August 3, 2018: The Early Childhood Commission is the recipient of a US $83,000 grant from the Organization of American States (OAS) to create a Child Care Education and Health Development Integration System (CCEHDIS) which facilitates the...
MoreCertified ECIs Receive Symbol of Achievement
August 14, 2018: The Early Childhood Commission has commenced distribution of signs for Early Childhood Institutions (ECIs) that have attained the 12 Legal Operating Standards and are now certified. As it gets closer to the new school term...
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INVITATION TO BID The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) The ECC invites eligible firms interested in undertaking the supply of Interactive White Boards, Laptop Computers & Projectors for Early Childhood Commission (ECC). You are invited to...
MoreHow to help children cope with scary news
News just in. “The police are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of a 14-year old […] whose body was found in an unfinished building…” (RJR News, 2018).1 As adults whose anxiety levels increase with each news report nowadays, we tend...
MoreTermination of MOE’s NCB Cash Keycard
To: ECI Operators and Practitioners The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) wishes to advise you that all MOE NCB Cash Keycards were terminated on Friday, January 26, 2018. In light of this, the ECC is asking all ECI Practitioners with MOE Cash...
MoreECC Laptop Advertisement
INVITATION TO BID The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) The ECC invites eligible firms interested in undertaking the supply of Laptops for Field Staffs. You are invited to submit your price quotation in a pro-forma invoice format for procurement...
MoreEducation Ministry welcomes certification of 100 ECIs
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...
MoreECC Bulletin – December 4, 2017
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...
MoreECI Census 2017-18
The census of Early Childhood Institutions (ECIs) in Jamaica is an annual activity carried out by the Early Child Commission (ECC) to ensure information on institutions and those working in the sector is accurate and current. It is the aim of the...
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Helping children cope after a hurricane
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 caught in the path of these two phenomenally...
MoreNutrition and the 1st 1000 days of a Child’s Life
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. Despite this scientific fact...
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