Educational Services

Contact Details

Educational Services
2 - 4 National Heroes Circle Kingston (4)
769-221-4007
[email protected]
www.moe.gov.jm

Or : 876-922-1408

Or : 876-922-1409

Ministry Of Education Youth & Information : Central Office
Cellular
876-618-1251

Customer Serv (Receptionist's Desk) : 876-612-5700

Or : 876-612-5702

Toll Free : 888-991-2070

Minister's Office : 766-125-8145

Permanent Secretary : 876-612-5811

Or : 876-612-5812

Executive Services : 766-125-8334

Communication Unit : 876-612-5896

Or : 876-612-5872

Management Info Systems Unit : 876-612-5859

Internal Audit : 876-612-5749

Or : 876-612-5756

Education System Transformation : Programme
876-612-5886

Legal Unit : 876-612-5802

Educational Services Division : Chief Education Officer
876-612-5792

Or : 876-612-5793

Or : 876-612-5794

Or : 876-612-5795

Safety & Security : 876-612-6056

Or : 876-612-5910

Independent Schools : 876-612-5704

Or : 876-612-5709

Tertiary Unit : 876-612-6051

Or : 876-612-6047

Schools Operations : Deputy Chief Education Officer
876-612-5908

Or : 876-612-5909

Human Resource Management & : Administration Division
Senior Director's Office
876-612-5959

Human Resource Management Unit : 876-612-5958

Employee Relations Unit : 876-612-5966

Industrial Relations Unit : 876-612-6022

Or : 876-612-6023

Performance Management & Appraisal : System
876-612-5828

Organizational Development Unit : 876-612-5946

Procurement Unit : 876-612-6013

Or : 876-612-6010

Professional Development Unit : 876-612-6020

Or : 876-612-6060

Facilities & Transport Management Unit : 876-612-5999

Or : 876-612-6004

Schools' Personnel & Admin : 876-612-5990

Planning Development Division : Director's Office
876-612-5841

Educational Planning Unit : 876-612-5863

Policy Analysis & Research Unit : 876-612-6091

Programme Monitoring & Evaluation Unit : 876-612-5849

International Affairs : 876-612-6067

Finance Division : Prinicpal Finance Ofc 876-612-5769

Budget Section 876-612-5771

Dispatch : Cheque Disbursement 876-612-5788

Teachers Financial Services (Formerly Teachers’ Salaries) 876-612-5729

Project Management & Technical Services : Division
Director's Office
876-612-6007

Technical Services Unit : 876-612-6012

Project Management Unit : 876-612-5907

Project Finance : 876-612-5895

National College For Educational : Leadership
876-612-5821

Or : 876-612-5881

Or : 876-612-5826

TVET Rationalization Project : 876-948-3248

National Parent-Teacher Association of : Jamaica (NP)
876-612-5707

Duke Street : Jamaica Teaching Council
876-922-8019

Evaluation of Teachers Qualifications : 876-922-8025

Master Teachers : 876-922-8115

National Education Inspectorate : 876-922-8018

General Information

In 1973, the Government of Jamaica (GoJ) formed the National Youth Service (NYS) to help with manpower needs in various sectors of the economy as well as to help school leavers develop a sense of nationalism and proper socialisation. According to Mrs. Heather Murray, Principal of the Hampton High School, “In those days, you served without any travelling been refunded because it was serviced for the sake of service and it was from a service that I learned from those whom I served.” Since then, young people, ages 17 – 24 years, have been equipped with the necessary life coping skills needed to foster their personal and career development as well as enhance their contribution to community and national development.

The programmes offered at the NYS focuses on Volunteerism, Character Development and Work Experience and include programmes such as the Corps and Summer Programmes.

THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT

The change in the global environment has reshaped the strategic framework of the National Youth Service (NYS) and has forced the organisation to fulfill its mandate through various methodologies. In the past, individuals would have completed NYS programmes harvesting only a certificate of participation. However, in an assessment conducted by Darrell M. Hull, Ph.D., he recommended that the NYS Corps programme should be aligned with the National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) standards offered by HEART Trust/NTA, and credit provided to participants when their training matches these standards. As such, in 2010, the NYS undertook a new initiative: to certify participants in their area of training in order to enrich their developmental experience and prepare them for the competitive labour market.

Following this decision, at least 290 National Youth Service (NYS) trainees turned the pages of success, in dealing with the weaknesses which exist in the procurement and distribution of textbooks in high, junior high and all-age schools. In 2011, through the Textbook Management and Support Aide programme was developed to train students in assisting with the management of the textbook process in schools. Participants within the programme have helped the Media Services Unit of the Ministry of Education to collect for redistribution some $350 million worth of government-issued textbooks, packed in storerooms in Schools Island wide. In the same year, the organisation commenced training for their Teacher’s Assistant Programme which total of four hundred and twenty eight (428) participants trained to effectively support teachers and administrators in: Special Educational Institutions, The Alternative Secondary Transitional Education Programme Centres (ASTEP) and The E-Learning Centres.

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