Early Childhood Commission in long fight for Jamaica’s children

Impacting Jamaica

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) is the Government of Jamaica’s arm in the fight to give the nation’s children, the very best start possible, with the recognition that stage is critical to the island’s development. The head of that arm is its chairman, Trisha Williams-Singh, who has overseen year-on-year growth in the number of institutions certified by her organization, but there is much work to be done. There are just under 2,800 early childhood institutions in operation in Jamaica and all of them must maintain the protocols that lend themselves to positive results for the most important element of the equation, the child. In this episode of Impacting Jamaica, with host Keisha Hill, Mrs. Williams-Singh outlined various innovations under her leadership, including a brain builder project, and a capacity-building initiative to guarantee the sector’s sustainability.