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Jamaica
Jamaica had a dual education system with very bright wealthier children attending traditional high schools which was established by religious groups. Access was through a fee paying system and a few through scholarships -
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The Kendal report
The Kendal report and the associated plan for post primary education in Jamaica, addressed the educational, social and economic conditions in the colony. It focussed on establishing a system of post primary education so as to ameliorate the existing harsh socially segregated education with its class and colour configuration. establishing a common literacy core for boys and girls. -
University of the West Indies
The University College of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica was established as part of the general trend towards self sufficiency on the island. This was an important step in establishing educational independence because Jamaica had been forced to import graduates from Great Britain to serve a senoir staff in secondary schools. The University College of the West Indies was granted University status in 1962. -
The Department of Education
This year marked the birth of the Department of Education (DoE) at the University of the West Indies. This was a major step toward a completely independent educational system. -
Common Entrance Exams (11+)
The common entrance exams were introduced. -
University of Technology
The Jamaica Institute of technology was established. It was later renamed College of Arts, Science and Technology (CAST). It was granted university status in 1995 and renamed University of Technology (UTech). The Caledonia Junior College was established under the emergency teacher training scheme to address the shortage of trained teachers. -
Comprehensive High School system
The comprehensive high school system was introduced based on a five year plan which was put in place post independence. Two pilot schools were established: Trench Town and Frankfields comprehensive schools. -
1965 Education Act
The education act, the forst post independence legislation which outlined the statutory and operational aspects of the education system was introduced. the institute board for teacher training, a statutory body was established to certify teachers in the Bahamas, Belize and Jamaica, following an agreement with these countries. It was later renamed The Joint Board of teacher education (JBTE). -
Primary school places
A new deal for education was introduced to provide school place for every child at the primary level. Forty (40) primary schools were created to accommodate 16800 students -
Hon. Michael Manley (Fr. Prime Minister)
The former prime minister Honourable Michael Manley introduced 'free education' at all levels of the education system. In service teacher education trust commenced with the aim of improving the academic and professional competence of unqualified teachers with a view to provide them with certificationas school teachers over a four year period. -
Free school meals
Nutrition products limited was established - The school feeding program. Students who could not affort lunch were provided bun and milk -
Community Colleges
Four community colleges were established: Knox, Excelsior, Browns Town and Montego Bay CC. This was based on the recommendations of a comittee which examined the effectiveness and costs of the sixth form and its articulation between the new secondary schools and traditional high schools. -
The Rural Education Programme
The rural education programme commenced based on results of the Jamaica education sector survey which analysed Jamaica's education and training system. six experimental primary schools, three agricultural schools, a teacher training institute and a programme for community development were established. -
Jose` Marti High School
Jose` Marti high school was officially opened in 1977. It was given to Jamaica as a gift from the Cuban government. -
School building programme
- The ministry of educationconstructed 12 new schools which includes four infant schools, four primary schools and four high schools.
- The year of my birth.
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Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) (GCSE)
Students in Jamaica and the english speaking caribbean islands sat subjects offered by the Caribbean Examination Council for the first time. The subjects later replaced the British GCE 'O' levels and 'A' levels as CSEC and CAPE. -
GC Foster College
GC Foster college officially opened. It was constructed through a grant from the Cuban Government. -
College of Agriculture
- The college of Agriculture (CoA) was establishedfollowing the closure of Jamaica School of Agriculture (JSA). It was later renamed the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE).
- I attended Carisbrooke infant School.
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My primary school
I attended Carisbrooke Primary school -
Text books
Secondary schools text book programmecommenced to provide books fwho were reading below their reading age. -
All-age School
I attended Glendevon all-age school. -
The National Council on Education
The national council on educationwas established to coordinate the appointment of persons to the boards of public schools, advise the minister on policy dvelopment of educational programms. The secondary education reform project commenced. Through this project, a common curriculum was introduced for grades 7 - 9 of the secondary education system. -
Cambridge High School
I attended Cambridge high school. -
Knockalva Agricultural School
I attended Knockalva Agricultural school -
Common Entrance Examination
- The common entrance examination was abolished and was replased by GSAT.
- I graduated from Knockalva Agricultural School.
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College
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Comprehensive and Technical High schools
- Most secondary schools were upgraded to comprehensive or technical high schools.
- The first sitting of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) commenced.
- I attended the college of Agriculture Science and Education (CASE) which is situated in the picturesque seaside village of Pasley Gardens Portland.
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Specialist Colleges
In January 2000 Tony Blair announced that hundreds of comprehensive schools would be turned into 'specialist colleges' over the following three years. The scheme, developed by Downing Street and a new Policy and Innovation Division within the education department, would effectively consign the comprehensive system. Schools would achieve specialist status by raising £50,000 in business sponsorship, setting improvement targets and involving the local community. -
Learning and Skills act
The Learning and Skills Act (28 July 2000) established the Learning and Skills Council for England (Section 1) and the National Council for Education and Training for Wales (30). It set up the Adult Learning Inspectorate (52) and extended the powers of HM Chief Inspector to include further education for 16-19 year olds (60). It allowed city technology colleges to be renamed city academies (130) and made other provisions about education and training. -
Achieving success
In September 2001 the white paper Schools - achieving success proposed:
* Giving schools more freedom to manage their own affairs, with 85 per cent of a school's budget directly controlled by the head teacher, and a lesser role for LEAs.
