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OCR Reports 90% Recovery Rate for Missing Children

Posted on 6/1/2016

The Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) is reporting a 90 percent recovery rate for missing children over the past three years, through the Ananda Alert System.

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941 children
Ananda Alert System
Jamaica Constabulary Force
Missing Persons Monitoring Uni
nanda Alert Secretariat
Office of the Children’s Registry

OCR Looks to Extend ‘Break the Silence’ Campaign

Posted on 6/1/2016

The Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) is looking to extend its ‘Break the Silence’ campaign.

‘Break the Silence’ campaign
‘Enough is Enough’
Mrs. Julia Smiley Green
OCR
OCR Public Relations Officer
Office of the Children’s Registry
United Nations Children’s Fund

Don’t Overburden Parents – Senator Reid

Posted on 6/1/2016

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says school administrators should not overburden parents by asking them to purchase textbooks that will not be used during the school term.

Annual General Meeting
Minister of Education
National Parent-Teacher Association of Jamaica
Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid
Youth and Information

More Than 48,000 Students Trained Under CAP

Posted on 6/1/2016

Since the introduction of the Career Advancement Programme (CAP) six years ago, approximately 48,301 students have been trained in technical and vocational skills as well as 5,622 through the General Programme of Literacy and Numeracy.

CAP
Career Advancement Programme
Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate
Chief Education Officer
Dr. Grace McLean
General Programme of Literacy and Numeracy
Minister of Education Youth and Information
Ministry of Education
National Apprenticeship Programme
Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid
technical and vocational qualification
Youth and Information

UWI to Honour Oxford’s First Female Vice-Chancellor

Posted on 5/31/2016

The University of the West Indies (UWI) announced on Friday that it will confer an honorary doctor of laws degree on the first female vice-chancellor at the University of Oxford, Professor Louise Richardson, in the next two weeks.

first female vice-chancellor
Honorary doctor of laws
Professor Louise Richardson
University of Oxford
University of the West Indies
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