The long-time performing principal of Jamaica Faculty (JC) Wayne Robinson, has lastly been confirmed as headmaster of the all-boys’ establishment in St Andrew.
Robinson’s affirmation was made efficient by the Ministry of Schooling from September 1, 2022, in keeping with Board Chairman Lance Hylton.
“The complete Jamaica Faculty college neighborhood is ecstatic at this long-awaited growth as Robinson…. has led the college with distinction and excellence,” he stated in a press assertion.
Robinson, 61, has served as JC’s performing principal since March 2016, following the departure of former principal Ruel Reid, who took particular go away to imagine the position of schooling minister.
However as an alternative of turning into one of the crucial profitable ministers in Jamaica, Reid selected the lifetime of a political felony in one of many greatest scandals that Jamaica has seen.
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Following the allegations, Reid was resigned from each the Ministry and the Senate and a full investigation, led by the Monetary Investigations Division (FID) and the Main Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Company (MOCA), was launched towards the previous schooling minister
Nevertheless, Reid formally remained JC’s principal till November 2021, when he resigned.
In a letter dated August 2, 2024, performing Chief Schooling Officer Terry-Ann Thomas Gayle knowledgeable Hylton that the ministry had authorised Robinson’s everlasting appointment and instructed that he be notified in writing.
The Academics’ Companies Fee, liable for senior appointments inside the schooling system, initially raised considerations in Might 2022, noting that Robinson “doesn’t have three years of service as a skilled trainer in a public instructional establishment”.
“Kindly submit a letter justifying the board’s choice and a request to waive the necessities for appointment to the publish,” it requested the JC board.
In response, the JC board highlighted an October 2019 letter from Dr Kasan Troupe, who was then performing Chief Schooling Officer, stating that Robinson had attained skilled graduate standing based mostly on his grasp’s diploma from Western Carolina College in america.
Responding to questions on Robinson’s performing standing in Might 2024, Troupe, who’s now the everlasting secretary within the ministry, stated two issues had been impacting a last determination.
She stated the service fee was nonetheless assessing the JC board’s advice, and additional that the ministry was awaiting a response from the college to an audit that she stated was requested by Schooling Minister Fayval Williams.
Hylton additionally stated the problems surrounding Robinson’s qualification had been “resolved” and pointed to Troupe’s October 2019 letter. “They (ministry) had confirmed from then that his {qualifications} …had been past the necessities”.
Robinson, a long-time educator, is a director and former principal of High quality Teachers, a personal instructional establishment.
