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The
Jamaica Teachers' Association came into being on April 2, 1964 when
the instruments governing the membership and procedures of the body
were examined and ratified at the inaugural conference held on that
date. The resolutions constituting the Association were passed at
a special conference at Excelsior High School auditorium on December
14, 1963.
The Association was formed from the merger of five teachers associations
that existed at the time, namely, Jamaica Union of Teachers (JUT),
Association of Headmasters and Headmistresses (H2 H2), Association
of Teachers in Technical Institutions (ATTI), the Association of Teacher
Training Staffs (ATTS), and the Association of Assistant Masters and
Mistresses (A2 M2). The Associations pursued parallel and separate
objectives until the late 1950's when proposals to unify began to
take shape. Jamaica's attainment of self-government in 1957; the introduction
of the free place system and the draft bill to regulate the education
system provided greater impetus for unity. Consequently the executives
of the five groups formed the Joint Executives of Teachers' Associations
(JETA) in 1957. It was mandated to make representation on matters
related to education and teachers. It was in pursuance of this mandate
that the groups eventually decided to unify into a single teacher's
organization, the Jamaica Teachers' Association.
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