Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Tanisha Ingleton, says that continued focus is being placed on unattached youth, particularly those from volatile communities, who require quality training and certification. Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ held on November 7, Dr. Ingleton acknowledged that “they must remain on the radar if they are to break the cycle of being disadvantaged...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe, says students have a critical role to play in the transformation of Jamaica’s education sector. Addressing the inaugural Transforming Education for National Development (TREND) pop-up at St. Andrew Technical High School on Tuesday (November 7), she urged students to make wise decisions. “If TREND is going to work,...

Students from schools across the island have started to receive 4,103 computer tablets donated by the Republic of Korea, valued more than $92 million. The devices were officially handed over to some of the schools and the National Education Trust (NET), at the offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in downtown Kingston today (November 7). Minister...

More than 200 students representing high schools islandwide participated in the National Child Month Committee’s annual youth forum, held recently at the Caenwood Centre on Arnold Road in Kingston. Using dance, music, drama, poetry and lively discussions, the students expressed their sentiments and conveyed messages around the theme ‘Children Need Our Love and Protection. Get Involved’. Senior Director, Children’s Affairs...

South East Regional Health Authority Regional Director, Errol Greene, has congratulated the Bustamante Hospital for Children on its Diamond Jubilee. He was speaking during a Service of Thanksgiving at the Boulevard Baptist Church in St. Andrew on Sunday (November 5) to mark the institution’s 60th anniversary, being observed on Monday, November 6. “Six decades ago, the founders set out on...

Students, particularly those at the secondary level, are being encouraged to consider Urban and Regional Planning as a career option. Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment at the University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica, Professor Garfield Young, made the appeal to students at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, geared at highlighting the various activities that will be undertaken for...

Members of the Bustamante Hospital for Children choir perform during the institution’s 60th anniversary church service on Sunday (November 5). The service was held the Boulevard Baptist Church in St. Andrew under the theme ‘Celebrating 60 Years of World-class Paediatric Care’.