(Jamaica) "Support for the increasing number of special needs children in schools"; expected to rise

Sept 1, 2025, Jamaica Observer: Support for special needs children in schools

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information is putting measures in place to provide support for the increasing number of special needs children in schools.

Portfolio Minister, Senator Dana Morris Dixon, made the disclosure during her back-to-school broadcast on Sunday.

 “We have taken steps to ensure support is available for assessments to identify and address special needs and learning gaps very early. We are also enhancing training, resources and infrastructure to boost certification rates across our early childhood institutions,” Morris Dixon said.

“I am so happy to let you know that we will complete a new diagnostic centre at CASE (College of Agriculture, Science and Education) in Portland. As the number of special needs students is expected to rise, we are pre-emptively building out the diagnostic capacity to identify and support our children with special needs,” she added. . .

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