In 1990, a new three-year diploma programme in Early Childhood Education was introduced by the Joint Board of Teacher Education (JBTE) into selected teachers colleges in Jamaica. This initiative arose out of a national concern for the status of early childhood education, highlighted by a comprehensive evaluation of the early childhood system undertaken by Sir Hugh Springer and a team of researchers. The Springer Report (1984) drew attention to the in-appropriate teaching strategies and learning environments to which young children were exposed.
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