* greater diversity in secondary education, with more specialist schools and city academies attracting private sponsorship;
* developing a more diverse 14-19 curriculum with more early entries for GCSE and much greater choice of vocational and work-based courses -
Bus Pass
My first bus pass. me looking young and hopeful in a foreign land. -
Education Act of 2002
An act to make provision about education, training and child care.
In September 2002 the first three city academies were opened. Head teachers criticised them as divisive.
7,000 of England's 25,000 state schools were already faith schools - 589 secondary and 6,384 primary. But the government was determined to press ahead and create even more such schools. -
End of Comprehensive secondary school system?
In November 2003 Former Prime Minister Tony Blair gave a keynote speech on education to launch the next phase of the London Challenge which aimed to improve educational opportunities for inner-city pupils. He announced that five central London boroughs - Islington, Hackney, Haringey, Southwark and Lambeth - had all been identified as needing extra help and monitoring and had agreed improvement plans with the DfES. New academies were planned in Islington, Hackney and Lambeth. -
2004 Children Act
In November 2004 The Children Act established a Children's Commissioner to champion the views and interests of children and young people, and required local authorities to make arrangements to promote co-operation between agencies and other appropriate bodies (such as voluntary and community organisations) in order to improve children's well-being.
To go with the Act, the government published Every Child Matters. -
University
Leeds Beckette University -
Education act of 2005
An Act to make provision about the inspection of schools, child minding, daycare, nursery education and careers services; to make other provision about school education; to make provision about the training of persons who work in schools and other persons who teach, about the supply of personal
information for purposes related to education and about the attendance of children at educational provision outside schools; and for connected purposes. -
Education and Inspections act 2006
To make provision about primary, secondary and further education and about training; to make provision about food or drink provided on school premises or in connection with the provision of education or childcare; to provide for the establishment of an Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills and the appointment of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education.
2006 Education and Inspections Act 2006. very controversial - passed only with Tory support. -
Education reform 2007
2007 School leaving age: government announced its intention to raise the SLA to 18, possibly in 2013.
2007 Ofsted became 'The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills' (as decreed by the 2006 Education and Inspections Act).
2007 QCA published plans for more flexible Key Stage 3 curriculum.
2007 Teaching 2020: paper setting out the government's vision for schooling in the future.
2007 GTC called for all national school tests for 7, 11 and 14 year olds to be scrapped. -
Education Skills Act 2008
- The governing body of an institution in England to which this section applies must exercise its functions so as to promote the participation, through regular attendance, of persons to whom this Part applies and for whom the institution provides education or training in that education or training.
- Graduated Leeds Beckette (Metropolitan) University
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Education act 2009
2009 Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009: created a statutory framework for apprenticeships.
2009 White Paper: Your child, your schools, our future: wide-ranging proposals including the removal of central government prescription of teaching methods and reduction in the use of the private consultants to improve schools.
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Education act 2010
2010 Steer Report Behaviour and the role of Home-School Agreements: advice on implementing changes to home-school agreements as specified in the Children, Schools and Families Bill.
2010 Equality Act 2010: wide-ranging Act which replaced nine major Acts of Parliament and almost a hundred sets of regulations which had been introduced over several decades.
2010 Children, Schools and Families Act 2010: based on 2009 white paper but much reduced because of the impending election. -
Education Act 2011
2011 Tickell Report The Early Years: Foundations for life, health and learning: (March) made recommendations relating to the EarlyYears Foundation Stage.
2011 Green Paper Support and aspiration: A new approach to special educational needs and disability (March): proposed the abolition of statementing and advocated personal budgets.
2011 Wolf Report Review of Vocational Education (March): backed Gove's view of education as academic excellence for a few and vocational training for the rest. -
University
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Education Act 2012
2012 New Admissions Code (1 February):
Admissions Code
Admissions Regulations
Admissions (Infant class sizes) Regulation
Admission Appeals Code
Admission Appeals Regulations.
2012 DfE Statutory Framework for the EYFS (27 March): set out the standards for learning, development and care for children from birth to five.
2012 Ofsted Moving English forward (March): report setting out proposals for raising standards in English. -
Education Act 2013
2013 Academies Commission Unleashing Greatness: getting the best from an academised system (January): the self-styled Academies Commission presented a mixed picture of the academies programme.
2013 CESC From GCSEs to EBCs: the Government's proposals for reform (31 January): the Commons Education Select Committee criticised Gove's proposal to phase out GCSEs.
2013 NAO Capital funding for new school places. National Audit Office report warning of a 256,000 shortfall in school places by 2014. -
Education Act 2014
2014 Children and Families Act 2014 (13 March) wide-ranging Act covering adoption, family justice, special educational needs and disabilities, childcare, welfare of children, the Children's Commissioner, statutory rights to leave and pay, time off work and ante-natal care, flexible working rights.- Graduated from Harper Adams University with a MSc in Sustainable Agriculture with Pest Management.
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Education Act 2015
2015 House of Lords Make or Break: The UK's Digital Future (17 February): House of Lords Digital Skills Committee report argued for greater emphasis on the teaching of digital skills. 2015 Warwick Commission Enriching Britain: Culture, Creativity and Growth (February): argued that creativity, culture and the arts were being systematically removed from the education system. -
Education act 2016
2016 White paper Educational Excellence Everywhere (March): Endgame - the Tory plan for the final destruction of local democracy in education.
* I am enrolled on the PGCE course at Wolverhampton University
