Jamaica National Group said 40 percent of cash from their ISupportJamaica Fund is getting funneled into early childhood centers hit by Hurricane Melissa, and JN Foundation Chairman Parris Lyew-Ayee told a regional education summit that fixing preschools counts as the most efficient way to boost economic growth while cutting crime rates at the same time. The guy pushed Caribbean officials to treat kiddie education like strategic infrastructure instead of optional spending, warning that societies crumble when governments ignore their youngest learners.
UWI lecturer Zoya Kinkead-Clark mentioned community members opening their homes and porches to restart schools after the storm wrecked facilities, saying these grassroots partnerships hold the system together during disasters. Lyew-Ayee name-dropped Dudley Grant as the founder of Jamaican early childhood programs, and he told conference attendees to avoid turning their colloquium into pointless academic theater without real-world follow-through.
The foundation wants educators and policymakers collaborating on action plans that produce measurable impacts on kids who eventually grow into critical thinkers instead of passive citizens.
UWI lecturer Zoya Kinkead-Clark mentioned community members opening their homes and porches to restart schools after the storm wrecked facilities, saying these grassroots partnerships hold the system together during disasters. Lyew-Ayee name-dropped Dudley Grant as the founder of Jamaican early childhood programs, and he told conference attendees to avoid turning their colloquium into pointless academic theater without real-world follow-through.
The foundation wants educators and policymakers collaborating on action plans that produce measurable impacts on kids who eventually grow into critical thinkers instead of passive citizens.
