Who are We?
The Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL) began as JAMAL Foundation in 1973. As an agency of the Ministry of Education, the JFLL supports the UNESCO goal of basic Education for All (EfA) by 2015 and the national drive towards the achievement of universal secondary education (Grade 11).
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One Hand Cant Clap!
“A child is a promise”, “the youth are our future” We have said it so many times, usually from the comfort of our living rooms, a well-appointed ballroom or in the corridors of academia.
CIDA/Boys Town Partnership Launch 13th May 2010
The idea and need for Partnership based projects is an important one for CIDA. Indeed, we are so serious about this, that a special fund was created specifically to support projects that had, as a central feature the formation of state and civil society partnerships. CIDA allocated over CDN$2.5 million dollars specifically for Partnership projects!
Boys Town 15-18 Youth Development Project Overview
For the past decade, the Jamaican society has turned its eyes to a growing social problem called Youths-At-Risk. According to a Policy Note, entitled “Youths-at-Risk in Jamaica”, Loraine Blank and Mari Minowa explained, “Many youths in Jamaica, especially in urban areas, face environmental; social and family conditions that hinder their personal development and successful integration in the economy and society”.
JFLL head challenges local leaders to ‘Think Literacy’ for greater economic returns
Executive Director of the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL) Dr. Alison Cross yesterday challenged captains of industry and social leaders to move concerns about Jamaica’s lagging literacy rate from the periphery to the centre of deliberations about productivity and prosperity. Addressing the weekly luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of St. Andrew at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Dr. Cross opined:
Dillon Dawes: Champion for a Cause
If the truth be told one never stops learning as learning is a continued process. Every day we learn something new. What do we do with this new knowledge however? Often times this knowledge has the power to change lives forever. Dillon Dawes is one such person who can give testimony to the power of knowledge to transform and change lives.
Fabian Lawes
Against the odds - From school dropout to budding engineer
When Fabian Lawes came to the end of primary school at age 11, his grades were so dismal no high school would take him.
For the next three years, Lawes was out of school and nobody thought he would one day become anything successful.
Lifelong Learning – Reaping Much Success
The structured approach by the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning, to engendering a culture of lifelong learning, is in line with the policy of successive governments to raise the quality of human development as a spur to national development. read more »
Vision
An educated knowledge-based adult population empowered through lifelong learning opportunities to take responsibility for their lives and contribute positively to the social, moral and economic development of the country.
Mission
To provide in partnership with other organisations adult education programmes which will establish a culture of lifelong learning that will empower individuals and contribute to national development.
Values Statement
Our interaction with customers, stakeholders, employees and the wider community, will be governed by a commitment to excellence and quality service, and our conduct will reflect the highest levels of professionalism and integrity.
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