April 2, 2020: Eight hundred learning kits for young children are being delivered between April 1-2 to families in the quarantined Corn Piece community in Clarendon and to those who have just emerged from quarantine in [...]
March 27, 2020: The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) has implemented measures to assist parents and caregivers with the continued development of their children 0-5 years during the period of school closure as a result of COVID-19. [...]
February 22, 2019: Early Childhood Practitioners and children from twenty schools in Westmoreland are to benefit from the 2019 Early Childhood Institutions’ Quiz Competition that has been launched by the Kiwanis Club of Westmoreland Capital. Young [...]
February 14, 2019: Jamaican Teas, through its Caribbean Dreams’ Initiative is improving the learning environments of children in Early Childhood Institutions (ECIs) in Jamaica through a donation of 500 play mats. The mats will be distributed [...]
January 18, 2019: The Early Childhood EC Act, 2005 states that “Corporal punishment shall not be inflicted on a child in an Early Childhood Institution” (ECI) (section 16 (1)) and “mechanical or electrical devices shall not [...]
January 14, 2019: Mulvina White Early Childhood Centre on Slipe Road in Kingston has received much needed assistance from the Key Club at the Wolmer’s Boys School to improve the institution’s infrastructure. The club which is [...]
January 7, 2019: The Early Childhood Commission wishes all Early Childhood Institutions (ECIs) a safe and productive Easter term as school officially resumes. The Commission remains steadfast in its mandate to provide quality early childhood programmes, [...]
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 [...]