December 13, 2017: Minister of Education, Youth and Information Senator Ruel Reid has welcomed news that the Early Childhood Commission has now certified 100 Early Childhood Institutions (ECIs). These ECIs have attained 100% of the legal [...]
The Early Childhood Commission is now accepting Salary Subsidy applications for New, Replacement and Upgrade applicants. Salary Subsidy applications can be found here on the website. Applications for New and Replacement Early Childhood Practitioners must include [...]
Although Jamaica was not hit by neither hurricanes Harvey nor Irma, many of us have loved ones or at least know someone living in the affected territories. Our heart goes out to the many who were [...]
contributor: Kemmone Hall Nutrition is integral to a child’s life. More essentially, the benefits it affords during the 1st 1000 days of life – from conception into the first 2+ years of childhood – are many. [...]
contributor: Kemmone Hall During early childhood, the socio-emotional and cognitive capabilities are heightened through developmentally appropriate programmes and activities designed for full and “all sided” development. This, some educators believe, takes place through arts education. Drawing, [...]
In an interview with Results for Development (R4D) President Gina Lagomarsino, Prof. Maureen Samms-Vaughan, first Chairman of the Early Childhood Commission, talks about Jamaica's cross-sectoral approach to Early Childhood Development and how this approach has evolved over [...]
In this edition of the Annual Review Publication, covering the financial year extending from April 2014 to March 2015, we highlight the activities, accomplishments and challenges across the sector, presented within the broader context of the [...]
contributors: Kemmone Hall, Camille Graham & Janielle Erskine The discussion surrounding numeracy has heightened over the years as students, both at the primary and secondary levels, struggle to grasp the concepts of Mathematics, as evidenced by [...]
State Minister in the Education, Youth and Information Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green, has called on Members of Parliament (MPs) to help early-childhood institutions (ECIs) in their constituencies to become certified. Making his contribution to the 2017/18 [...]
The Marlin Avenue Basic School in Portmore, St. Catherine, is a step closer to achieving full certification under the Early Childhood Commission’s (ECC) 12 Operating standards for Early Childhood Institutions (ECI). On Monday, April 3, Deputy [...]
