![]() “I googled ‘TAP job programme in Jamaica’ and the information came up,” he said. Then one day his mother told him about a programme she heard about on the radio called “TAP.” With little prospect of finding work Andre spent most of his days at home or on the road in his community. Stories like his – are far from unusual given the thousands of youth between the ages of 18 and 24 in Jamaica – who are unemployed despite actively seeking jobs. ![]() “I basically stopped job hunting, because I usually don’t get any response whenever I send out resumes,” he said. For the other nine months, these persons will be placed at various government entities across the country, in the parishes where they reside, to make full use of the skills acquired during the three-monthsįor participants like Andre it’s been “transformational.” The first three months take the form of training which will be administered and certified by the CMU. The approximately one thousand participants (hence TAP1000), between the ages of 18 and 35, selected from across the island are provided with valuable job skills training (with an emphasis on information communications technology) as well as a stable income, and work experience. TAP targets the large population of unattached youth which by some estimates is as much as 70 percent in some cohorts. Andrew Wheatley, funded by the Universal Service Fund, with training provided by the Caribbean Maritime University, the CMU. Then came the Technology Advancement Programme, TAP, a brainchild of Technology Minister Dr. Now 24 year-old, he had given up on gaining a stable job. Andrew, had been unemployed since leaving high school in 2013. “And I think at some point most of us just give up and say, ‘No one will ever employ us.’”Īndre Riley, a resident of the Mountain View avenue community in St. UCC is the only official Affiliate/Recognised institution of the University of London (UOL) to offer the Certificate of Higher Education in Common Law and the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degrees in Jamaica.“If you are not working, in training or in a university, employers don’t take you seriously,” Andre said. ASIC accreditation helps students and parents make a more informed choice and will also help a school, college, university, training provider or distance education provider, demonstrate to the international student body that they are a high quality institution.ĪSIC is recognised by UKVI in UK and is a full member of The International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE), is a member of the BQF (British Quality Foundation) and are institutional members of EDEN (European Distance and E-Learning Network). ![]() The University has earned Premier status with ASIC for its commendable areas of operation. University of the Commonwealth Caribbean is accredited by Accreditation Service for International Schools, Colleges and Universities (ASIC). UCC is also registered by the Jamaica Tertiary Education Commission, JTEC, the official GOJ regulatory body, as a Teaching University. This positions the UCC as one of only five institutions, of the eighty public & private tertiary institutions that have been registered by the UCJ, to have achieved this significant & decisive accreditation status. ![]() The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean has since achieved institutional accreditation by the UCJ. The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) is registered with and recognised by the University Council of Jamaica (UCJ), the official accreditation body for tertiary education in Jamaica, as a University College. ![]()
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