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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), in conversation with 22-year-old Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, The Bahamas, Travis Robinson, at the Fifth Caribbean Youth Leaders’ Summit, held at the Jewel Runaway Bay Beach & Golf Resort, St. Ann, on September 30.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), in conversation with 22-year-old Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, The Bahamas, Travis Robinson, at the Fifth Caribbean Youth Leaders’ Summit, held at the Jewel Runaway Bay Beach & Golf Resort, St. Ann, on September 30.

All Young Persons Should Have a Pathway to Higher Education – Minister

By: Garwin Davis , October 2, 2017
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says with the new imperative of the global economy, all young persons in the Caribbean should have a pathway...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), shares pleasantries with newly installed Chancellor of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Suapolor of the Shai Traditional Area of Ghana, His Royal Majesty Drolor Bosso Adamtey I (3rd right), during the institution's inaugural Charter Day ceremony at the National Arena in Kingston on Thursday, September 28. Also sharing in the moment (from second left) are Prime Minister of Barbados, the Rt. Hon. Freundel Stuart; newly installed CMU President, Professor Fritz Pinnock; Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Mike Henry; and Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid.

It’s now the Caribbean Maritime University

By: Douglas McIntosh, September 30, 2017
Executive Director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), Dr. Fritz Pinnock, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, recently.

Head of CMI Awarded CD for Contribution to Education

By: Latonya Linton, September 29, 2017

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Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), addresses students of St. Mary Technical High School in Richmond, St. Mary, after touring the institution’s chemistry laboratory, which was renovated at a cost of approximately $1.8 million by State oil refinery, Petrojam. The school was one of several in St. Mary comprising the Ministry’s Region Two that were visited by Senator Reid as part of a tour of institutions to mark the start of the 2017/18 academic year.
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Students to Pay for Damaged, Lost Textbooks

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says that students who damage, lose or fail to return the texts provided under the Government’s secondary-school book rental scheme...
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By: Douglas McIntosh , September 27, 2017
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid.
Education

42 Schools to be Taken off Shift System

Within the next three years, 42 schools will be taken off the shift system, says Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. Making his contribution to...
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By: Rochelle Williams, September 26, 2017
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, looks on as five-year-old Devon Primary and Infant School students, Quewayne Davis (centre) and Jayquon McIntosh, demonstrate their writing skills. Occasion was a visit to the institution on Wednesday (September 20), during the Minister’s tour of institutions in St. Mary.
Education

Schools Urged To Submit Needs Early

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is urging school administrators to submit early the projection of furniture and other resources they will require for the reopening...
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By: Douglas McIntosh , September 23, 2017