National Youth Service

Established in 1973, the National Youth Service (NYS) was re-launched in 1995 after a 12 year break amidst major concerns about the high level of youth unemployment, academic underachievement, the lack of training opportunities for young people and their escalating trend toward anti-social behaviour. The organization, therefore, aims to equip youths with the necessary life coping skills to foster their personal and career development as well as enhance their contribution to community and national development.

Objectives

• To train youths within the 17 – 24 age cohort in practical services to serve as entry level staff in Public and Private sector organisations.
• To provide participants with employability skills training needed to function in the world of work
• To develop public and private sector partnerships in order to expand the reach of the NYS
• To train and develop staff in the requisite skills and competencies with view to enhance the process of contemporary management of programme delivery.
• To build and maintain robust relationships with the communities.
• To strengthen collaborative efforts between and among existing partners.

• Mr. Melvin Smith
• http://www.nysjamaica.org/
• 6 Collins Green Avenue, Kingston 5.
• info@nysjamaica.org
• 754-9816-8

• Jamaican Embassies, High Commissions, Permanent Missions and Consulates General Overseas
• Auditor General Department
• Government Electrical Regulator (GER)
• Government Electrical Inspectorate (GEI)
• Jamaica Aircraft Refueling Services (JARS)
• Petrojam Ethanol Company Limited (PEL)
• Petrojam Limited
• Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ)