November 21, 2018: The Brain Builders Initiative which focuses on developmentally appropriate Stimulation, Nutrition and Protection for children, 0-3 years has received international support from the Japanese Government through the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The handover [...]
July 6, 2018: The Early Childhood Commission this morning launched Jamaica’s First Strategy for the 0-3 age cohort at the Cynthia Shako Early Childhood Education and Day Care Centre at the University of Technology. Minister of [...]
June 28, 2018: The Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund is contributing JMD 50 million through the Early Childhood Commission to assist Infant Schools and Infant Departments to become compliant. The money will enable [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
