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Members of the National Child Month Committee (in background), with 19 recipients of awards at the handing over ceremony on June 23 at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. The students from non-traditional high schools across the island achieved academic excellence at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) level and demonstrated a spirit of volunteerism.
Members of the National Child Month Committee (in background), with 19 recipients of awards at the handing over ceremony on June 23 at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. The students from non-traditional high schools across the island achieved academic excellence at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) level and demonstrated a spirit of volunteerism.

Students Honoured by National Child Month Committee

By: Rochelle Williams, June 24, 2017
Students from 19 non-traditional high schools across the island have been honoured by the National Child Month Committee (NCMC) for outstanding performance and community service,  through its Academic Awards Programme....
Hundreds of unattached youth attend the HOPE programme orientation and registration at Jamaica College yesterday (June 20).

1500 Unattached Youth Attend HOPE Orientation

By: Office of the Prime Minister , June 21, 2017
State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left) is in discussion with former Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards recipient, Jerome Cowans, at a press conference to announce the return of the awards at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle office in Kingston on June 19

New Categories Added to PM’s Youth Awards

By: Chad Bryan , June 20, 2017

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Director of Prayer 2000, Rev. Dr. Naila Ricketts, prays for children at the National Child Month Committee (NCMC) Day of Prayer, held at the Bethel Baptist Church on Half-Way Tree Road in Kingston, on May 31. This was the final activity in observance of Child Month (May).
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Day of Prayer for Children

The National Child Month Committee (NCMC) wrapped up its activities for Child Month 2017 with a Day of Prayer on May 31, at the Bethel Baptist Church on Half-Way Tree...
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By: Judith A. Hunter, June 1, 2017
Chair of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings (left), hugs lower-sixth-form student of the Wolmer’s Girls’ School, Shakeema Evans, during the National Child Month Committee’s (NCMC) annual Children’s Day activity held on May 19 at St. William Grant Park, downtown Kingston.
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NCMC Celebrates Nation’s Children

More than 1,000 children were treated to special tokens and snacks this morning (May 19) by members of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC) and volunteers, in observance of National...
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By: Rochelle Williams, May 20, 2017
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green. (FILE)
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Child Month Message by Hon. Floyd Green

This year, I wish to emphasize the importance of ensuring that the commitments made by the Government, Local and International organizations, community members and individuals to Jamaica’s children are extended...
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By: Ministry of Education Youth & Information, May 19, 2017