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The Ananda Alert system is to be moved from the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development to the Ministry of Youth and Culture. Making the disclosure at on June 27 Jamaica House press briefing, Local Government Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott, informed that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to effect the transfer, has already been signed. He said the system...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security, through its International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), has renewed its call on Jamaicans to assist in the campaign to end child labour in the country. Since 2000, Jamaica has been working with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), to implement a national programme to prevent and eliminate child labour, says...

The findings of a diagnostic study designed to review the capacity of the State to “prepare wards of the state for independent living,” were released Thursday March 29. The objectives of the study were: to identify “intervening variables that contribute to, or prevent successful re-integration into the wider society for former wards of the state; conduct a social assessment of...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, is urging the country's youth to resist the temptation to migrate to more developed countries; but to remain in Jamaica and assist in the nation’s growth and development. Addressing students at a special assembly at the Hillel Academy in St. Andrew on Tuesday (March 20), Miss Hanna said Jamaica needs more young...

Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites, says the Ministry intends to place greater focus on its behavioural change programme in schools, to better address the problem of disruptive students. Speaking at a ceremony to commemorate Peace Day 2012, at the Gleaner Sports Club, downtown, Kingston on March 6, Rev. Thwaites said the success of the Ministry’s programmes aimed at...

The National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD), in collaboration with the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ),will host a one day youth development workshop to strengthen the youth mainstreaming process, on Tuesday (November 15) at the PIOJ, Oxford Road, New Kingston. Programme Development Specialist with the NCYD, Tanya Powell, said the event is geared to having youth firming their stake...

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Grace McLean, says the Ministry is putting measures in place to improve the achievement of males, as part of the education transformation thrust. "The scale of underachievement points to the need for systemic changes in the way that education is planned and delivered. The need to raise the achievement of our boys...

The old adage, ‘Children should be seen and not heard’ will not reverberate with today’s youth. Those days are over and their voices now echo on a radio discussion programme dubbed, ‘Dosupmn’, heard fortnightly on Roots FM. Launched by the National Transformation Programme (NTP), it is aimed at moulding the minds of young people to become first class citizens. Spearheaded...

Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal yesterday presented gold awards to some 19 young people from high schools and community groups across the island,for successfully completing various pursuits under the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Jamaica. At a ceremony at King’s House, the youngsters received the highest honour for their outstanding achievement in skill areas, community service, recreation and expedition in...

Cabinet has approved Jamaica's accession to the Second Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, speaking on April 21 post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, said that the Optional Protocol, which is one of...

The Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA) has initiated a study on the profiles of children who have run afoul of the law, in order to facilitate the development and implementation of necessary and appropriate prevention and intervention strategies. The findings of this study, the agency has said, is expected to be released during the 2011/12 financial year. In its...

The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), will roll out a series of workshops and consultations next month, to discuss a national strategy for making the youth an integral part of the planning and implementation of all Government policies and programmes. The move is in keeping with the concept  of  "youth mainstreaming"...