Less than a week after being re-elected to lead the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA), President Kathryn Silvera has acted on the commitment that defined her campaign for a second term: closing the skills gap facing Jamaica’s manufacturing and export sector.

During a signing ceremony held on Tuesday at the JAMPRO Training Room in Kingston, the JMEA formalised a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with DeVry University, a partnership that will give JMEA member companies and their employees access to globally relevant programmes and educational pathways, from certificates to graduate degrees, without having to leave Jamaica to earn them.

Skills development and inclusion is one of five strategic priorities Silvera laid out upon her re-election last Wednesday.