The Ministry of Educations supports the invaluable contribution of the Jamaica Stock Exchange to the professional development of practitioners in the financial and allied sectors through the programmes offered by your e-Campus.
We commend the management of the JSE for providing this innovative and First-World method of delivering continuing education to busy professionals. Of note, your e-Campus has been { registered} by the University Council of Jamaica as a tertiary institution to develop and deliver courses and programmes. This means that your e-Campus is a bona fide member of the education sector and is expected to operate according to the requisite standards governing tertiary institutions and the quality of their programme offerings.
The Ministry anticipates opportunities for partnership with the JSE for example, in strengthening the competencies of financial and accounting personnel at central office and the larger educational institutions.
The advent of the International Logistics Hub in Jamaica provides an opportunity for the JSE, through your e-Campus to help retrain financial and accounting professionals in the demands or requirements of, for example, the Maritime Logistics sector.
Your organisation is well placed to undertake such an initiative with your established international links. In this regard, the Ministry congratulates the JSE e-Campus on being the first Caribbean learning organisation in the financial sector to be recognised by the London-based Continuing Professional Development Certification Service.
Commendably, this achievement places the JSE e-Campus in the auspicious company of the London Stock Exchange, UBS Global Asset Management and London School of Economics & Political Science to name just a few providers of continuing professional development.
In today’s knowledge-based economy this places the JSE e-Campus in a strategic position as a prominent player in the region. The Ministry anticipates your continued growth in this area.
There is an obvious link between the Jamaica Stock Exchange and the education system at the lower levels. There is a deficit in the teaching and learning of numeracy skills and later Mathematics, which is foundational for the higher level skills that persons in the financially based professions require.
The Ministry invites the JSE to partner with us in implementing co-curricular activities at the primary and secondary level that will promote student’s interest in the practical application of Mathematics in the areas of saving and investment.
The Ministry of Education endorses the establishment of an e-Campus by the Jamaica Stock Exchange and we commend the management of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on this decision. We recognise the e-Campus as a valuable addition to the country’s network of tertiary institutions. May you grow from strength to strength.
