Amidst ongoing considerations, the Jamaica Lecturers’ Affiliation (JTA) persists in drawing consideration to the inadequacies in academic sources accessible for kids throughout the island.
JTA President Leighton Johnson has as soon as once more emphasised the insufficiency of funding allotted to colleges.
Regardless of efforts to deal with the problem, Johnson asserts that the present monetary assist falls wanting assembly the academic wants of Jamaican college students.
Island-wide scarcity of educators
Including to the litany of challenges is the widespread shortage of academics. Johnson, talking on the JTA’s sixtieth Anniversary media launch in Kingston, underscored the essential scarcity of certified educators throughout the nation.
This scarcity, he contends, severely hampers the standard of training offered to Jamaican youth.
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Addressing instructor migration
Johnson additional emphasised the urgent want for a extra sturdy compensation bundle for academics.
Citing the persistent disaster of instructor migration, he emphasised the need of incentivizing educators to stay in Jamaica.
