Dr Steven Kerr to deliver Glen Owen Memorial Lecture

WELL-KNOWN EDUCATOR Dr Steven Kerr will deliver the keynote lecture at the 2024 staging of the Annual Glen Owen Lecture Series hosted by The Mico University College Alumni Association, MOSA, on March 21 at 5 p.m. at the Enos Nuttall Lecture Theatre, 1a Marescaux Road, Kingston.

Dr Kerr is a former lecturer at The Mico University College and a graduate of The University of the West Indies, Mona, and has spent the last 29 years in the education field both at the classroom and policy levels. As a policymaker, he was instrumental in the development of the Government of Jamaica’s Vision 2030 National Development Plan.

He recently joined the staff at the Ministry of Education and Youth as assistant chief education officer/director in the Policy Analysis, Research, and Statistics Unit. Prior to this, he worked as a senior staff inspector at the National Education Inspectorate and before that, spent nearly 25 years at the Planning Institute of Jamaica, advising and reporting to the Government of Jamaica on the education, training and the labour market.

In the past, Dr Kerr also served as the technical secretary for both education and training.

THEME

This Glen Owen Lecture will be held under the theme, ‘Issues and Challenges Facing Educational Institutions in Jamaica: The Way Forward in These Troubled Times’. The series is held each year to celebrate and honour the illustrious legacy of former principal, Glenville (Glen) Hamilton Owen, PC, OD, MLST, MBIM, FJIM, and acknowledge his invaluable contributions to The Mico University College, and, more broadly, to nation-building.

In 1959 Glen Owen became the first Miconian to be appointed as principal of the institution. In the same year, he was the recipient of the Mico Old Students Association (MOSA) Gold Medal award.

The lecture series also seeks to underscore and promote academic and professional excellence within the field of Education, a sector which is identified as critically important to national development.

In keeping with modern accessibility, the event will be accessible both locally and internationally via live streaming, allowing Miconians and other stakeholders to share this momentous occasion with a wider audience. This year’s lecture is sponsored by the TIP Friendly Society, a release to the media outlined.