The first written Jamaican pre-school curriculum for children four to six years old was completed in 1973 through the Project for Early Childhood Education (PECE), directed by Mr. D.R.B. Grant and funded by the Bernard van Leer Foundation. The “PECE Curriculum Manual”, as it was called, was a very detailed instructional guide comprising 24 volumes totaling 4,988 pages.
The Jamaica Early Childhood Curriculum, Scope and Sequence for Children: Four to Five Years, is a document outlining developmental objectives for children within the age range. The document will help practitioners at different levels of the early childhood education to see the alignment of instructional planning and children’s development.
Over the past sixty years, advances made by other countries in their provision of early childhood programmes to compensate for deficiencies among children of the poor, have played a significant role in stimulating action-oriented interest in early childhood development in Jamaica.
The Jamaica Early Childhood Curriculum, Scope and Sequence for Children: Birth to 3 Years, is a document outlining developmental objectives for children within the age range. The document will help practitioners at different levels of the early childhood education to see the alignment of instructional planning and children’s development
The Jamaica Early Childhood Curriculum for Children Birth to Five Years – A Conceptual Framework
This Act may be cited as the Child Care and Protection short title. Act. 2.--(I) In this Act- "adult" means a person who has attained the age of eighteen years; "adult correctional centre" has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Corrections Act; "child" means a person under the age of eighteen years; "Children's Advocate" means The Office of the Children's Advocate constituted under section 4;
In this Act – “basic school” means a school that offers a course of educational training for students under the age of six years; “Commission” means the Early Childhood Commission established under section 3 of the Early Childhood Commission Act; “day care centre” means any premises used for the provision of nonresidential day care service to more than four children up to six years of age for at least six hours per day and at least four days per week;
An Act to Establish a Commission to govern the administration of early childhood care, education and development in Jamaica, and to make provision for connected matters.
In exercise of the power conferred upon the Minister by section 22 of the Early Childhood Act, and of every other power hereunto enabling, the following Regulations are hereby made –
In this Act- Interpretation. “adopter” means a person who is proposing to adopt, or who has adopted a child in pursuance of an adoption order; “adoption order” means an order made under section 9; “child” means a person under the age of eighteen years who has never been married;