At today’s registration conferral ceremony, JTEC commissioner, Dr Dameon Black, said it was a public demonstration of its faithfulness to its mandate, which is to register institutions across Jamaica.
“One of the things that characterises Jamaica’s higher education space is the significant institutional diversity. Currently, we have on our register 147 entities that we monitor and that we are seeking to register, in keeping with our mandate,” Black said.
On the submission of a registration application, institutions are checked for 11 standards and inspections are carried out before they are awarded certification.
The standards are: legal status and regulation, philosophy and strategy, governance and accountability, financial viability and sustainability, academic programmes, quality and integrity, human resource requirements, student services, health and safety policies and procedures, physical and electronic resources and infrastructure, risk management and assessment and non-discrimination.
Meanwhile, Minister of Education, Fayval Williams reasoned that JTEC’s mandate is to create an environment within which institutions can function sustainably and gain access to funding for sector-specific research that will enable them to further develop programmes that meet current and future needs of the workforce.
“It is imperative that we establish and maintain rigorous national and institutional quality assurance standards in education. People entering educational institutions at all levels must have the confidence that the training offered is of the highest quality,” said Williams.
Williams commended the institutions that were conferred with registration and urged others to make their applications.
Institutions newly registered with JTEC:
* The International Postgraduate Medical College
* Church Teachers’ College
* Moneague College
* Sigma College of Nursing and Applied Sciences
* Brown’s Town Community College
* Caribbean School of Medical Sciences, Jamaica CSMSJ)
* Institute of International Recognized Qualifications (IIRQ)
* Institute of Nutrition and Wellness Studies (INWES)
* Media Technology Institute
* SMTC Career Institute
* Allied Healthcare Institute of the Caribbean Ltd.
