Port of Spain, Thursday November 7, 2024: Minister of Youth Development and National Service (MYDNS), the Honourable Foster Cummings, presented Letters of Appointment to the Board of Management for the Youth Transformation and Rehabilitation Centre (YTRC), formerly known as the Youth Training Centre (YTC). Speaking at the Ceremony, Minister Cummings stated that “to encourage […]
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Valsayn, November 4, 2024 – The Ministry of Youth Development and National Service has collaborated with Cipriani College of Labour and Cooperative Studies (CCLCS) to establish the Trinidad and Tobago National Youth Employment Policy (TT-NYEP), which was launched on Monday 4th November 2024 at the College campus in Valsayn. The launch aimed to start the […]
October 30, 2024 Last evening, the Ministry of Youth Development and National Service (MYDNS) hosted an Extension Services Forum titled “Agri-Entrepreneurship and You”, at the Government Campus Plaza Auditorium, to provide participants of the Youth Agricultural Homestead Programme (YAHP) with essential guidance and information on modern agricultural practices and entrepreneurial skills. Programme Coordinator for YAHP, […]
Port of Spain, October 11, 2024 – The Honourable Foster Cummings, Minister of Youth Development and National Service (MYDNS) received, a courtesy call today, from contestants in the Miss Sari Trinidad and Tobago Talent and Beauty Pageant Competition. The pageant, geared towards ‘Empowering our young women through pageantry with pride and dignity’, is in its […]
Port of Spain, October 08, 2024: The Ministry of Youth Development and National Service (MYDNS), today, presented cheques to 15 members of the De-Registered Tunapuna Rising Star Friendly Society, at a ceremony at its Head Office in St. Clair. The Rising Star Society was in existence from January 25, 1918; providing benefits to its […]
Over 200 young people, were today admitted into the Ministry of Youth Development and National Service (MYDNS) Youth and Women in Agriculture (YAWIA) Programmes, namely; the Youth Agricultural Homestead Programme (YHAP); the Youth Agricultural Shade House Project and the Youth Aquaculture Project. At the Orientation held at the Dagga Auditorium, University of the West Indies, […]
MYDNS Honours National Youth Awardees
September 20, 2024 Under the distinguished patronage of Her Excellency Christine Carla Kangaloo O.R.T.T., President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Ministry of Youth Development and National Service (MYDNS) hosted the 28th Edition of the National Youth Awards, on Thursday September 19, 2024, at the Hyatt Regency (Ballroom), Wrightson Road, Port of Spain. […]
September 13, 2024Port of Spain, September 13, 2024: 114 young persons graduated today, fromthe Industrial Apprenticeship Programme (IAP) under the Ministry of Youth Development and National Service (MYDNS). The Graduation Ceremony, which was held at the Government Campus Plaza, Port of Spain, saw the first cohorts of 80 young people from the Drilling Rig Operations […]
On Friday, September 06, 2024, the Ministry of Youth Development and National Service signed a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the Cipriani College of Labour and Cooperative Studies to establish a National Youth Employment Policy for Trinidad and Tobago. The National Youth Employment Policy aims to establish, among other things, fundamental strategies for increasing the […]
Vocalist, Aaliyah Campbell, emerged the winner of the Ministry of Youth Development and National Service (MYDNS) Youth on Stage-National Youth Festival and Talent Search (YoS) on Saturday 24th August, 2024. The Youth on Stage Competition, brought the curtains down on the MYDNS’s 2024 Youth Week Activities, at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA). Overwhelmed with emotions, 22 […]