Persons with a disability in Jamaica.

Hope Valley Experimental the only primary school for students with a disability in Jamaica.

 

 

Hope Valley Experimental School

The Hope Valley Experimental School was founded by Sir John Golding in 1972 as a primary school for both the disabled and able-bodied children living in the area around the SJGRC.  The disabled children were successfully integrated into the classrooms.  It was built on the grounds adjacent to the Centre.  Approximately 1,000 children between the ages of 5 and 12 attend the school. The subjects taught at the school are:

• Mathematics
• Social Studies
• History
• Geography
• Language Arts
• Civic Studies
• Science

 

 

 

Hope Valley Experimental School to get Face-Lift Labour Day

The Hope Valley Experimental School at 2 University Road, Mona, Kingston will receive a face-lift from members of the Muslim Youth Organisation of Jamaica, who will undertake the cleaning and painting of the institution for their Labour Day project this year.

 

Hope Valley perseveres despite lack of key staff members         jamaicaobserver.com/…/Down–but-not-out_13145063

A lack of appropriate human resource personnel is at the heart of the challenges faced by Hope Valley Experimental, a 40-year-old primary school that caters to not only able-bodied students but also those with a range of disabilities.

CXC Prep – Adult Education for Disabled Persons-JAMAICA

Disabilities in Jamaica: How well do we care for them?

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In 2001, just over 6% of the population in Jamaica identified as living with a disability according to census data – over 160,000 people. Of these individuals, however, fewer than 1% are in paid employment, making the disabled community one of the most vulnerable groups in Jamaica.

“Barriers to employing persons with disabilities is a major development challenge,” highlighted Junko Onishi, Senior Social Protection specialist. “PWDs in Jamaica experience higher levels of unemployment when compared to their able-bodied counterparts; demonstrate higher levels of illiteracy; limited educational attainment and often lack job skills and certification.”

More Access for Persons with Disabilities

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Blog Designer:

• Marcia Thomas Phillips

Credits:

• Hope Valley Experimental School Website

• https://www.google.com/searchq=history+of+hope+valley+experimental+school+jamaica

• Ms T. Copeland, Lecturer

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=356u-3kXHiw

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3bh8PR9ymk

• More Access for Persons with Disabilities

• The Association & Athletes in the Media

• Mona High School website

• Phillip Ferguson – Hope Valley School

 

About me

Name: Marcia Thomas Phillips

ID# 04078964

Faculty: Social Sciences

Major: BSc Management Studies General

 

 

My First Grade 1-5 Blog Post

What is the environment:

The term ‘environment’ is widely used and has a broad range of definitions, meanings, and interpretations. What does the term ‘environment’ mean? In popular usage, for some people, the term ‘environment’ means, simply, ‘nature’: in other words, the natural landscape together with all of its non-human features, characteristics and processes.

 

 

Pictures of the Environment

 

 

 

 

 

Different types of environment:

Click on this video

 

 

4 Types of Pollution:

Land: Land pollution may be understood as the deterioration of the earth’s land surfaces.  It is often directly or indirectly as a result of man’s activities.

Water: Water pollution is the major contamination of water bodies like rivers, lakes, ocean etc. this form of environmental degradation occurs when pollutants are directly or indirectly discharged into water bodies without adequate treatment or remove harmful compounds.

 

Air  – Air is what we breathe.  A type of air pollution is the release of particles into the air from burning fuel for energy.  Another type of pollution is the emission of greenhouse gases.  Pollution also needs to be considered in our homes, offices, and schools

 

Noise: Noise pollution is disturbing or excessive noise that may harm the activity or balance of human or animal life.  examples, transportation systems, motor vehicles, aircraft and trains

How do we preserve the environment?

              Don’t Pollute – Pollution Destroys

Landfills

 

How do we protecting and preserving our environment?

 

Reducing, recycling and reusing are three ways by which people can conserve resources, save energy, protect and preserve the environment.

 

Activity

Question:

Do you know what happens to the garbage that is collected by the garbage truck from home, institutions, markets and business places?

Answer:

Most of the garbage ends up in landfills or dumps. If these are not properly built, the wastes can pollute the soil and water and can causes diseases.  The landfills or dump may also attract birds, rodents, insects and other animals.

