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Minister of Education, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), addresses grade-six students at the Servite Primary School in Brown’s Town, St Ann, during his tour of the institution on January 23.
Minister of Education, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), addresses grade-six students at the Servite Primary School in Brown’s Town, St Ann, during his tour of the institution on January 23.

Education Minister Says Students Performing Admirably

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says students in Jamaica’s public school system have been performing admirably and, as a consequence, will become one of Jamaica’s finest generations of adults. Speaking with JIS News during...
President of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Professor Fitz Pinnock (left), Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency, NIU Qingbao (3rd left) and Chief Education Officer, Dr. Grace McLean (3rd right), pose with scholarship awardees following a presentation ceremony held at the CMU, Palisadoes campus on January 26. The recipients are from (2nd left): Nakalia Thompson, Shannon McCalla, Nailah Steele, Winston Chambers, and Courtney Johnson.
President of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Professor Fitz Pinnock (left), Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency, NIU Qingbao (3rd left) and Chief Education Officer, Dr. Grace McLean (3rd right), pose with scholarship awardees following a presentation ceremony held at the CMU, Palisadoes campus on January 26. The recipients are from (2nd left): Nakalia Thompson, Shannon McCalla, Nailah Steele, Winston Chambers, and Courtney Johnson.

Students of CMU Receive Scholarships
Students Learn about Reparations during Youth Baton Relays
Students Learn about Reparations during Youth Baton Relays

Students Learn about Reparations during Youth Baton Relays
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), converses with three of the 500 youth volunteers for the upcoming CARIFTA Aquatics Championship 2018, in Jamaica. They are (from left) Relando Ulett, Courtnea James and Britney Williams. Occasion was the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the HEART Trust/NTA and the Amateur Swimming Association of Jamaica, on January 24,at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus in St. Andrew. The agreement will facilitate the engagement of 500 youngsters at the upcoming CARIFTA Aquatics Championship 2018, in Jamaica.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), converses with three of the 500 youth volunteers for the upcoming CARIFTA Aquatics Championship 2018, in Jamaica. They are (from left) Relando Ulett, Courtnea James and Britney Williams. Occasion was the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the HEART Trust/NTA and the Amateur Swimming Association of Jamaica, on January 24,at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus in St. Andrew. The agreement will facilitate the engagement of 500 youngsters at the upcoming CARIFTA Aquatics Championship 2018, in Jamaica.

Government Reaching Out to Unattached Youth
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, giving the keynote address at the launch of Jamaica Day 2018, on January 24 at the Hope Botanical Gardens, in Kingston.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, giving the keynote address at the launch of Jamaica Day 2018, on January 24 at the Hope Botanical Gardens, in Kingston.

Education Minister Highlights Importance of Jamaica Day

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President, Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA), Metry Seaga (front left), hands a signed Memorandum of Understanding to Chairman, Board of Directors, HEART Trust/NTA, Edward Gabbidon, during the signing ceremony at the JMA’s boardroom in downtown Kingston on Tuesday (January 23). Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Youth an Information, Dean-Roy Bernard (right) looks on. Others in the background (from left) are Acting Senior Director, Community Services Department at the National Youth Service, Ronique Rhoden; Senior Director, Corporate Planning and Strategic Development, HEART Trust/NTA, Nicole Manning; Executive Director, JMA, Imega Breeze McNab; and Managing Director, HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Janet Dyer.
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Young People to Be Trained for Jobs in Manufacturing and Export Sectors

HEART Trust/NTA and the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) geared towards providing on-the-job training for apprentices in the manufacturing and export sectors. At the signing on Tuesday (January 23) at the JMA boardroom, downtown Kingston, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dean-Roy Bernard, commended the entities for coming together to...
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Executive Director at the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Karlene Degrasse- Deslandes (centre), interacts with children during one of the ECC’s ‘Read Pon Di Cawna’ sessions held on Guptar Lane, Annotto Bay, St. Mary, in 2017.
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ECC Reports Success with Reading Projects

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) is reporting success with its ‘Read Pon Di Cawna’ and Read Across the Region initiatives. Hundreds of children, their parents and early-childhood stakeholders have participated in both projects since the series began in September 2017. Read Pon Di Cawna is being hosted in designated communities, while Read Across the Region targets early-childhood institutions within the...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. (FILE)
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Wards Affected By Fire to Receive Ongoing Support

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says ongoing support will be provided for families and children who have been affected by the fire that destroyed the Walker’s Place of Safety in Kingston on January 16. Addressing a press briefing on January 17 at the downtown Kingston offices of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), conducts a mathematics class at the Frankfield Primary and Infant School in Clarendon, when he visited the institution on January 16.
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Clarendon Schools to Receive Funds for Improvement Works

Four schools in the parish of Clarendon are to receive additional funding from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information to undertake refurbishing and upgrading works. They are Denbigh Primary, Denbigh High, Frankfield Primary and Infant, and Edwin Allen High. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, said a commitment has been made to provide the resources over the next...
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