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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses yesterday's (September 26) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses yesterday's (September 26) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

Early Stimulation Strategy to Give Children ‘Best Start’ In Life

By: GARWIN DAVIS, November 12, 2018
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says that the Government’s early-stimulation/intervention strategy, which will be introduced in early-childhood institutions across the island, is aimed at...
Probation Aftercare Officers, André Foster (left) and Prisca Parkinson (econd left), working with probationers in making beaded jewellery at the final in the series of anti-gang sensitisation sessions held at Hotel Grandiosa in Montego Bay, St. James, on Wednesday (November 7).

255 Young People Benefit from Anti-Gang Sensitisation Sessions

By: Rosheika Grant, November 9, 2018
State Minister for Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (second right), highlights the benefits of play through games, such as ‘Chinese skip’, during a forum focusing on the importance of play for children, at the Maxfield Park Children’s Home on Tuesday (November 6). Engaging in the game of ‘Chinese skip’ are students from the Seaward Primary and Junior High School. They are (in the foreground, from left) Shadae Salmon, and Latanya Graham. At right is media personality and host of the forum, Emprezz Golding.

State Minister Calls on Parents to Look for Signs of Abuse

By: Alecia Smith, November 7, 2018

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PHOTOS: JIS Heritage Tour 2018

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By: Jamaica Information Service, November 4, 2018
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), addressing a JIS Think Tank today, November 1. Looking on is Senior Programme Specialist in the Ministry's Youth and Adolescent Policy Unit, Youth Division, Kevon Campbell.
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November Is Youth Month

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will undertake several activities in observance of November as Youth Month, under...
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By: Judith A. Hunter, November 2, 2018
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JCCF Celebrates 75th Anniversary

The Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF) is commemorating its 75th anniversary with the staging of several activities from November 2018 to November 2019. The year-long events will commence on Thursday,...
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By: Rosheika Grant, November 1, 2018
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Kaysia Kerr, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’ recently, where she outlined activities for Parent Month, which will be observed in November.
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Emphasis on Parents in November

The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) will observe National Parent Month 2018 in November, under the theme ‘Be the Influence’. This is the continuation of a three-year campaign that was...
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By: Judith A. Hunter, October 30, 2018