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National Council on Drug Abuse. Councils of the Ministry of Health. Medical Council of Jamaica. Nursing Council of Jamaica. Dental Council of Jamaica. Pharmacy Council of Jamaica. Council of Professions Supplementary to Medicine. Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries [5] Anti- Dumping and Subsidies Commission.
Primary education in Jamaica addresses the basic educational needs of students and prepares them for secondary education. It includes children between the ages of 5 and 12 years. Under the Caribbean Examination Council's Revised Primary Curriculum, [3] student assessment has changed significantly from the former Common Entrance Examination at ...
Fayval Shirley Williams (born 28 May 1958) is a Jamaican politician who is the Minister of Education, Youth and Information and the Member of Parliament for the St Andrew Eastern constituency. [1] [2] Williams had previously been the minister in the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology as well as the minister without portfolio in the ...
George William Gordon (c. 1820 – 23 October 1865) [1] was a Jamaican businessman, magistrate and politician, one of two representatives to the Assembly from St. Thomas-in-the-East parish. He was a leading critic of the colonial government and the policies of Jamaican Governor Edward Eyre. [2]
The overall goal is to make Jamaica a significant player in the arena of information technology. In 2009, Jamaica launched Vision 2030, a national development plan that aims to put Jamaica in a position to achieve developed country status by 2030. National Outcome 11 is a "Technology-Enabled Society", to create a more prosperous economy.
The Jamaica Independence Act 1962 (10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 40) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that granted independence to Jamaica with effect from 6 August 1962. As a result of the Act, Jamaica became the first English-speaking country in the West Indies to achieve full independence from the United Kingdom.
In 1992, Whiteman became Minister of Education. In 2002, he was appointed Minister of Information. In 2007, he was appointed High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, a position he held till end-December 2009. In 2014, he received an appointment to the council of the University of Technology, Jamaica.
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 ...