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THE HISTORY OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (TVET)

By vidalstephen

  • Where Apprenticeship Originated

    1834-1838: Jamaica's History as a Slave Island Ends in Apprenticeship
  • From JIT to CAST

    From JIT to CAST

    In 1959 the name of the institution was changed to the College of Arts, Science and Technology.

  • The HEART act

    The Human Employment and Resource Training (HEART) Act was passed in 1982

  • Programme Launch

    A traineeship programme was launched in 1983, and seven HEART Academies were launched between 1984 and 1988
  • The beginning of UTECH

    The beginning of UTECH

    The University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) dates its beginning from 1958, originally as the Jamaica Institute of Technology.
  • UTECH as we know it

    UTECH as we know it

    The institution was formally accorded University status on September 1, 1995 as the University of Technology, Jamaica.

  • Jamaica and impact evaluation

    HEART implemented an impact monitoring system in 1999 and developed an annual impact assessment that brings together a variety of indicators and measures of the impact of the investments in training including tracer studies, job placement data, return on investment data and other evaluative information.

  • Targeting specific labour market groups

    There is a historic gender bias in favour of female enrolment that HEART has tried to manage and reduce. For the year-to-date at 11/2005, the female proportion of enrolment was 53.7 per cent and it was 59 per
    cent for all of 2004–05.
  • UNEVOC at UTECH

    UNEVOC at UTECH

    Launching of the UNESCO UNEVOC center at UTECH