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Ebony Park Heart Academy in Clarendon emerged champions in the Public Speaking competition, held yesterday (July 30), at the 53rd staging of the annual Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show in the parish. The opening day was designated 'Youth in Agriculture Day', and competitors from different schools and groups had to face the judges and speak on the topic: 'Agriculture: A...

State Minister for Education, Youth and Culture, Dr. Donald Rhodd, has said that the national E-Learning project was designed to enhance student learning in preparation for the world of work. Dr. Rhodd, who was making his contribution to the Sectoral Debate in Gordon House on June 28, explained that the project was aimed at improving the quality of education in...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, Dr. Donald Rhodd has said that Parliament has committed to promoting greater collaboration among youth serving agencies through the Jamaica Social Policy Evaluation (JASPEV) process. Minister Rhodd informed that the troika of politicians in Parliament, which includes Opposition Member of Parliament for West Central St. Andrew, Andrew Holness, State Minister...

Some $23 million was generated from partnerships with 168 private sector companies, in which the National Youth Service (NYS) successfully delivered customized training in 2004/05, Dr. Donald Rhodd, State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture has said. Making his contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in the House on Tuesday (June 28), he noted that as part...

Executive Director of the Kingston Restoration Company Limited (KRC), Morin Seymour has called for the creation of study centres in Portmore in addition to programmes, which would build self-esteem and instil discipline in young people. "Young people in urban communities are up against the wall. They are up against the wall of crime, up against the wall of violence, up...

The establishment of a National Youth Council to further empower young Jamaicans, will be the central focus of the inaugural National Youth Conference to be held at Northern Caribbean University in Mandeville on Tuesday, November 30. State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, Dr. Donald Rhodd told JIS News that the aim was to have the National...

A new state-of-the-art computer classroom valued at some $2 million has been opened at the Prospect College in Ocho Rios, St. Ann. The facility, along with 12 new computers, donated by the Mitchell Green Foundation, will provide training opportunities for 30 male students at the institution as they focus on the latest in computer technology, and prepare themselves for lifelong...

The Early Childhood Commission, which was launched in November 2003, will become fully operational this legislative year, bringing under one institutional umbrella, the policies, standards and regulations pertaining to day care and early childhood education and development. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Howard Cooke, in his Throne Speech at the State Opening of Parliament today, said that the...

As part of its continued drive to strengthen Youth Organizations, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture through the National Centre for Youth Development's Operation Phoenix Programme, has donated cheques valued at more than $1.6 million to some 12 youth organizations to assist them with their work in various areas. The recipient youth organizations include; the Scouts Association, the Young...

Mona Preparatory School in Kingston has won the coveted K. Wilson James Shield having outdone 12 other schools in the Art in Preparatory Schools Competition, held recently at the Institute of Jamaica in Kingston. Second place in the competition went to Immaculate Conception Preparatory, which was awarded the Y de Lima Cup; the Institute of Jamaica Cup went to third...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, Donald Rhodd has lamented the breakdown in the family structure, noting that the society was in need of parents who were not afraid to instill discipline while at the same time being a friend, a brother, or a sister to their children. Dr. Rhodd, who was speaking at a Parenting...

One hundred per cent literacy, equal education opportunities for all and free education at all levels, were some of the visions put forward by students who attended the March 5 education roundtable discussion at the Altamont Court Hotel in Kingston. The roundtable discussion, which is an initiative of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture and is aimed at reforming...