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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.
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.

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...
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.
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.

UWI Open Campus Launches Photo Exhibition
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), places a flower in honour of two wards of the State who perished in a fire earlier this year at the Walker’s Place of Safety in Kingston. Waiting to make a floral tribute is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dean-Roy Bernard. Occasion was a memorial service held in honour of the children on Monday (April 9) at the Faith Tabernacle Shiloh Apostolic Church on Lyndhurst Road.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), places a flower in honour of two wards of the State who perished in a fire earlier this year at the Walker’s Place of Safety in Kingston. Waiting to make a floral tribute is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dean-Roy Bernard. Occasion was a memorial service held in honour of the children on Monday (April 9) at the Faith Tabernacle Shiloh Apostolic Church on Lyndhurst Road.

Ward of State Among Three Recommended for Gallantry Award
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Central Clarendon, Hon. Michael Henry (right), admires the work of welding students of the Wesley E. McLaren Hazard Skills Training Centre (from left) Dennis Morrison; and Chrissy Grant. Occasion was a handover ceremony for the Wesley E. McLaren Hazard Skills Training Centre on the grounds of the McLaren Engineering Company in Clarendon on Friday (April 6).
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Central Clarendon, Hon. Michael Henry (right), admires the work of welding students of the Wesley E. McLaren Hazard Skills Training Centre (from left) Dennis Morrison; and Chrissy Grant. Occasion was a handover ceremony for the Wesley E. McLaren Hazard Skills Training Centre on the grounds of the McLaren Engineering Company in Clarendon on Friday (April 6).

McLaren Family Hands Over Training Facility to Heart Trust/NTA
Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (right), examines the mural he unveiled as part of the official opening of the University of Technology (UTech) 60th Anniversary visual art exhibition, ‘Legacies’, at its Old Hope Road location in Kingston on Thursday (April 5). The mural was created by students of UTech on the wall of the Centre for the Arts, where the exhibition is being showcased. Also admiring the artwork (from left) are Director, Centre for the Arts, Philip Clarke; Associate Vice President, Advancement Division, UTech, Hector Wheeler; and Curator and Visual Arts Educator, UTech, Dr. Winston Campbell.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (right), examines the mural he unveiled as part of the official opening of the University of Technology (UTech) 60th Anniversary visual art exhibition, ‘Legacies’, at its Old Hope Road location in Kingston on Thursday (April 5). The mural was created by students of UTech on the wall of the Centre for the Arts, where the exhibition is being showcased. Also admiring the artwork (from left) are Director, Centre for the Arts, Philip Clarke; Associate Vice President, Advancement Division, UTech, Hector Wheeler; and Curator and Visual Arts Educator, UTech, Dr. Winston Campbell.

Programme to Help Creative Industry Practitioners

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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), speaks with children and a guardian during his tour of the Zone of Special Operations in Denham Town on Wednesday (April 4). At right is Assistant Superintendent Coleridge Minto, Director of the Safety and Security in Schools Programme in the Ministry.
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Unattached Youth Encouraged to Register for Skills-Based Programmes

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has called on unattached youth living in Zones of Special Operations (ZOSOs) to register for skills-based programmes the Government is offering. Speaking with young people during a tour of the ZOSO in Denham Town, Kingston, to “ascertain the ZOSO’s effect on children, students and youth in the area”, Mr....
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid.
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NEI Report Reveals Improvements in All Eight School Indicators

The National Education Inspectorate (NEI) 2017 Report has revealed that there are improvements across all eight indicators of school effectiveness in the 189 institutions inspected. Of the 189 schools inspected by NEI personnel during the last academic year, 147 were primary while 42 were secondary. Within these schools, the team observed 10,000 lessons, administered 12,000 questionnaires, conducted 1,200 interviews, and...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), poses with students of Bethlehem Moravian College in St. Elizabeth, after addressing a guidance services symposium at the institution on March 27.
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Education Ministry Exploring Revival and Establishment of Community Youth Clubs

Education, Youth and Information State Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Ministry is exploring the possible revival of dormant youth clubs and establishing these in communities where they do not exist, particularly rural areas. He says this forms part of a move to create a medium through which young people, particularly tertiary students, can be engaged to participate in or...
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Chairman, National Irrigation Commission Limited, Senator Aubyn Hill (right), presents a cheque to secondary-level scholarship recipient, Abigail Pollack, at the organisation’s awards ceremony, held in Kingston on Tuesday (March 27).
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NIC Awards Scholarships worth $1 Million

The National Irrigation Commission (NIC) has awarded $1 million in scholarships to students attending various academic institutions as part of their 2017/2018 Scholarship Awards Programme. The students were awarded at the Emerald Hall Pollyanna Caterers & Banqueters, in Kingston, on Tuesday (March 27). Since 1998, the programme has been assisting children of staff members and is part of the agency’s...
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Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake (2nd left), listens as Director at the Guardsman Group, Commander George Overton (right), whose company is patron of the St. Andrew parish organisation, converses with 4-H Girl of the Year for St. Andrew, Kerina Wellington (third left). Occasion was the St. Andrew 4-H Clubs Parish Achievement Day, held at the Pembroke High School, on March 26. 4-H Boy of the Year, Kaneil Morrison, is at left.
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Young People Encouraged to Equip Themselves with Skills

Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake, has renewed the call for young people to equip themselves with skills, while they pursue academic programmes. Dr. Blake, who was speaking on March 26 at the St. Andrew 4-H Clubs Parish Achievement Day, held at the Pembroke Hall High School, emphasised that having a skill “will give you that...
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Access to Information Unit Launches Booklet

The Access to Information Unit launched its youth information booklet titled, ‘Abby and Friends ATI Adventure’, on March 26, at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library, Tom Redcam Drive, in Kingston. The booklet was designed to inform young people, especially high school students, about the Access to Information Act (ATI), primarily through storytelling. It highlights the journey of a...
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