tertiary Education, Dr. Cecil Cornwall, addressing a JIS Think Tank recently.
Chairman of the Joint Committee for Tertiary Education, Dr. Cecil Cornwall, addressing a JIS Think Tank recently.

Education Ministry Introduces Associate Degree in Occupational Studies
Finance and the Public Service State Minister, Hon Fayval Williams. (FILE)
Finance and the Public Service State Minister, Hon Fayval Williams. (FILE)

Finance State Minister Welcomes App for Young Jobseekers
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), shakes the hand of BAU International University Board member, Paul Brunson, following the recent signing of a $378.2-million (US$3-million) three-year Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry and the institution, for the provision of undergraduate and graduate scholarships for student teachers. The signing took place at The Mico University College in Kingston. The occasion was also used to announce the establishment of a scholarship in Senator Reid’s honour. Others (from third left) are the Ministry’s newly appointed International Donor Consultant for the Jamaican diaspora in the United States, Gail Dunwell, and Mico President, Dr. Asburn Pinnock.
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), shakes the hand of BAU International University Board member, Paul Brunson, following the recent signing of a $378.2-million (US$3-million) three-year Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry and the institution, for the provision of undergraduate and graduate scholarships for student teachers. The signing took place at The Mico University College in Kingston. The occasion was also used to announce the establishment of a scholarship in Senator Reid’s honour. Others (from third left) are the Ministry’s newly appointed International Donor Consultant for the Jamaican diaspora in the United States, Gail Dunwell, and Mico President, Dr. Asburn Pinnock.

University Establishes Scholarship in Honour of Education Minister

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Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (sixth left, front row) and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon Olivia Grange (seventh left), at the youth forum recently held by the Youth Advisory Committee, in collaboration with the Ministry of National Security and the University of the West Indies’ Department of Government, in Kingston. At left is Head of the Department of Government at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Dr. Lloyd Waller; to Miss Grange’s left is Head of the Community Security and Safety Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, Senior Superintendent of Police, Steve McGregor; and at third right is Programme Director at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Yuri Peschkov.
National SecurityYouth

Young Persons Urged to Speak Out on Issues

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., is urging young persons to speak out on issues affecting the country. Senator Charles Jr., who is also Chairman of the Youth Advisory Committee of the Jamaica National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), was speaking at a recent youth...
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State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green. (FILE)
EducationInformationYouth

61 Nominees Shortlisted for PM’s Youth Awards for Excellence

Sixty-one nominees have been shortlisted under the various categories of the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence. The ceremony for the awards will be held on December 6 on the East Lawns of Jamaica House, beginning at 5:00 p.m. The categories are Academics, Agriculture, Arts and Culture, Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise, Environment Protection, Innovation, Science and Technology, International Achievement, Journalism,...
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Communication Manager, e-Learning Jamaica Ltd., Kimona Gordon. (FILE)
EducationYouth

Students Invited to Enter E-Learning Jamaica Christmas Jingle Contest

Students are invited to participate in the e-Learning Jingle Competition for the Christmas season. Communications Manager at e-Learning Jamaica, Kimona Gordon, told JIS News that students are required to record a 15-second jingle about what Christmas means to them. Jingles must include the line “’e-Learning is free learning’ and may be recorded using any device, including cell phones. Primary and...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), addresses a wide cross section of persons attending an ‘OPM-Live’ mini town hall meeting at Jamaica College in St. Andrew on November 29. The meeting was organised by the Office of the Prime Minister.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentOffice of the Prime MinisterPrime MinisterYouth

Young Persons Guided to Areas Where Employment is Being Generated – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is taking a strategic approach to ensure that jobseekers, particularly young people, are guided to areas where employment is either being generated or can potentially be created. Noting that some 60,000 new jobs have been generated since the Administration took office in March, 2016, Mr. Holness said there is great...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green. (FILE)
EducationInformationYouth

Education Ministry Committed to Transformation – Green

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Ministry is committed to the process of transformation through education. He notes that the Ministry has earmarked $153 million to further advance the Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programme across 70 high schools in the island, and is pushing for TVET to be integrated...
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Young entrepreneur, Andy Heaven, wearing one of his Majestí Jamaica bracelets, which was designed by him.
DevelopmentYouth

Young Entrepreneur Creates Own Opportunity

While several young Jamaican entrepreneurs have migrated to maximise their earnings on business concepts they have created, young entrepreneur and jewellery designer, Andy Heaven, has chosen to remain in Jamaica and contribute to the development of the country. Although Mr. Heaven went to the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, and acquired a Bachelor of Science degree in Management...
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Principal, Maxfield Park Primary School, Beverley Gallimore-Vernon (right), shares the successes of her students from participating in the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) science quiz last year. She was speaking at the recent launch of the competition at JSIF’s Oxford Road offices in Kingston. Also pictured is President, Jamaica Institution of Engineers (JIE), Dwight Ricketts.
EducationInformationOffice of the Prime MinisterScienceYouth

JSIF Quiz Hailed for Improving Science and Maths Scores

Primary school principals are hailing the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) science quiz competition, noting that the intervention is resulting in improved passes in science and mathematics. Speaking to JIS News at a ceremony to officially launch the competition at JSIF’s Oxford Road offices in Kingston recently, Maxfield Park Primary School Principal, Beverley Gallimore-Vernon, said exposure to the competition resulted...
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