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Jamaica
Publishing House Ltd. in retrospect
Jamaica
Publishing House Ltd (JPH) is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of the Jamaica Teachers Association. The company started
in partnership with Macmillan Education (UK) Ltd until
it became a limited liability company in 1975. At that
time the Jamaica Teachers'Association acquired all the
shares held by that company.
WHY WAS JAMAICA PUBLISHING HOUSE FORMED?
Jamaica Publishing House Ltd was formed as a result
of identifying the need for textbooks that were Caribbean
in focus and content fo rour schools. It is a company
primarily committed to publishing educational books
for the pre-primary to tertiary levels. West Indians
have been and are being encouraged to write and produce
books that are suitable for students in the region.
As must as possible, JPH tries to use West Indian authors,
artists, book designers and production personnel in
the development of our books.
PROMOTION AND SALES
The company is registered as a certified exporter with
JAMPRO and the CARICOM market is targeted as we promote
and sell in the region. Most of our sales are generated
in the local market where we promote actively in schools
and bookshops islandwide.
Some of the subjects published to date include English,
Mathematics, Music, Drama, Office Procedures, Social
Science, Geology, English Literature, Social Studies
and Home Economics, just to name a few. The Jamaica
Publishing House main focus is to develop textbooks
that can satisfy the curriculum of the Ministry of Education,
Youth and Culture and so the JPH establishes close relationships
with classroom teachers with whom we work to ensure
that the books developed can be adopted in the teaching
of their students.
THE FUTURE
As Jamaica Publishing House Ltd positions itself for
future growth, we invite writers who have written educational
books and want to get them published or writers who
are interested in working on the development of textbooks
to satisfy the Ministry of Eductation, Yuth and Culture's
Curriculum for primary and secondary schools to contact
us without any further delay at (876)967-3866 or (876)922-1385-7;
fax (876)922-5412 or email us at jph @jol.com.jm.
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