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Give A Biography For Reverend Henry Ward A Pioneer In Early Childhood Education In Jamaica?

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Reverend Henry Ward is best known for changing the Jamaican school system. Up until Reverend Henry Ward got involved with the government to change it, the system was a flawed, failing system, with hundreds, if not thousands of children unable to get educated because of the lack of facilities. Although churches and infant centres tried their best to cater for as many children as possible, there was simply too much demand. That was until Reverend Henry Ward got involved in the schooling system.
In 1938, Reverend Henry Ward started researching primary education for young children and began to campaign for children in Jamaica. The campaign was a hard task to take on, as there very little education services back then, and not a lot of money was put aside by the government to place into building and creating schools and education centres. In 1938, after alerting the government of the desperate need for primary schools, Reverend Henry Ward developed a number of community schools that later became known as "basic schools”. He then went on to create schools in areas that needed critical help. He once said in an interview that he created a school for 3-6 year olds after seeing them unprotected, running about the streets unattended.
In 1941, Reverend Henry Ward held a presentation to the Jamaican Board of Education calling for the creation of 'play centres'. These centres were to include play stories, action songs, lessons on pets, the caring of a garden, the teaching of reading, writing, numeracy, craft and handy work. This was dropped by the government, sadly, although they did then create more "basic schools” in Ward's name.
Without Reverend Henry Ward fighting every step of the way for basic, primary education, Jamaican schools would still now be very far and few between.
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Amanda Wells answered
In 1938 he started campaigning for better primary education for children in Jamaica, as there was very little at that time. He started some community schools that were known as basic schools, and worked to educate older as well as younger children. There is a bit more information about his work here.
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What is his date of birth

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