UTech, Jamaica hosts Launch of Early Childhood Commission’s 0-3 Age Cohort Strategy
Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughan (second left), Child Health, Child Development and Behaviour Unit, University of the West Indies, Mona, explains child brain development using dolls held by Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, CD, (second right), Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Reverend Ronald Thwaites, (left), Opposition Spokesman on Education. The occasion was the launch of 0 – 3 Age Cohort Strategy by the Early Childhood Commission held on Friday, July 6, 2018 on the grounds of the Cynthia Shako Early Childhood Education and Daycare Centre, UTech, Jamaica’s Papine campus. Sharing in the discussion at right, is Professor Colin Gyles, Deputy President, University of Technology, Jamaica.
On Friday, July 6, 2018 the Early Childhood Commission (ECC) launched its early childhood intervention initiative – the 0-3 Age Cohort Strategy, on the grounds of the University of Technology, Jamaica’s Cynthia Shako Early Childhood Education and Daycare Centre, Papine Campus.
The ECC has partnered with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information on the programme which focuses on the importance of a child’s cognitive development, by bringing greater emphasis on the formative years, from en utero to age 3. The EEC announced that the initial phase of the project will see the establishment of 126 Brain Builder Centres, two in each constituency across the island.
Following the launch, The EEC presented the Cynthia Shako Early Childhood Education and Daycare Centre with its official certification documents, followed by a tour of the Centre by the Honourable Ruel Reid, CD, Minister of Education, Youth and Information who also delivered the main address at the launch.
Highlights:
Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, CD, (left), Minister of Education, Youth and Information presents Professor Colin Gyles, (centre), Deputy President, University of Technology, Jamaica and Ms. Melisa Porter, Supervisor of the Cynthia Shako Early Childhood Education and Daycare Centre with a symbolic Certificate of Registration from the Early Childhood Commission. The presentation was made following the launch of the the Early Childhood Commission’s (ECC) 0-3 Age Cohort Strategy on Friday, July 6, 2018 on the grounds of the Daycare Centre, Papine Campus.
Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, CD, (3rd left) Minister of Education, Youth and Information pose for a group photograph with UTech, Jamaica officers and members of staff of the Daycare Centre. From left, Yvette Stewart, Caregiver, Michelle Silvera, Assistant Supervisor, Melisa Porter, Day Care Supervisor, Professor Colin Gyles, Deputy President, Dr. Janet Campbell-Shelly, Dean, College of Health Sciences and. Kadian Ingleton, National Youth Service intern.
Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, CD amuses little Zahara Blair with a hand puppet during his tour of the Cynthia Shako Early Childhood Education and Daycare Centre, while Harmony Francis looks on in amusement.
Read more in the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) news story at https://jis.gov.jm/brain-builders-programme-launched/.
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