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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Grace McLean, speaking during Wednesday’s (November 27) signing of a 10-year memorandum of understanding between the Government and City & Guilds Group at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew.

Gov’t And City & Guilds Group Sign 10-Year Skills Development Agreement

By: Rochelle Williams, November 28, 2019

Approximately 25,000 students will benefit from a landmark agreement signed between the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and international skills development organisation, City & Guilds. The arrangement will see...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), applauds after unveiling the plaque commemorating the official renaming of the Spalding High School, Alphansus Davis High. At left is the former principal in whose honour the institution has been renamed. The ceremony was held at the school grounds in Clarendon on November 19.

PM Hails Alphansus Davis for 31 Years of Service to Education

By: Barabara Ellington, November 24, 2019

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), shares a light moment with (from second left) Chairperson, NCB Foundation, Thalia Lyn; College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) students Jovan Thompson and Chenille Humes; and Chairman of the Economic Growth Council (EGC), Michael Lee-Chin. Occasion was a media briefing at the Ministry’s St. Lucia Avenue office in New Kingston on Wednesday (November 20), to provide details about an 11-month agricultural training programme in Israel for 15 students of CASE.

15 Case Students To Study Agriculture In Israel

By: Alecia Smith, November 22, 2019

Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development 6 years ago Golden Hill, Two West Rural St. Andrew Schools benefit from Water Systems
By: Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, November 21, 2019
Education 6 years ago Minister Terrelonge Says Greater Support Needed To End Corporal Punishment In Schools
By: Tanesha Mundle, November 21, 2019
Community 6 years ago Residents Of Hanover Attend Session On Good Parenting
By: Okoye Henry, November 21, 2019

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Commissioner of Corrections, Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Gary Rowe, presents a plaque to Assistant Superintendent and English teacher, South Camp Juvenile Correctional and Remand Centre for Girls, Nadra Barnett. Occasion was the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) Juvenile Services Unit awards ceremony at Curphey Place, St. Andrew, on Tuesday (November 19).

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DCS Awards Wards And Staff For CSEC Success

Wards at the island’s three juvenile correctional centres who were successful in the 2019 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, and teachers and other staff who helped to prepare them,...

By: Chris Patterson, November 20, 2019

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (right), serves breakfast, which he prepared, to student of Holland Primary School in St. Elizabeth, Janessa Clarke, during the Eat Jamaican School Tour at the institution on Friday (November 15).

6 years ago AgricultureEducation

School Breakfast Programme Being Revitalized in St. Elizabeth

Over 2,000 acres of farmland on the Holland Estate in St. Elizabeth have been purposed to grow produce for the school breakfast programme for students that is being revitalized across...

By: Okoye Henry, November 18, 2019

Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Japan in Jamaica, Shotoku Habukawa (second left); and Principal of New Forest Infant and Primary School, Sharon Anderson (left), cut the ribbon to officially hand over a school bus, which will support the Expanded Rural School Bus Programme for New Forest Infant and Primary and High schools under the Japan Grassroots Human Security Project. The ceremony was held on the institutions' compound in Manchester on November 14. Others from (third left) are Member of Parliament for South Manchester, Michael Stewart; Regional Director, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Nadine Leachman; and Head Girl, New Forest Infant and Primary School, Abigayle Changlong.

6 years ago EducationYouth

PHOTOS: New Forest Infant Primary and High School Gets School Bus

Wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (right), engages with Head of the School of Business and Entrepreneurial Studies, Excelsior Community College, Gwyneth Jackson (left) and Vice Principal for Student Affairs, Naomi Jacobs (centre). Occasion was the 2019 Master Lecture held at the college’s main campus on Mountain View Avenue in Kingston on November 11 under the theme ‘Leadership and Power for Organizational Development.’ Mrs. Holness was the keynote speaker at the event.

6 years ago EducationYouth

Jamaicans Encouraged To Strive For Excellence In Service Delivery

Wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, is encouraging Jamaicans engaged in various vocational endeavours to continuously strive towards achieving excellence in service delivery. “As a people,...

By: Chris Patterson, November 13, 2019

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Central Manchester, Hon. Mike Henry, makes a presentation to University of Technology (UTech) student, Shakeria Johnson, at a function held on Sunday (November10), at the West Park Community Centre in Clarendon, during which tuition cheques totalling some $2.7 million, were awarded to 62 tertiary-level students. The occasion was also used to celebrate the recent conferment of the Order of Jamaica (OJ) on Minister Henry.

6 years ago Education

Minister Henry Awards $2.7 Million In Tuition Assistance

Sixty-two tertiary-level students from Central Clarendon have benefited from tuition support totalling approximately $2.7 million from Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister and Member of Parliament...

By: Barabara Ellington, November 12, 2019

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Dr. Young Pushes for Papine as University Town

Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment, at the University of Technology (UTech) Dr. Garfield Young, is calling for a greater buy-in from all stakeholders, towards the establishment of...

By: Tanesha Mundle, November 10, 2019

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., signs a painting during the University of Technology’s second International Built Environment Conference at the institution’s Papine campus in St. Andrew, on Thursday (November 7). He was the keynote speaker. Looking on (from left) are Programme Administrator in the Built Environment Faculty, Dr. Patricia Green; Faculty Dean, Dr. Garfield Young; and the Faculty’s Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship, Dr. Paul Ivey.

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UTECH Launches Built Environment Graduate Programmes

The University Of Technology (UTech), on Thursday (November 7), launched its Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes across five disciplines in its Built Environment Faculty. Both...

By: Tanesha Mundle, November 8, 2019

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, responds to questions from journalists during today's (November 6) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

6 years ago Education

Gov’t Awards £12.2M Contract To City And Guilds Int’l

The Government has awarded a 10-year contract, valued at £12.2 million, to City and Guilds International Limited for the provision of examinations for and certification of students. Under the Cabinet-approved...

By: Chris Patterson, November 6, 2019

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School Breakfast Programme Being Revitalized in St. Elizabeth

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Jamaicans Encouraged To Strive For Excellence In Service Delivery

Minister Henry Awards $2.7 Million In Tuition Assistance

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