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Where Apprenticeship Originated
1834-1838: Jamaica's History as a Slave Island Ends in Apprenticeship -
From JIT to CAST
In 1959 the name of the institution was changed to the College of Arts, Science and Technology. -
The HEART act
The Human Employment and Resource Training (HEART) Act was passed in 1982 -
Programme Launch
A traineeship programme was launched in 1983, and seven HEART Academies were launched between 1984 and 1988 -
The beginning of UTECH
The University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) dates its beginning from 1958, originally as the Jamaica Institute of Technology. -
UTECH as we know it
The institution was formally accorded University status on September 1, 1995 as the University of Technology, Jamaica. -
Jamaica and impact evaluation
HEART implemented an impact monitoring system in 1999 and developed an annual impact assessment that brings together a variety of indicators and measures of the impact of the investments in training including tracer studies, job placement data, return on investment data and other evaluative information. -
Targeting specific labour market groups
There is a historic gender bias in favour of female enrolment that HEART has tried to manage and reduce. For the year-to-date at 11/2005, the female proportion of enrolment was 53.7 per cent and it was 59 per
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UNEVOC at UTECH
Launching of the UNESCO UNEVOC center at UTECH
