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JALGO. The Jamaica Association of Local Government Officers (JALGO) is a 5,000-member public sector trade union in Jamaica which represents workers in local and national government, governmental corporations, quasi-government bodies and other agencies created by statute. Its members are non-supervisory personnel and include fire-fighters with ...
The Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) is a trade union representing education workers in Jamaica.. In 1961, the Jamaica Union of Teachers, the Association of Headmasters and Headmistresses, the Association of Teachers in Technical Institutions, the Association of Teacher Training Staffs, and the Association of Assistant Masters and Mistresses, formed the Joint Executive of Teachers ...
Education in Jamaica is primarily modeled on the British education system. The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) [1] finds that Jamaica is fulfilling only 70.0% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to education based on the country's level of income. [2] HRMI breaks down the right to education by looking at the rights to both ...
The Jamaica Union of Teachers (JUT) was a trade union representing schoolteachers in Jamaica. The union was founded in 1894. It was the first trade union in Jamaica. Its initial organisation was based on the British National Union of Teachers. However, in its early years, the JUT functioned more as a professional association.
In her first Sectoral presentation in Parliament June 24, 2016, Williams disclosed that he Pensions (Public Service) Act to establish a contributory pension scheme in the public sector, is to come before Parliament. "Getting the public employee pension administration system completed is a key goal for this administration," Williams announced. [23]
The Caribbean Centre of Excellence for Teacher Training (Caribbean CETT) is an organization which seeks to enhance the quality of teacher training in the Caribbean. It came into existence as part of a USAID -funded Presidential Initiative established at the 2001 Summit of the Americas, held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport [1] Jamaica Cultural Development Commission. Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation. Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission. The Institute of Jamaica. Jamaica National Heritage Trust. National Library of Jamaica. Sports Development Foundation. Ministry of Education, Youth and Information[2]
Children. 3. Awards. Order of the British Empire, Order of Distinction. Edith Dalton-James MBE CD (February 1, 1896 – November 5, 1976) was a Jamaican educator and politician. She was a founding member of the People's National Party (1938), and the first woman to become president of the Jamaica Union of Teachers in 1949.