A letter to Parents
Dear Parent, Did you know that you can help to keep your child safe? Here’s how! Know at all times where your children are! Take your small children to school. Do not ask strangers to drop [...]
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02, 2017
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02, 2017
ECC Receives $20 Million to Assist with Development Of ECIs
The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) is reporting that it received $20 million in 2016 to help with efforts to develop early-childhood institutions (ECIs) that are in need. This amount was donated by stakeholders and partners, such [...]
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02, 2017
Early Childhood Commission To Heighten Rationalisation Of Basic Schools
The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) says it will be heightening efforts to rationalise basic schools this year, even as it seeks to certify more institutions. The rationalisation process involves merging clusters of basic schools as well as [...]
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02, 2017
300 Additional Basic Schools to be Certified by 2019
The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) is well underway with work to certify 300 additional basic schools meeting its 12 qualifying Standards, over the Board’s three-year tenure. This exercise, when completed in 2019, will bring the number [...]
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02, 2017
Learning through Play
"Play is more than just a childish pastime. It is an activity that engages the body and the senses, helping children develop skills, knowledge and values that lay the foundation for later learning and development." Watch [...]
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01, 2017
Early Childhood Commission Standards Set Very High – Green
State Minister in the Education, Youth and Information Ministry, Floyd Green, says the standards set by the Early Childhood Commission (ECC) for the sector have to be very high. “We are dealing with the most vulnerable [...]
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01, 2017
Reading to Young Children – Trends in Jamaica
Most parents, if not all, want their children to be intelligent. “Dem mus’ bright!” What many parents don’t realise is that they, themselves, have the power to increase their children’s learning potential just by making reading [...]
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01, 2017
Jamaican Fathers’ Involvement In Their Children’s Development
Daddy, daddy! Where are you? Don’t you want to see me grow? Don’t you want to be there for me? I need you, don’t you know? Don’t you want me to say some day, “I am [...]
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11, 2016
Reduction in number of children at risk of poor development to 249.4 million in LMIs: True progress?
We all know, whether intuitively or by research evidence, that early childhood development sets the foundation for the quality of life in adulthood. Knowing, then, the number and prevalence of children at risk of poor development [...]
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09, 2016
Do Early Childhood Interventions Have Lasting Effects?
INFOGRAPHIC: Impact of Interventions on Early Childhood Development Outcomes