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The Ministry of Labour and Social Security of Jamaica oversees Social Security and Welfare, Education Affairs and Services, and Labour Relations Employment Services. The head offices of the labour and social security divisions are in Kingston. [1] As of 2020, the Minister of Labour and Social Security is The Honourable Karl Samuda CD, MP [2]
The ministries of Jamaica are created at the discretion of the prime minister of Jamaica to carry out the functions of government. As of 2016, the prime minister is Andrew Holness. The agencies of Jamaica are created by both parliamentary law and assigned to ministers to oversee.
The only teacher training institution to survive into the 20th Century and that remains until today is The Mico University College in Kingston, Jamaica. Its founding in 1835 makes it the oldest teacher training college in the Western Hemisphere and one of the oldest in the world rivaling the famed Battersea College in England. The survival of ...
Jamaica Observer. June 22, 2006. Davidson, Taneisha and Bellanfante, Dwight. "Gov't Moves to Save MOU." Jamaica Observer. May 4, 2005. Eaton, George E. Alexander Bustamante and Modern Jamaica. Paperback ed. Kingston: LMH Publishers, 1995. ISBN 976-610-191-4 "JALGO Working Towards Better Benefits For Workers." Jamaica Gleaner. November 21, 2000.
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 .
In 1979, the governments of Jamaica and Norway formed a joint committee to examine the feasibility of opening a merchant marine training school in Jamaica. [1] In an agreement signed on 2 May 1980, the Norwegian government granted 9 million Norwegian krone (3.1 million Jamaican dollars) for the development of the maritime sector, specifically for maritime training.
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The National Workers Union (NWU) is a general trade union in Jamaica. The National Workers Union was founded on 2 April 1952 emerging as a result of a split within the Trade Union Congress and factional alignments within the People's National Party (PNP). The NWU became the main trade union of the PNP. [1]