Opening Hours
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Monday
9:00am - 4:00pm
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Tuesday
9:00am - 4:00pm
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Wednesday
9:00am - 4:00pm
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Thursday
9:00am - 4:00pm
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Friday
9:00am - 4:00pm
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Saturday
Closed
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Sunday
Closed
Contact Details
Educational Services
2 - 4 National Heroes Circle Kingston (4)
769-221-4007
[email protected]
www.moe.gov.jm
Or
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876-922-1408
Or
:
876-922-1409
Ministry Of Education Youth & Information
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Central Office
Cellular
876-618-1251
Customer Serv (Receptionist's Desk)
:
876-612-5700
Or
:
876-612-5702
Toll Free
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888-991-2070
Minister's Office
:
766-125-8145
Permanent Secretary
:
876-612-5811
Or
:
876-612-5812
Executive Services
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766-125-8334
Communication Unit
:
876-612-5896
Or
:
876-612-5872
Management Info Systems Unit
:
876-612-5859
Internal Audit
:
876-612-5749
Or
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876-612-5756
Education System Transformation
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Programme
876-612-5886
Legal Unit
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876-612-5802
Educational Services Division
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Chief Education Officer
876-612-5792
Or
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876-612-5793
Or
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876-612-5794
Or
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876-612-5795
Safety & Security
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876-612-6056
Or
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876-612-5910
Independent Schools
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876-612-5704
Or
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876-612-5709
Tertiary Unit
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876-612-6051
Or
:
876-612-6047
Schools Operations
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Deputy Chief Education Officer
876-612-5908
Or
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876-612-5909
Human Resource Management &
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Administration Division
Senior Director's Office
876-612-5959
Human Resource Management Unit
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876-612-5958
Employee Relations Unit
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876-612-5966
Industrial Relations Unit
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876-612-6022
Or
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876-612-6023
Performance Management & Appraisal
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System
876-612-5828
Organizational Development Unit
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876-612-5946
Procurement Unit
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876-612-6013
Or
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876-612-6010
Professional Development Unit
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876-612-6020
Or
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876-612-6060
Facilities & Transport Management Unit
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876-612-5999
Or
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876-612-6004
Schools' Personnel & Admin
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876-612-5990
Planning Development Division
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Director's Office
876-612-5841
Educational Planning Unit
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876-612-5863
Policy Analysis & Research Unit
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876-612-6091
Programme Monitoring & Evaluation Unit
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876-612-5849
International Affairs
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876-612-6067
Finance Division
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Prinicpal Finance Ofc
876-612-5769
Budget Section
876-612-5771
Dispatch
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Cheque Disbursement
876-612-5788
Teachers Financial Services (Formerly Teachers’ Salaries)
876-612-5729
Project Management & Technical Services
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Division
Director's Office
876-612-6007
Technical Services Unit
:
876-612-6012
Project Management Unit
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876-612-5907
Project Finance
:
876-612-5895
National College For Educational
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Leadership
876-612-5821
Or
:
876-612-5881
Or
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876-612-5826
TVET Rationalization Project
:
876-948-3248
National Parent-Teacher Association of
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Jamaica (NP)
876-612-5707
Duke Street
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Jamaica Teaching Council
876-922-8019
Evaluation of Teachers Qualifications
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876-922-8025
Master Teachers
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876-922-8115
National Education Inspectorate
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876-922-8018
General Information
In 1973, the Government of Jamaica (GoJ) formed the National Youth Service (NYS) to help with manpower needs in various sectors of the economy as well as to help school leavers develop a sense of nationalism and proper socialisation. According to Mrs. Heather Murray, Principal of the Hampton High School, “In those days, you served without any travelling been refunded because it was serviced for the sake of service and it was from a service that I learned from those whom I served.” Since then, young people, ages 17 – 24 years, have been equipped with the necessary life coping skills needed to foster their personal and career development as well as enhance their contribution to community and national development.
The programmes offered at the NYS focuses on Volunteerism, Character Development and Work Experience and include programmes such as the Corps and Summer Programmes.
THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT
The change in the global environment has reshaped the strategic framework of the National Youth Service (NYS) and has forced the organisation to fulfill its mandate through various methodologies. In the past, individuals would have completed NYS programmes harvesting only a certificate of participation. However, in an assessment conducted by Darrell M. Hull, Ph.D., he recommended that the NYS Corps programme should be aligned with the National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) standards offered by HEART Trust/NTA, and credit provided to participants when their training matches these standards. As such, in 2010, the NYS undertook a new initiative: to certify participants in their area of training in order to enrich their developmental experience and prepare them for the competitive labour market.
Following this decision, at least 290 National Youth Service (NYS) trainees turned the pages of success, in dealing with the weaknesses which exist in the procurement and distribution of textbooks in high, junior high and all-age schools. In 2011, through the Textbook Management and Support Aide programme was developed to train students in assisting with the management of the textbook process in schools. Participants within the programme have helped the Media Services Unit of the Ministry of Education to collect for redistribution some $350 million worth of government-issued textbooks, packed in storerooms in Schools Island wide. In the same year, the organisation commenced training for their Teacher’s Assistant Programme which total of four hundred and twenty eight (428) participants trained to effectively support teachers and administrators in: Special Educational Institutions, The Alternative Secondary Transitional Education Programme Centres (ASTEP) and The E-Learning Centres.
Products
- Financial Assistance Application Form
- GWEP Application Form
- National Summer Programme Form
- NYS Application Form (being revised)
- Resume Template
- Summer Programme Fact Sheet
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Empowering Jamaica's Young People
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