The Ministry of Education and Youth is rallying the nation to unite in the crucial mission of reducing gang influence on Jamaica’s youth and redirecting them towards alternative positive paths. The call came from the Ministry’s Acting Director of Safety and Security in Schools Unit, Richard Troupe, who spoke on behalf of Portfolio Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, during the recent...

The Government is moving ahead with plans to construct Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) schools across the country, with the first such institution to be built in St. Ann. A visibility ceremony between the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service and the World Bank for the Jamaica Education Project (JEP) Loan Agreement, valued at US$30 million, was held...

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) will be expanding the number of State childcare facilities that are equipped with sensory spaces, to better cater to wards who have special needs. These new sensory spaces will be added to the Blossom Gardens Nursery and the Robins Nest Children’s Homes in St, James, Glen Hope Nursery in Kingston, and Gift...

A call has been made by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, for more men to be active in coaching and mentoring boys to become “men of purpose on a mission”. The Minister made the call in a speech delivered on her behalf by Principal Director in the Ministry, Sharon Coburn Robinson, at a church service...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith (right), cuts the ribbon to open the Lara Otunla Counselling Centre, located at the Foundation for International Self Help (FISH) Clinic in Kingston, on November 15. Sharing in the ribbon-cutting exercise (from left) are Manager for the Counselling Centre, Angelica Dalrymple; and Board of Management Chair, Candice...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith (left), peruses a document with President of the National Secondary Students Council, Cavan Lewis at the National Student Leaders Installation Ceremony held at the Medallion Hall Hotel in Kingston on November 16.

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Willams (right), addresses Members of the United Kingdom (UK) Parliament, Paulette Hamilton (left) and Mark Pawsey, at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices on November 10. Occasion was a courtesy call by members of the UK Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.