About – Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology

Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology

About Us

Historical Profile

The Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI) as it was rebranded in 2017, was created in 1969 as the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic (SJPP). Named after National Hero, The Right Excellent Samuel Jackman Prescod, the institution had its humble beginnings at University Road, Deep Water Harbour Bridgetown Barbados, where it functioned as an independent Technical and Vocational Education and Training provider. In 1972 however, additional satellite locations at Richmond and Grazettes Industrial Park were added, when the institution was merged with the Barbados Technical Institute (BTI).

As the demand for TVET grew in Barbados, so did the institution. A division of agriculture was added as a satellite in 1975, while the main campus was resituating to

“Melbourne”, Belmont Road, St. Michael, to facilitate the Barbados Deep Water Harbour Expansion project. A new facility was erected and officially opened in May 1982, now serves as the institute’s current location. This relocation allowed satellite training facilities to be closed, all students housed in one location and the programme offerings increased to meet the increasing demand.

To-date, the institution continues to work and partner with both public and private entities delivering TVET programmes and courses to over 1000 students annually. It has also kept in step with the demands of industry, and the mandate of twenty-first century TVET institutions, to ensure it remains the premier TVET institution in Barbados.

Our Mission

The mission of the SJPI is to produce skilled and innovative graduates through competency-based training and the promotion of lifelong learning.

Our Vision

The vision of the SJPI is to be a global centre of excellence for technological and vocational education and training.

Our Core Values

We expect accountability for our actions at all levels, to each other. We treat all with civility & respect while being open & honest in our communication. We seek excellence in all we do, with passionate learning as our highest priority & act with integrity through efficiency and reliability.

Philosophy

The Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI) is a technical and vocational Institution with a mission to meet the needs of its students through the provision of rich and diversified curricula that emphasises career education and training.

The primary purpose of the institution is to provide an atmosphere where individuals are stimulated to further their intellectual, social and personal development that they may become productive and effective citizens.

The SJPI strives to provide its students with an applied theoretical base in communication arts, relevant sciences, current and appropriate technologies and business education upon which they may build careers, retool, pursue further educational goals, and contribute, as worthwhile citizens to the social and economic development of their country.

The SJPI is committed to maintaining a flexible curriculum that can respond to social changes and emerging technologies globally.

It is also committed to providing an environment that recognises and emphasises the responsibilities of the instructor and learner as joint participants in the educational process.

We are committed to ensuring our graduates can “Enter Work with Skills”.

We deliver over fifty (50) programmes under eight (8) academic divisions through diverse modalities including on-line and blended learning. We foster an environment where learners are stimulated to higher intellectual, social, and personal development to become productive and effective global citizens and lifelong learners.

Goals

In keeping with its philosophy, the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology provides a climate whereby students may broaden their interests, develop their capabilities and achieve realistic and worthwhile goals:

Broaden their interests, develop their capabilities and achieve realistic and worthwhile goals

Develop creative disciplined thinking.

Develop the ability to communicate effectively.

Receive guidance in choosing a career and prepare themselves for the chosen vocation.

Develop occupational skills and competencies which will enable them to fulfil their roles as responsible citizens and lifelong learners.

Satisfy the requirements of the labour market for skilled operatives, craftsmen and technicians.

Acquire an appreciation for the importance of distance and continuing education in a diverse and changing global environment.

Acquire an understanding of and an appreciation for their rights and obligations as citizens in a democratic society.

Cultivate healthy respect for themselves as responsible individuals, respect for their society and their environment in general, and law and order in particular.

Become conscious of the need for moral, intellectual and physical development