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<h2><a href="https://jis.gov.jm/cuban-teachers-recruited-2/">Cuban Teachers Recruited</a></h2><div class="gmail-fb-like"> <span class="gmail-st_fbrec_vcount"></span></div><div class="gmail-story-meta"> <span class="gmail-author-cat gmail-byline gmail-author gmail-vcard"> </span> August 29, 2018<div class="gmail-social-top" style="display:inline-block;float:right"><ul><li style="display:inline;list-style-type:none"> <a id="gmail-shareFB" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://jis.gov.jm/cuban-teachers-recruited-2/" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="https://jis.gov.jm/wp-content/themes/wp-jis/assets/img/facebook_16.png"></a> </li><li style="display:inline;list-style-type:none"> <a id="gmail-shareTw" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Cuban Teachers Recruited https://jis.gov.jm/cuban-teachers-recruited-2/" title="Share on Twitter" target="_blank"><img src="https://jis.gov.jm/wp-content/themes/wp-jis/assets/img/twitter_16.png"></a></li><li style="display:inline;list-style-type:none"> <a id="gmail-shareGp" href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://jis.gov.jm/cuban-teachers-recruited-2/" target="_blank" title="Share on Google+"><img src="https://jis.gov.jm/wp-content/themes/wp-jis/assets/img/googleplus_16.png"></a> </li><li class="gmail-icon-tools" style="display:inline-block"><span class="gmail-st_email"></span><br></li></ul></div></div> <div class="entry-content gmail-inner"><div class="gmail-story-extras-wrap"><div class="gmail-story-extras"> <br> </div></div><p>Twenty-four
Cuban teachers have been recruited to teach at the primary, secondary
and tertiary levels for the 2018/2019 academic year, to boost the
teaching of the sciences, Spanish and other subjects.</p><p>The teachers
were recruited by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, in
accordance with the cooperation agreement that was initially signed in
1997.</p><p>They have joined 48 teachers who are currently serving within the education sector, bringing the total to 72 teachers.</p><p>Speaking
at the annual orientation session for the new cohort of Cuban teachers
held today (August 28) at the Alhambra Inn in St. Andrew, Permanent
Secretary in the Ministry, Dean-Roy Bernard said the continuation of the
programme is indicative of its important contribution to the education
system</p><p>He noted that since the inception of the Cooperation
Agreement, teachers from Cuba have been assisting the Ministry, and
Jamaicans overall, to achieve the objectives outlined in the Language
Policy.</p><p>“The Language Policy speaks to our objective of having
Jamaicans being bilingual and multilingual. Most critical among all the
languages is Spanish, because our neighbours are Spanish-speaking
countries and for cooperation, economic development and advancement, we
must join our neighbours, so this [the teaching of Spanish] is
critical,” he said.</p><p>For her part, Acting Deputy Chief Education
Officer, School Operations in the Ministry of Education, Youth and
Information, Dasmine Kennedy, welcomed the new cohort of Cuban teachers
to the island.</p><p>She informed the gathering that since 1997, 369 Cuban nationals have been recruited.</p><p>“The
teachers have been employed to teach Spanish, mathematics, physical
education, agricultural science, chemistry, physics, biology and
integrated science. [They] were initially contracted to teach in
Jamaican schools for two years, but this was later increased to three
years following the revision of the Agreement in 2011,” Mrs. Kennedy
said.</p><p>She informed that in 1997, 18 teachers were recruited
predominantly to teach mathematics and science subjects in secondary
schools. She added that due to the magnitude of the experience and
expertise of the recruits, a decision was taken in 2009 to include
lecturers for tertiary institutions.</p><p>“A total of 72 teachers will
serve this year. Currently, there are 48 teachers who will be returning
for the academic year 2018/2019 and one coordinator. On their return, 28
of the 48 teachers will commence the final year of their contracts. The
remaining 20 will commence the second year of their contracts. These
teachers will be joined by the 24 teachers recruited for September
2018,” Mrs. Kennedy said.</p></div>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div></div>