A statutory agency under the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information charged with supervising and coordinating the work of Community Colleges in Jamaica. The Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ) is a statutory agency under the Ministry of Education, formed by an Act of Parliament, which was passed in December 2001, to supervise and coordinate the work of Community Colleges
in Jamaica. The Council which comprises members of the Colleges, representatives from other sectors of the tertiary and secondary education system, as well as members of business and industry, held its first meeting in July 2002, and established business offices at 24, Trafalgar Road in August of the same year (Now located at Power of Faith Multi-Purpose Complex, Lot 14 Portmore Town Centre, Portmore, St. At the present time there are eight such Colleges which offer programmes ranging from the associate degree programmes, pre-university courses, franchise programmes in collaboration with the University of the West Indies and the University of Technology, as well as a number of continuing education courses.
