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Programme Director, Vision 2030 Jamaica Secretariat, Elizabeth Emanuel, interacts with students participating in a youth forum held at the Oxford Road offices of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) on February 17. The forum, which was put on by Junior Achievement Jamaica in partnership with the Vision 2030 Jamaica Secretariat was held as part of activities to mark National Careers Week 2017 from February 13 to 17.

Youth Urged to Develop Innovations to Help Solve Society’s Problems

Executive Director, Junior Achievement Jamaica, Alphie Mullings-Aiken, is urging young people to pursue career paths that will enable them to create wealth while offering solutions to some of society’s problems. She noted that many innovative ideas have been developed in...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), interacts with students of the St. Patrick Primary School while teacher Orlando Sculley (2nd left) looks on. Occasion was the National Careers Week 2017 regional forum at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston today (Feb. 16). The students are (from left): Tamilia Minott, Adriano Harris and Nyoka Betton.

Students Urged to Become Developers of Goods and Services

Importance of Foster Care Being Highlighted

Executive Director of the Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Dr. Zoe Simpson (left), briefs spouses of diplomats about the work of the centre, ahead of a tour of the facility in St. Andrew on February 8. Seated at right is Director, Policy and Research, Bureau of Women’s Affairs, Sharon Coburn Robinson. The spouses’ visit to the centre was part of activities for Diplomatic Week 2017, which runs from February 5 to 10 under the theme: ‘Growth through Partnerships’.

Wives of Diplomats Tour Centre for Adolescent Mothers

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (centre), commiserates with classmates of the late Shineka Gray when the visited St. James-based institution on February 8 to offer condolences at the tragic death of the 15-year-old student. Principal of the school, Michael Ellis (2nd left); and Director of Safety and Security in Schools, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Coleridge Minto, look on.

Gov’t Firmly Committed to Ensuring the Safety of Children – Reid

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), speaks High Commissioner of Canada to Jamaica, His Excellency Sylvain Fabi (right), while Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison, looks on. Occasion was the media launch of the Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA) public education campaign on child abuse at the agency’s offices in downtown Kingston on Tuesday (February 7). The campaign, dubbed ‘Aria’s Story’, takes the form of an online animated miniseries that will be rolled out across various social media platforms.

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Jamaicans Urged to do More to Protect Children

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, is imploring Jamaicans to do more to protect the nation’s children by telling what they know about incidents of child abuse. “As a society, are we doing enough?...I think we all have a greater role to play. Unless we all recognise that every child is our individual...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), addresses the opening of a play therapy room at the Glenhope Childcare Facility in Kingston on February 7. The play therapy room will assist in the psychological treatment of children who have been exposed to traumatic events.

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Gov’t Taking Zero Tolerance Approach to Child Abuse – Green

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Government is taking a zero tolerance approach to the abuse of children. Speaking at the opening of a play therapy room at the Glenhope Childcare Facility in Kingston on February 7, Mr. Green urged every Jamaican to become invested in the protection of the nation’s...

Senior Director for TVET Development and Support System, at HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Marcia Rowe-Amonde (left), speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on February 3. Listening keenly from right are: President of Junior Achievement Jamaica, Alphie Mullings-Aiken and Senior Education Officer, Guidance and Counselling Unit, in the Ministry of Education, Lisetha Adams.

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Thousands of Students to Take Part in National Careers Week

Students at all levels in the six regions of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information are expected to participate in the seventh staging of National Careers Week. The week, which will be observed from February 11 to 17 under the theme: ‘Expanding Horizons for Vision 2030’, is being organized in collaboration with HEART Trust/NTA and Junior Achievement Jamaica. Addressing...

Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Lebert Drysdale (centre) looks on as recipient of the Distinguished Old Farmer of Excellence for 2017, John R. Gayle (left) greets Old Farmers’ Association of North America (OFANA) scholarship awardee, Moya Campbell during a founders’ day ceremony at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), campus located at Passley Gardens, Portland on January 28.

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Students Urged to Pursue Studies in Non-Traditional Areas

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid is urging students to pursue academic studies and professions in non-traditional areas, such as agro-science. He made the call during a founders’ day ceremony at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) campus located at Passley Gardens, Portland on January 28. “The world of ago-science offers a multitude...

Leaders in Government and the wider society joined hands and hearts with members of the religious community to pray for the nation at the 37th staging of the National Leadership Prayer Breakfast. The event was held on Wednesday (January 19) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.

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Children First to Benefit from Proceeds of National Prayer Breakfast

Spanish Town-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), Children First, will be the beneficiary of the proceeds from the 37th staging of the National Leadership Prayer Breakfast (NLPB). The NLPB was held on Wednesday (January 19) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston under the theme ‘God-Empowered Intervention for Transformation’. Moderator of the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, the...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. (FILE)

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Gov’t Increases Funding to Child-Abuse Hotline

The Government has increased funding to 1-888-PROTECT (776-8328), the hotline set up to receive reports of child abuse, which will enable the service to operate 24 hours. The hotline, set up by the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), now operates 12 hours per day. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, made the disclosure at...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, in an interview with JIS News today (January 10), at his National Heroes Circle office in Kingston.

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State Offering Assistance to Child and Family

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the State is offering assistance to the child and family who have been caught up in the allegations of sexual abuse involving a local pastor. In an interview with JIS News, Mr. Green said protection of the victim is of utmost importance to the Ministry,...