IN JAMAICA: Eleven Early Childhood practitioners in Hanover honoured

Sunday, August 17, 2014 | 11:00 AM    

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Eleven Early Childhood practitioners in Hanover were recently recognised by the Early Childhood Commission (ECC) for their years of service.

“Wi glad bag buss! Humility and pride weltering within me and my fellow honorees for the recognition accorded to us”, is how an elated Beulah Pryce summed up the show of appreciation by the ECC.  

Hanover awardees: Dr David Stair
(back row, right), Custos of Hanover;
Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughn (second right),
Chairman of the Early Childhood Commission
(ECC); Dr Joan Reid (back row, left), Executive
Director of the ECC; and Hillary Foster
(third left, back row), Regional Director
of the Ministry of Education join the
 ECC tenth anniversary awardees for Hanover.

Pryce was among the eleven early childhood practitioners who were honoured for giving between 35 and 43 years of service to the early childhood sector as part of the ECC’s tenth anniversary celebrations during a ceremony held at the Tryall Club in Hanover.

The parish-wide anniversary celebrations, which continue until November, also seek to recognize Early 

Childhood Institutions (ECI’s) who have made significant progress in meeting the required standards. Based on the ECC’s inspection, the top ten institutions in Hanover attaining the highest legal standards for this year are: Haughton Grove Basic; Pondside Basic; Sandy Bay Basic; Hopewell Basic; Logwood Basic; Bethel Infant; Askenish Basic; Mount Hannah Basic; Miles Town Basic and the Salvation Army Arthur Wint Basic. more