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Senior Director, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Development and Support, HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Marcia Rowe-Amonde, speaks at the start of the three-day Capacity Development Workshop at the University of Technology on October 9.
Senior Director, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Development and Support, HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Marcia Rowe-Amonde, speaks at the start of the three-day Capacity Development Workshop at the University of Technology on October 9.

Capacity Development Workshop in Progress at UTECH

By: Ainsworth Morris, October 10, 2017
A three-day Capacity Development Workshop aimed at helping to move Jamaica’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) agenda forward and empowering administrators is in progress at the University of...
Public Relations and Communications Manager, Child Development Agency (CDA), Rochelle Dixon (centre); and Damart Williams (left), Director (Eastern Zone) at the Forestry Department, lend their support to children at Walker’s Place of Safety in St. Andrew during their tree-planting exercise on October 6.

CDA Partners with Forestry Department to Plant 500 Trees

By: Stacy-Ann Delevante , October 9, 2017
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (3rd left) and Quality Education Specialist, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Dr. Rebecca Tortello Greenland (2nd right), observe as grade-seven students at Cumberland High School complete a written activity. (FILE)

Universal School Enrolment up to Age 16

By: Chris Patterson, October 9, 2017

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State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Floyd Green (2nd left), has a light moment as he navigates the Child Case Management System (CCMS) during the official launch of the software on August 16 at the Child Development Agency (CDA) headquarters, downtown Kingston. Developed by Canadian software development company, Avocette, the software allows child protection officers to upload and track cases of children, who are registered in the child protection system. Others (from left) are: Systems Administrator at the CDA, George Bowes; Project Integration Manager for Avocette, Cathy Deluca; Acting Mission Director for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Jamaica, Rebecca Robinson; Chief Executive Officer for the CDA, Rosalee Gage-Grey; and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Avocette, Scott Ross.
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CDA Improves Monitoring Of Children

The Child Case Management System (CCMS) is making a significant impact in improving the management of information pertaining to the care and protection of the nation’s children. The system, being...
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By: Rochelle Williams, October 1, 2017
Chief Executive Officer of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Kaysia Kerr, speaks with Parent Mentor, Trevor Edmondson.
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NPSC to Use Research to Improve its Work

The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) is to use qualitative research to greatly improve the execution of its mandate to provide support and advocacy for the nation’s parents. Speaking with...
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By: Stacy-Ann Delevante, September 26, 2017