National Parenting Support Commission

The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) is a government agency under Jamaica’s Ministry of Education Skills Youth and Information. It serves as the national coordinating body for parenting-support programmes across Jamaica, offering a variety of services including a parent support helpline, facilitator and parent-mentor training, and educational resources for different developmental stages and needs.

Operating since January 2013 as mandated by the 2004 Taskforce Report on the Status of Education in Jamaica, NPSC supports stronger home-school partnerships and asserts that parental involvement is key to student success.