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The Roving Caregivers Programme is part of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in Jamaica.

Jamaica joined UNESCO on November 7, 1962. The country hosts UNESCO Kingston, a UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean that works with and for 13 Member States and 3 Associate Member States in the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean.

In the field of education, the country focuses on encouraging boys and young men to engage with formal education, coordinating preventative HIV/AIDS education and providing better access to education in disadvantaged and rural areas.

Early Childhood Care and Education has a long-standing tradition in Jamaica, with 95% participation rates for four- and five-year-olds and around 60% for three-year-olds.