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General Secretary of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Dr. Mark Nicely, delivers the keynote address during Jamalco’s Scholarship Awards ceremony on Tuesday (August 13) at the Wembley Centre of Excellence in Clarendon. As part of Jamalco’s Education Assistance Programme, 80 students from the parishes of Clarendon and Manchester received assistance for the upcoming school year.

PHOTOS: JAMALCO Scholarship Awards

Public Relations and Communications Manager at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Kristen Laing

CPFSA Hosts PEP Awards Ceremony August 15

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith (third right); Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Kasan Troupe (third left); and Chief Executive Officer, e-Learning Jamaica, Andrew Lee (second right), display some of the new laptops donated by e-Learning Jamaica to the Jamaica Library Service (JLS) at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library, 2 Tom Redcam Drive, on Tuesday (August 13). Others from left are Senior Director, JLS, Kishma Simpson; Principal Director, Telecommunications, Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Kaydian Smith Newton; and Director General, JLS, Maureen Thompson.

e-Learning Jamaica Donates 200 Laptops to Jamaica Library Service

The Portmore Youth Innovation Centre (YIC) in St. Catherine, which was officially reopened on Monday (August 12).

Importance of Youth Innovation Centres Underscored

Jamaica’s Honorary Consul in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Dr. Elaine Grant Bryan.

Back-to-School Mission Hosted for Students in Portland

Chief Executive Officer, e-Learning Jamaica Limited (e-LJAM), Andrew Lee.

2 years ago EducationYouth

Jamaica Library Service Receives 200 Laptops

The Jamaica Library Service (JLS) is poised to enhance its technological capabilities and expand its educational outreach with a donation of 200 laptop computers. The devices have been provided by e-Learning Jamaica Limited (e-LJAM) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Youth. These have already been delivered to the JLS. However, a ceremony for the formal presentation is slated...

2 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterYouth

395 Persons Enrolled in HEART’s Summer of Skills Programme

Three hundred and ninety-five Jamaicans have been enrolled in the HEART/NSTA Trust’s Summer of Skills Programme. The programme offers persons 15 years and older the opportunity to enhance their practical skills for employment or entrepreneurship and explore their passions in the creative arts and technical innovation. It aims to strengthen Jamaica’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) ecosystem by...

A flyer promoting the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) Tertiary Education Grant for the 2024/2025 academic year.

2 years ago EducationFinance & Public ServiceIndustryYouth

BGLC Accepting Applications for Tertiary Education Grant

The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) is accepting applications for its Tertiary Education Grant, for the 2024/2025 academic year. The grant is available to full-time third or fourth-year undergraduates who are enrolled at an accredited local tertiary institution and have a grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0. Forty successful applicants will receive $100,000 each towards their tuition....

Patrons flock the various booths during a back-to-school fair held at B.B. Coke High School in Junction, St. Elizabeth, on August 9. The fair was hosted by the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Foundation, Flow Foundation and the Digicel Foundation, in partnership with Food For the Poor.

2 years ago EducationYouth

Utility Companies Partner with Food for the Poor to Host Back-to-School Fair in St. Elizabeth

Three of the island’s utility companies partnered with Food For the Poor to host a Back-to-School Fair for residents of St. Elizabeth, on August 9. The parish was hardest hit by the recent passage of Hurricane Beryl, which impacted the island on July 3. Partnering with the charity organisation were the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Foundation, the Flow Foundation and...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe (seated centre); General Manager, Finance, Standards, Procurement, Jamaica Social Investment Fund, Orville Hill (seated right), and Director, Build Rite Construction, Chantay Campbell (seated left), affix their signatures to documents for expansion and rehabilitation works at the Mount Moriah Primary School in St. Ann, at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on August 8. Observing from left are Member of Parliament St. Ann Southwestern, Hon. Zavia Mayne; Principal, Mount Moriah Primary School, Kerrol Lyons and other stakeholders.

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Contracts Signed for Rehabilitation of Mount Moriah Primary, Pisgah Primary and Infant

Two contracts valued at approximately $380 million have been signed for expansion and rehabilitation works at Mount Moriah Primary School in St. Ann and Pisgah Primary and Infant school in St. Elizabeth. The projects are being carried out by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) under the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Basic Needs Trust Fund, with counterpart financing by the...

Counsellor and Centre Manager, St. Thomas Teen Hub, Chantal Williams.

2 years ago Youth

St. Thomas Teen Hub Resonating Positively with Youngsters Across the Parish

Administrators at the St. Thomas Teen Hub are reporting that the facility is resonating positively with numerous children and adolescents across the parish. The facility, which is adjacent to the Morant Bay Bus Park, was established by the Ministry of Health and Wellness in June 2023 to serve as a safe space that provides wide-ranging services tailored for the youngsters....

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe (left), delivers the keynote address during Wednesday’s (August 7) National Preparatory Session for the Global Ministerial Conference on ‘Ending Violence Against Children’, held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston. Listening (from second left) are Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency, Laurette Adams-Thomas, and UNICEF Jamaica Country Representative, Olga Isaza.

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Permanent Secretary Calls for Collective Action to End Violence Against Children

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe, is calling for collective action to end violence against children. “Violence is not a one-man band. It’s global and it will take an inter-ministerial and an inter-global partnership and approach to end what is happening to our children,” she said. Dr. Troupe delivered the keynote address on behalf...