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Education Ministry Allocating $18m To State-Run Children’s Homes for Christmas

By: Ainsworth Morris, December 22, 2017

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will be disbursing approximately $18 million to Government-run children’s homes for Christmas. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says this is being...

PEP Will Help Tailor Learning to Meet Students’ Needs – Senator Reid

By: Ainsworth Morris, December 21, 2017

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Information Minister lauds Boyne’s Consummate Professionalism and Integrity

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Acting Director of Research at the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Racquel Brown, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’ today (December 12), encouraging the public to utilise the information published in the commercial bank survey.

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Jamaicans Urged to Use Information Published in Commercial Bank Survey

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is encouraging the public to utilise the information in the commercial bank survey, which was published on Friday, December 8. The survey, which uncovered the...

By: Peta Gay Rowe, December 13, 2017

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Jamaicans Encouraged to Host Wards of the State for Christmas

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), formerly the Child Development Agency (CDA), is again appealing to Jamaicans to participate in its annual ‘Take a Child Home for Christmas’...

By: Judith A. Hunter, December 8, 2017

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (second left), with (from left) Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sandals Resorts International, Adam Stewart; Chief Executive Officer of the CHASE Fund, William ‘Billy’ Heaven; Principal of the West End Infant School in Negril, Sherida Malcolm; and Executive Director of the Sandals Foundation, Heidi Clarke, following the unveiling of the school plaque to mark the official opening of the school on December 6. With them are students of the institution.

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New Infant School Opens in Negril

The new state-of-the-art West End Infant School, in Negril, Westmoreland, was officially opened on Wednesday, December 6. The facility, which commenced classes in September, is the result of a public-private...

By: Claudia Gardner, December 8, 2017

Project Director for the National Identification System (NIDS), Warren Vernon, addresses a town hall meeting at Emancipation Park in New Kingston on Tuesday (December 5). This is the first in a series of islandwide meetings on NIDS, which is being established to provide a comprehensive and secure structure to enable the capture and storage of identity information for all Jamaicans.

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Work Advanced on National Identification System

The civil and identification database being established under the National Identification System (NIDS) is now 90 per cent complete. This was disclosed by Project Director for NIDS, Warren Vernon, who...

By: Alecia Smith, December 7, 2017

Chairman of the Joint Committee for Tertiary Education, Dr. Cecil Cornwall, addressing a JIS Think Tank recently.

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Education Ministry Introduces Associate Degree in Occupational Studies

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information (MOEYI), in an effort to boost Jamaica’s skilled workforce, has introduced a new Associate Degree in Occupational Studies to enhance its Upskilling and...

By: Judith A. Hunter, December 5, 2017

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), shakes the hand of BAU International University Board member, Paul Brunson, following the recent signing of a $378.2-million (US$3-million) three-year Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry and the institution, for the provision of undergraduate and graduate scholarships for student teachers. The signing took place at The Mico University College in Kingston. The occasion was also used to announce the establishment of a scholarship in Senator Reid’s honour. Others (from third left) are the Ministry’s newly appointed International Donor Consultant for the Jamaican diaspora in the United States, Gail Dunwell, and Mico President, Dr. Asburn Pinnock.

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University Establishes Scholarship in Honour of Education Minister

The BAU International University in Washington DC has established a scholarship in honour of Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid. The decision to set up the...

By: Douglas Mcintosh, December 5, 2017

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green. (FILE)

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61 Nominees Shortlisted for PM’s Youth Awards for Excellence

Sixty-one nominees have been shortlisted under the various categories of the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence. The ceremony for the awards will be held on December 6 on the...

By: Judith A. Hunter, December 5, 2017

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green. (FILE)

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Education Ministry Committed to Transformation – Green

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the Ministry is committed to the process of transformation through education. He notes that the Ministry...

By: Tashion Hewitt Stennett , December 4, 2017

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