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This pathfinder contains information about education in Jamaica.
Extensive lists of colleges and universities are available through
such portales such as BRAINTRACK which links to Latin American
universities (http://www.braintrack.com/linknav.htm?pprevid=13&level=2).
The University of Oulu, in Finland, provides an listing of the "Best
Indices of Colleges and Universities World-wide" (http://www.oulu.fi/other/universities.html).
The most important source for bibliography of books and articles
concerning Jamaica is the annual Handbook
of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/)
produced by over 160 contributing editors under the editorship
of the Hispanic Division of the
Library of Congress. Additional coverage of journal articles
can be found through a subscription to the Hispanic
American Periodical Index (http://hapi.gseis.ucla.edu/). Both the Handbook
and HAPI are available in selected libraries in book form.
One
of the major aggregators for links to a wide variety of subjects
relating to Higher Education is the University of Texas'
LANIC (http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/highered/); for Distance
education (http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/distance/); and
for primary
and secondary education (http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/k-12.).
While
focusing on the United States, The National
Library of Education is the federal government's main
resource center for education
information. In addition, one should note that the
ERIC database provides
a wide range of documents and articles for the international
audience. The ERIC database contains more
than one million abstracts of education-related documents
and journal
articles. One may access the ERIC database on the Internet
or through commercial vendors and public networks. The ERIC
abstracts are available in print publications such as Resources
in Education and Current
Index to Journals in Education.
Edna Manley College
of the Visual and Performing Arts - Kingston, Jamaica (http://www.ednamanleycollege.edu.jm/default.htm)
Provides information about the School of Art, School of Drama, School of Dance
and School of Music.
Google
Directory - Regional > Caribbean > Jamaica > Education(http://directory.google.com/Top/Regional/Caribbean/Jamaica/Education/)
From the Google Directory comes an extensive list of links to Jamaica Education
sites.
Jamaica Computer Society Education Foundation (http://www.jcsef.org.jm/)
Home page of the society charged with expanding "the use of information
technology to improve the quality of education and its contribution to national
development."Ministry of Education and
Youth (http://www.moec.gov.jm/)
Provides information in the following educational areas: Primary, Curriculum,
Lower, Secondary, Departmental, Projects.
National Council on Educaion - Jamaica (http://www.nce.org.jm/)
The mission of NCE is to promote consensus in educational policies in support
of the nations pursuit of coherent and consistent system of education. The National
Council on Education was established by Act of Parliament in March 1993 to foster
greater continuity in educational policy development, facilitate community involvement
in the management of educational institutions and contribute to the formulation
of education policy.
Open
Directory - Regional: Caribbean: Jamaica: Education (http://dmoz.org/Regional/Caribbean/Jamaica/Education/)
Extensive annotated list of links to high schools, alumni associations and institutes
in Jamaica.
The University of Technology (Jamaica) (http://www.utech.edu.jm)
Website of The University of Technology, formerly the College of Arts Science
and Technology (CAST). Includes campus map and Sculpture Park webCam.
The University of the West Indies at Mona
Jamaica (http://www.mona.uwi.edu/)
Provides departmental reports and information about admissions and financial
assistance with links to the research data base and to the faculty of UWI at
Mona
and
to libraries within theUniversity of the West Indies system.
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