Desmond McKenzie, Minister of Local Government and Community Development - file photo
Desmond McKenzie, Minister of Local Government and Community Development, says the Youth Summer Employment Programme (YSEP), now in its third year, has contributed to the recent decline in the country's unemployment rate.
Mr. McKenzie was speaking at the 2019 launch of YSEP at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Montego Bay, St. James last week.
The latest quarterly survey of jobs, published by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica showed the unemployment rate was reduced to a record low of 7.8 per cent up to April 2019.
The summer employment programme has resulted in more than 300 participants gaining full-time employment since its started in 2017.
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