March 20, 2017
Resource App for Young People to Roll Out Shortly
JIS: The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is finetuning a mobile application (app) which will serve as a resource guide for young people. State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green,…
March 19, 2017
OCA Undertakes Public Outreach and Education Campaign
JIS: The Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA) is partnering with the British High Commission to undertake a public outreach and education campaign, aimed at sensistising Jamaicans about the roles and…
March 19, 2017
Principals Welcome Assistance from Japan
JIS: Administrators at the Highgate Primary and Junior High School in St. Mary and Middleton Primary School, St. Thomas, have welcomed the $24-million (US$195,817) grant funding from Japan for infrastructural works…
March 18, 2017
More Participants in NYS Summer Employment Programme
JIS: The Government has increased the number of participants in the National Youth Service (NYS) Summer Employment Programme to 8,000 from 6,000, which obtained last year. Making the disclosure, State Minister in…
March 18, 2017
HEART Merger to Expand Access to Training and Certification
JIS: Persons will be able to access training and be certified through a centralised system, with the merger of the HEART Trust/NTA, Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL) and the National…