Established in 1973, the National Youth Service 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 NYS mandate therefore, is to tackle these youth issues and make a meaningful impact on the number of unattached youth (i.e. unemployed and not enrolled in school) in Jamaica now totalling over 140,000.
The 1994 National Youth Policy has provided the frame of reference for the operation of the NYS programme. The NYS became a statutory body on April 1, 1999 and operates under the auspices of the
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