The National Education Program
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Professional Jamaicans for Jamaica, Inc. has established a National Education Program (“NEP”), an initiative designed and structured to propel the education system of our nation to the top tier of the world. This will be one of the main long-term goals of the organization.
Jamaica’s education system has deteriorated over the years, at all levels. Professional Jamaicans for Jamaica, Inc. has motion a call to mobilize support, with a sense of urgency, towards making a meaningful contribution to Jamaica’s serious educational dilemma.
Problems arising from lack of adequate school accommodation, inadequate facilities, supplies and equipment, children unable to attend schools because they are unable to meet the cost of transportation, lunch, and breakfast has prompted Professional Jamaicans for Jamaica, Inc. to establish a National Education Program (“NEP”).
Students who are unable to obtain admittance to High School or Tertiary Institutions and the increasing and prohibitive cost of a tertiary education have drawn nationwide attention that requires an immediate intervention.
The organization’s attention is also focused on the problems of teachers and the lowering of standards of the educational system in general, which pose grave problems for some of the newly arriving Jamaican children in the United States of America.
The aim of this program is to enable the organization to launch a successful National Education Program to raise financial grants and sponsorship towards meeting Jamaica’s pressing needs in education.
The program is also aimed at enhancing the role of Professional Jamaicans for Jamaica, Inc. as a serious and credible national body concerned and involved in the development of Jamaica.
Professional Jamaicans for Jamaica, Inc. has placed its main focus on the education sector of Jamaica. Our priorities to impact the education sector are as follow:
For Jamaica to move ahead and meet its Vision 2030 goal, it requires a skilled work forces and education is the key. The need for the National Education Program to succeed cannot be over stressed.
Professional Jamaicans for Jamaica, Inc. has established a National Education Program (“NEP”), an initiative designed and structured to propel the education system of our nation to the top tier of the world. This will be one of the main long-term goals of the organization.
Jamaica’s education system has deteriorated over the years, at all levels. Professional Jamaicans for Jamaica, Inc. has motion a call to mobilize support, with a sense of urgency, towards making a meaningful contribution to Jamaica’s serious educational dilemma.
Problems arising from lack of adequate school accommodation, inadequate facilities, supplies and equipment, children unable to attend schools because they are unable to meet the cost of transportation, lunch, and breakfast has prompted Professional Jamaicans for Jamaica, Inc. to establish a National Education Program (“NEP”).
Students who are unable to obtain admittance to High School or Tertiary Institutions and the increasing and prohibitive cost of a tertiary education have drawn nationwide attention that requires an immediate intervention.
The organization’s attention is also focused on the problems of teachers and the lowering of standards of the educational system in general, which pose grave problems for some of the newly arriving Jamaican children in the United States of America.
The aim of this program is to enable the organization to launch a successful National Education Program to raise financial grants and sponsorship towards meeting Jamaica’s pressing needs in education.
The program is also aimed at enhancing the role of Professional Jamaicans for Jamaica, Inc. as a serious and credible national body concerned and involved in the development of Jamaica.
Professional Jamaicans for Jamaica, Inc. has placed its main focus on the education sector of Jamaica. Our priorities to impact the education sector are as follow:
- Adolescent Girls Program (to alleviate poverty in our country)
- Early Childhood Education (Adopt - A - School Program)
- Educational Homework Centers (After-School Program)
- University and High School Scholarship Awards
- Educational Assistance Grants (this will allow grants to deserving students)
- Provision of books, computers, equipment, and supplies to schools.
- Provide help to students in dire need of assistance with transportation and feeding.
For Jamaica to move ahead and meet its Vision 2030 goal, it requires a skilled work forces and education is the key. The need for the National Education Program to succeed cannot be over stressed.
