CHASE Fund supports Annual Professional Development Institute (PDI) 2024

CHASE Fund

22 May, 2024

The 2024 Professional Development Institute is being hosted, by the Early Childhood Commission (May 20-24, 2024) under the theme “A Place to Belong: A Child’s Right to Quality Early Childhood Education,” at the Conference Centre in Kingston.

CHASE provided $18M towards the 2024 PDI conference aimed at raising awareness on the rights of the child to a quality education in keeping with national and international regulations. The PDI includes the participation of educators, school board members, parents, guidance counsellors, and policymakers.

The CHASE Fund CEO, W. Billy Heaven, delivered remarks at the PDI opening ceremony. He informed participants that the Fund had provided J$6.7B in financial support to the early childhood sector, of which J$470M had been approved to support the programmes of the Early Childhood Commission including J$39.12M for the ECC Professional Development Institute.

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The CHASE Fund CEO, W. Billy Heaven, delivered remarks at the PDI opening ceremony. He informed participants that the Fund had provided J$6.7B in financial support to the early childhood sector, of which J$470M had been approved to support the programmes of the Early Childhood Commission including J$39.12M for the ECC Professional Development Institute.

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