The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, continues to strengthen the systems to facilitate reports of child abuse and provide support for victims.

The Scientific Research Council (SRC) has, so far, opened science laboratories in four of eight participating primary and secondary schools in its Improving Innovation Capacities in the Caribbean (INVOCAB) project.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says he will be holding talks with the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) to expedite the processing of birth certificates for children in State care.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, has lauded the hundreds of foster-parents in western Jamaica for their love and care to wards of the State over the years.

More than 7,000 students in six primary schools are transitioning from a shift system to regular school hours, beginning this month.