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Conceptualizer of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) IPAD 4 Life Youth Empowerment and Mentorship Camp, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Novelette Grant (right), presents an award to Tiana McPherson in recognition of her leadership qualities during the just concluded two-week camp at the Spot Valley High School in St. James. The presentation took place during the graduation ceremony for participants in the camp on Friday, July 21.

Students in St. James Take Part in Empowerment Camp

Seventy five high school students from St. James graduated from a two-week Youth Empowerment and Mentorship Camp on July 21, which was hosted by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), under its Identity, Purpose, Attitude and Destiny (IPAD 4 Life) programme....

Members of the National Child Month Committee (in background), with 19 recipients of awards at the handing over ceremony on June 23 at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. The students from non-traditional high schools across the island achieved academic excellence at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) level and demonstrated a spirit of volunteerism.

Students Honoured by National Child Month Committee

Hundreds of unattached youth attend the HOPE programme orientation and registration at Jamaica College yesterday (June 20).

1500 Unattached Youth Attend HOPE Orientation

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left) is in discussion with former Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards recipient, Jerome Cowans, at a press conference to announce the return of the awards at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle office in Kingston on June 19

New Categories Added to PM’s Youth Awards

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (at podium), speaks at the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ) Youth and Public Media Access Consultation 2017, held on June 15 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. Others (from left) are Chairman of the PBCJ, Gladstone Wilson, and Opposition Spokesman on Information, Julian Robinson.

Youth Participate in Public Media Access Consultation

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Jamaicans Have a Responsibility to Report Child Abuse – Senator Reid

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is reminding Jamaicans that they have a responsibility under the Child Care and Protection Act to report known and suspected cases of child abuse. He said a 2013 survey by the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), which tested people’s knowledge, attitude, practices and behaviour towards child maltreatment in...

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Education Real Engine of Growth – Floyd Green

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says education and training are essential for Jamaica to achieve its “five in four” strategy for economic growth and development. Mr. Green, who was addressing the launch of the German Model Apprenticeship Programme at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) in Kingston on June 8, said education represents the real engine...

Education, Youth and Information Minister (2nd right), along with (from left): Director of Lands and Mines at Jamalco, Timothy O

9 years ago EducationYouth

Education Ministry Expanding Assistance to Autistic Children

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the Ministry is taking additional steps to assist the parents of infants who are autistic, in their preparations for the youngsters’ entry into the school system. Among the measures, he said, are sensitization engagements to be administered by the Early Childhood Commission (ECC) in relation to the Ministry’s special...

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), addresses the Reaching Individuals through Skills and Education (RISE) Life Management Services ‘Finding My Voice’ programme closing ceremony expo and concert held on May 31 at Emancipation Park in Kingston. The EU-funded national programme focused on the prevention of child abuse through a multimedia public-education campaign.

9 years ago Youth

Children Encouraged to Speak out Against Abuse

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, is encouraging children to speak out against abuse. Mr. Green said that while there has been an increase in the number of reported cases of child abuse by adults, there is still an issue of under-reporting, with only one out of 10 adults making reports. He was speaking at the...

Director of Prayer 2000, Rev. Dr. Naila Ricketts, prays for children at the National Child Month Committee (NCMC) Day of Prayer, held at the Bethel Baptist Church on Half-Way Tree Road in Kingston, on May 31. This was the final activity in observance of Child Month (May).

9 years ago Youth

Day of Prayer for Children

The National Child Month Committee (NCMC) wrapped up its activities for Child Month 2017 with a Day of Prayer on May 31, at the Bethel Baptist Church on Half-Way Tree Road, in Kingston. The month was observed under the theme ‘Take Action! Break the Chain of Abuse Against Children’. Children who attend schools in and around the Half-Way Tree area...

Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Managing Director, Omar Sweeney (centre) and Registrar General’s Department (RGD) Chief Executive Officer, Deidre English Gosse (2nd right), shake hands after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to undertake the processing of birth certificates for 4,200 beneficiaries from 18 Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP) communities. This will enable the residents to access basic social services. Others (from left) are Technical ICDP Team Leader, World Bank, Emanuela Monterio; and JSIF executives – General Manager, Technical Services-Project Management, Loy Malcolm; and Development Manager, Mona Sue-Ho.

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JSIF to Implement Projects to Benefit Thousands of Youth

More than 10,000 youth, deemed ‘at-risk’, are to benefit from jobs and other income-generating activities to be created from projects that the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) will be implementing during the 2017/18 fiscal year. The JSIF, an agency in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), is investing $2 billion in activities that will support the Government’s undertaking to...

Member of Parliament for St. Andrew North Central and Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (third left), comforts Richard Dean (second left), grieving father of abduction victim, Ananda Dean, at the refreshed mural of the young girl on White Hall Avenue, Kingston 8, where Ananda attended a primary school. She was abducted and murdered in 2008. Occasion was a sensitisation session on child protection with members of the Whitehall Avenue community by representatives of several government and child-protection agencies, on May 24. Others (from left) are grandmother of Ananda, Darcy Williams; State Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green; Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Rosalee Gage-Grey and three-year old sister of Ananda, Peyton Dean.

9 years ago Youth

Residents Take Part in Child Protection Sensitisation Session

As part of the ongoing public education campaign on child protection, representatives from several ministries and agencies participated in a sensitisation session with residents of Whitehall Avenue, Kingston 8, yesterday (May 24). Included were the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), the Child Development Agency (CDA) and the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). They took part in a walk-through, engaging members...