Dear Parents, do your part to help prevent the “summer slide”
What is the summer slide? This is the tendency for children, especially those in low-and middle-income families, to lose their educational achievements during the summer because they are not in structured activities. According to global data, students in low-income families lose approximately three months of learning and those in middle- income…, What UNICEF's doing, As part of overall support to the Ministry of Education and Youth’s Learning Recovery efforts, UNICEF continues to work on teacher training, particularly in mental health and wellness, and on the development of the Learning Passport Jamaica (LP Jamaica), an online and offline, mobile platform that enables continuous access to quality education. In…