This study examined the effects of active learning versus traditional lecturing on the academic performance of particle technology students in order to identify the more effective teaching strategy. Two active learning models were used, namely, cooperative and collaborative learning. The population of the study consisted of 38 third-year students enrolled in the Bachelor of Engineering in chemical engineering programme at a university in Kingston, Jamaica.

The relationship of TVET institutions with industries is of paramount importance since the primary business of these institutions is to interpret the market demand signals and prepare human resources to satisfy the manpower needs of industries. Sustainable relationships between TVET institutions and industries are established for reasons which benefit both entities.

In this policy analysis paper, the goal is to identify a suitable policy from some alternatives to address the shortage of human capital development in Jamaica. According to the Taskforce on Higher Education and Society (2000), higher education is the vehicle that developing countries must use to drive economic advancement and build their competitive edge. It is because of this kind of admonition that this paper specifically explores opportunities within the Jamaican higher education system for a possible course of action for government and other stakeholders.

This paper emanates from an examination of the Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) systems in Jamaica. The study was grounded on the assertion that fundamental to nation states achieving global competitiveness, is the existence of appropriate HCD institutions and programmes. The study sought to assess the effectiveness of the TVET system from a policy intent standpoint. It was undertaken using qualitative research methodology and case study method. Semi-structured interviews and document analysis were used to gather data.

A proliferation of technical vocational education and training (TVET) programmes exists across the Caribbean - in schools, through youth programmes, and in post-secondary programmes. The Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) offers TVET graduates the option to work across different English-speaking countries in the region, where the Level of qualification (I to V) achieved is recognized by employers in each country.

This paper explores the pitfalls, successes, and challenges of the Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) intervention, which was anchored by a robust framework outlined in the 1990 CARICOM Regional Strategy for TVET document. Specifically, the paper examines the three critical sections of the CARICOM document to show the achievements of TVET, or lack thereof, since the implementation of the Regional Strategy for TVET.

“Strategies for Human Capacity Development in the Caribbean: TVET Approaches” is a special issue of the Caribbean Journal of Education (CJE) that emanates from the first international conference on Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Human Capacity Development that was held in Jamaica during March 4–6, 2012 and which addressed mainstreaming TVET in the Caribbean.

This study investigated whether or not selected Jamaican 'A' Level students' understanding of chemical energetics composed of higher order cognitive skills (HOCS) and lower-order cognitive skills (LOCS) items would be statistically significantly better if they were taught using an eclectic approach than those of their counterparts taught with the lecture and teacher demonstration methods. The sample comprised 132 grades 12 and 13 chemistry students consisting of 30 males and 102 females from five randomly selected schools in Kingston, Jamaica (4 high schools and I community college).