 

Blog Designer:

• Marcia Thomas Phillips

Credits:

• Ms T. Copeland, Lecturer
• soas.ac.uk
• scienceeducation@athirarejin
• photo from Deborah Ebanks of the Lions Club of Grand Cayman
• Anniversary of Earth Day
• Landfills Vs. Incinerators By D.M. Gutierrez; Updated April 24, 2017

Information Technology (IT) in Jamaica School Education

     Jamaica is a beautiful place to live, work and school our children.  

Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid cited that the quality education at every rung of the education ladder is a key ingredient of our national development plan. Quality education, however, is hardly possible in the 21st Century unless it is supported and grounded in access to, and productive use of information communication technologies (ICTs). No country can walk into the 21st Century confidently without mastering the integration of ICTs in education,

 

 

Increased Access to and Use of Computers in Jamaican Schools

According to Dr. Paul Daley-Morris, Lecturer, School of Education. UWI, Mona cited that in the late 1980s, the Jamaican private sector experienced rapid changes in the business environment. She noted that in less than a decade, typewriters and calculators became obsolete, as personal computers began to replace them. This was so because the developed world began to trade through modems and network cards, and the “paper trail” which most persons were accustomed to began to disappear. The Jamaican society, in its bid to remain competitive, saw the need to re-tool the workforce and enable employees to meet the needs of the computer age.

Dr. Daley Morris also noted that realizing that this costly change was imminent, business planners and financial forecasters had no choice but to turn their attention to the source of human help, the education sector. They very quickly defined the needs of the business sector. As a result, they agreed, in principle, that the people who would be most employable in the new business world should be computer literate.

Jamaica’s Information Technology Candidacy and Performance

Dr. Daley Morris moved on to explained that since 1993, Jamaica has continued to enter candidates for this examination and has reaped mixed results (see Tables 1, 2, and 3).  In 1993, 109 candidates sat the CXC IT examinations. Of this number, 86 (79%) sat the General Proficiency examination while 23 (21%) sat the Technical Proficiency examination. It is noteworthy that the greater percentage of the candidates who sat the examinations in that year was skewed towards the General Proficiency.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says a programme is to be announced shortly to facilitate the establishment of an information communication technology (ICT) infrastructure in primary institutions.

“This will result in the Ministry providing laptops, projectors and WIFI capabilities to facilitate effective teaching and learning. We are going to provide resources to make sure that every school … has those capabilities,” he said

               Grade six students of Clan Carthy Primary School

 

Windward Road Primary and Junior High School student, Princess Rainford (seated), demonstrates her proficiency of the computer to Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites

Government Incorporating Technology in Education

Information Technology in Jamaica School Edcation

Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites, says steps are being taken to revolutionize the country’s education sector through the incorporation of technology. He noted that the introduction and use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the classroom, coupled with traditional ways of imparting knowledge, will only redound to the benefit of the country. The initiative also involves the distribution of computers and multimedia devices, including interactive whiteboards/projectors, scanners, printers to pre-primary and primary schools. This is in addition to the installation of Wi-Fi at all 38 educational institutions.

 

 

In concluding according to Springer Link “Information Technology (IT) is a universally accepted educational instrument designed to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the educational system. Computers are used for instruction as well as learning in the school system. An increasing variety of courseware, both “traditional” and “open-ended”, is available for teachers and pupils teaching and studying different subjects offered by schools and empirical evidence indicates that well-planned and suitable courseware contributes positively to the cognitive and affective needs of pupils.”

 

Technology doesn’t make school pupils smarter: study

Guardian Life Gives Mel Nathan Prep Upgraded Computer Lab

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• Marcia Thomas Phillips

Credits:

• Ms. T. Copeland, Lecturer 
• Dr. Paul Daley-Morris, Lecturer, School of Education. UWI, Mona
• Windward Road Primary and Junior High School
• Clan Carthy Primary School
• Springer Link
• Minister of Education, Rev. Hon. Ronald Thwaites
• Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid
• youtube.com/watch

• Guardian Life Gives Mel Nathan Prep Upgraded Computer Lab