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"The Abilities Foundation is committed to provide quality vocational education to persons with disabilities to enable them to function as creative and productive citizens."

The Human Employment and Resource Training Trust, National Training Agency known to most Jamaicans simply as ‘HEART’ is a key driver on Jamaica’s road to development. Formed in 1982 and restructured by the amended HEART Act in 1991, the Organisation focuses primarily on stimulating economic growth and job creation. This can only be achieved through the creation of a highly skilled, productive...

The Office of the Trustee in Bankruptcy (OTB), a Department under the Ministry of Justice, was established in 1937 under the Bankruptcy Act to administer the affairs of individuals who are insolvent. However, the OTB also has jurisdiction under the Companies Act to administer the liquidation of insolvent companies. The aim of the OTB is to provide a legal shelter...

The School of Nursing formerly the Nursing Department was one of the first four departments of the Excelsior Community College when it began it's official sojourn in September 1974 . The idea was to offer an associate degree programme with a bias towards school nursing, this however was met with resistance from certain quarters. What eventually materialized was a programme...

The vision for the College is “A world class training institution producing excellent teachers, sports and recreational professionals to meet local, regional and inter-national demand”. The mission of the G C Foster College of Physical Education and Sport is to “contribute to social and economic development through the optimal preparation of Physical Education teachers, athletes, recreation and sports specialists; utilizing...

The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel is the Law Office of the Government charged with the responsibility for the preparation of draft legislation. It consists of a cadre of attorneys-at-law headed by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel and supported by administrative and secretarial staff. 2. Role and Mission The role and mission of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel is: a....

The Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMC) is the first institution of its kind within the English Speaking Caribbean to provide professional and technical training in the Arts, offering qualification at the Bachelor, Associate Degree and Certificate levels. Prior to this establishment the schools of the Arts operated separately, at different locations. In 1976 through an...

The Norman Manley Law School is named after the famed politician and lawyer, the late Hon. Norman Washington Manley Q.C. He was born in Jamaica on July 4, 1893, at Roxborough in Manchester. He attended Beckford and Smith High School and later Jamaica College where he distinguished himself as a scholar and athlete. In 1914 he was awarded the Rhodes...

The Legal Aid Council (LAC) is a statutory entity under the Ministry of Justice. The Council’s mandate is to administer an efficient and coordinated legal aid system in Jamaica.

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) was established by the Early Childhood Commission Act (2003), in keeping with the strategic goal of the Government of Jamaica to improve the quality of early childhood care, education and development within the early childhood sector. The ECC, which is an agency of the Ministry of Education, coordinates all activities, development plans and programmes within...

The Council of Community The Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ) is a statutory agency under the Ministry of Education, formed by an Act of Parliament, which was passed in December 2001, to supervise and coordinate the work of Community Colleges in Jamaica. The Council which comprises members of the Colleges, representatives from other sectors of the tertiary and secondary...

The Legal Reform Department is the principal Law Reform Agency in Jamaica and is one of the four legal Departments under the Ministry of Justice, the others being: the Attorney General’s Department, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. The Legal Reform Department had its genesis in 1973 as a division under...