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About 100 early childhood educators have successfully completed a literacy intervention program called Reading Right From the Start.
Over the past eight months, United Way Jamaica (UWJ) has been working with the United Way of Greater Atlanta and the Rollins Center’s language and literacy experts to conduct training sessions in Jamaica.
The courses are designed to enhance the capacity of early childhood teachers and early childhood committee representatives to implement effective learning programmes.
Speaking at the graduation ceremony held at the University of the West Indies (UWI) regional headquarters in St Andrew on Friday (August 23), Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Marsha Smith, said the event was cause for celebration for both students and educators.
“For students who come into our schools, and for teachers who care about and nurture these students wholeheartedly, the first thing they need to do when fulfilling these responsibilities is to improve their own abilities,” Ms Smith said.
The Minister of State commended the United Way of Jamaica for its partnership with the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund in implementing the literacy intervention project.
Ms. Smith noted that reading can open doors to opportunities and foster critical thinking and creativity.
She further stressed that teachers who participated in the project would return to their respective schools with new skills gained from the project.
The United Way of Jamaica was established in 1985 to meet the ongoing need to mobilize resources in the private voluntary sector.
It is an autonomous, not-for-profit Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO), registered as a charity under sections 2 and 17 of the Charities Act. It is also an affiliate of United Way Worldwide.
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