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Students from Jessie Ripoll Primary School in Kingston look over the schedule for the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) tests.
Students from Jessie Ripoll Primary School in Kingston look over the schedule for the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) tests.

PEP Begins February 20

The 2025 sitting of the Grade Six Primary Exit Profile exams is scheduled to commence on Thursday, February 20, with the administration of the Ability Test component. This test will measure the students’ ability to engage in verbal and quantitative...
Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Laurette Adams-Thomas.
Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Laurette Adams-Thomas.

Jamaicans Encouraged to Extend Love and Protection to Children
Library Assistant at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Department of Library and Information Studies, Chevian Lewis (right), interacting with students from Charlie Smith High School during the Jamaica Library Service (JLS), HEART/NSTA Trust and Junior Achievement Jamaica, Career Week 2025 at the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Library on Monday (February 10).
Library Assistant at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Department of Library and Information Studies, Chevian Lewis (right), interacting with students from Charlie Smith High School during the Jamaica Library Service (JLS), HEART/NSTA Trust and Junior Achievement Jamaica, Career Week 2025 at the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Library on Monday (February 10).

PHOTOS: JLS Career Week 2025
Director of Projects and Strategic Management at the MultiCare Youth Foundation, Mitzian Turner.
Director of Projects and Strategic Management at the MultiCare Youth Foundation, Mitzian Turner.

At-Risk Youth Benefit from Mentorship Programme of MYF
Acting Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Terry-Ann Thomas Gayle, delivers greetings on behalf of Portfolio Minister, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon. during Sunday’s (February 9) National Careers Awareness Week Church Service. The service was held at Meadowbrook United Church in St. Andrew under the theme: ‘Career Success through Self Development’.
Acting Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Terry-Ann Thomas Gayle, delivers greetings on behalf of Portfolio Minister, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon. during Sunday’s (February 9) National Careers Awareness Week Church Service. The service was held at Meadowbrook United Church in St. Andrew under the theme: ‘Career Success through Self Development’.

PHOTOS: National Careers Awareness Week Church Service

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An Early Childhood Commission (ECC) flyer promoting February as Play Month.
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Stakeholders Identify Hopscotch Game as Pivotal Tool in Children’s Skills Development

The popular schoolyard game, hopscotch, has been identified by the Early Childhood Commission (ECC) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Jamaica as one of the ways to develop young children’s interpersonal and gross and fine motor skills. With the addition of words, various colours and shapes to hopscotch courts, the ECC and UNICEF reason that early childhood educators have several...
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Acting Director, Restorative Justice Branch, Social Justice Division, Ministry of Justice, Sheron Betancourt.
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More Than 12,000 Students Benefit From Restorative Justice Training

More than 12,000 students have benefitted from training in restorative justice practices under an initial two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) established in May 2022 between the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information. A second MOU, signed in February 2024, will facilitate continuation of the exercise until April 2026. The training’s implementation is being spearheaded...
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Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, pays tribute during Saturday’s (February 8) Thanksgiving Service for late Jessie Ripoll Primary School Principal, O’Neil Stevens, and wife, Camesha Lindsay-Stevens, at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity in Kingston.
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Education Minister Pays Heartfelt Tribute During Service for Late Jessie Ripoll Primary School Principal and Wife

Members of Jessie Ripoll Primary School and the education fraternity gathered at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity in downtown Kingston with family members of late Principal, O’Neil Stevens, and wife, Camesha Lindsay-Stevens to pay tribute during Saturday’s (February 8) Thanksgiving Service. Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, in a heartfelt...
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National Career Awareness Week Slated for February 9-14

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information in collaboration with the HEART/NSTA Trust, Junior Achievement Jamaica and CHOICES, will host National Career Awareness Week 2025 from February 9-14 under the theme: ‘Career Success through Self Development’. This annual observance aims to empower students at all levels to make informed career choices and enhance their future through education, entrepreneurship and...
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Director for the Victim Services Branch (VSB) in the Ministry of Justice, Dr. Nesta Haye, stands alongside Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, as he addresses students of the Oberlin High School ahead of a balloon release at Hope Gardens in St. Andrew on Thursday (February 6). The exercise was part of a resocialisation intervention held for children who have encountered traumatic experiences.
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VSB to Host Interventions for Children Experiencing Trauma

The Victim Services Branch (VSB) in the Ministry of Justice’s Social Justice Division is looking to undertake several resocialisation interventions this year, targetting children who have experienced trauma. The Cultural Resocialisation Intervention Project (CRIP) provides therapeutic healing for children through cultural resensitisation, cognitive restructuring, behaviour modification and the teaching of coping skills. The first intervention of the year was held...
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Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, interacts with students of Swallowfield Primary and Infant School, prior to the start of a symbolic march from the Ministry at National Heroes Circle to the office of the National Education Trust (NET) at the Caenwood Centre in Kingston on Thursday (February 6). The occasion was NET’s 15th anniversary launch.
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NET Commended for 15 Years of Pivotal Service to Education

As the National Education Trust (NET) celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, is commending the entity for its critical role in advancing Jamaica’s education sector. This, she notes, through infrastructure development; scholarships; grants; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) expansion; technology integration; sustainable initiatives and strategic...
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Public Relations and Communications Manager, Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Kristen Laing,
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Foster Care to Be Highlighted Feb. 9 to 15

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) will observe National Foster Care Recognition Week from February 9 to15, under the theme ‘Fostering a Spirit of Love’. Public Relations and Communication Manager at the CPFSA, Kristen Laing, told JIS News that this annual observance is an opportunity to raise awareness about the vital role of foster care, honour the dedication...
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