Implementation Plan For Recommendations Of JETC
By: , June 3, 2022
Photo: R. Fraser
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), listens as Chairman of the Jamaica Education Transformation Commission (JETC), Professor Orlando Patterson (centre), speaks with Principal of Kingston College, Dave Myrie, during their visit today (June 2)
Photo: R. Fraser
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), is accompanied by Chairman of the Jamaica Education Transformation Commission (JETC), Professor Orlando Patterson (right); Regional Director for Kingston and St. Andrew, Dasmine Kennedy, and Principal of Kingston College, Dave Myrie, when she visited the school today (June 2). The aim of the visit was to gather feedback from the relevant stakeholders on the recommendations made in the JETC report that was released on January 13, 2022.The Full Story
An implementation plan to execute the recommendations made by the Jamaica Education Transformation Commission (JETC) in its report is under way as the Government seeks to improve the education sector.
The plan will be executed in collaboration with the Education Transformation Oversight Committee (ETOC), which is responsible for monitoring and reporting on the progress made.
Details of the plan were disclosed by Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, during a visit to Kingston College with Chairman of the Commission, Professor Orlando Patterson, today (June 2).
“[We will be] working with ETOC to ensure Jamaicans understand the priority areas, the sequencing and the progress that’s being made towards getting the implementation of these important recommendations,” she said.
Meanwhile, Professor Patterson said that following the installation of ETOC’s members, there will be an appointment of an Administrative Officer in the Ministry, who will be solely involved in the execution plan across all academic levels.
“We’re hoping all of this will be through by September 2022, so we can start seeing the implementation done step by step,” he said.
The ETOC committee will be chaired by Financial Economist and a Director of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Dr. Adrian Stokes.
The committee’s appointment was announced by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during his 2022/23 Budget Debate presentation in the House, on March 17, 2022.