Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is urging the private sector to support  expansion of the School Feeding Programme for students under the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH).

Senator Reid pointed out that the Government covers the programme for only three days and is only able to allocate $90 per day for each of the more than 200,000 students on PATH.

The Ministries of Health, and Education, Youth and Information will be partnering to more effectively serve children with special educational needs. Education Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, said the intervention, which is targeted for implementation in September, will provide for earlier detection of children with learning disabilities and disorders, and to address those issues before they enter the formal education system.

The church is being called on to help in the counselling of abused children, and to assist the authorities in nabbing perpetrators.

Director of Safety and Security in Schools at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Coleridge Minto, is commending the Black River High School, in St. Elizabeth, for its launch of the Positive Behaviour Intervention Support (PBIS) programme. The programme, an initiative of the MOEYI, aims to establish the behavioural and socio-cultural support needed for all students in a school to achieve social, emotional and academic success.

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the Government will honour its commitment for the removal of auxiliary fees for the academic year 2016/17. Speaking at the Aspiring Principals’ Programme presentation ceremony, held at the Mona Visitors Lodge, University of the West Indies, on April 20, the Minister pointed out that the Ministry will increase the contribution from the current $11,500 to $19,000.