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    Guidelines For Study Leave

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    This document summarizes new guidelines for granting study leave/day release for public servants in Jamaica to complete full-time online degree programs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It establishes that study leave can now be granted for online courses if the program is full-time, offered by an accredited institution, requires classes 3+ days a week for study leave or 1-2 days for day release. Recipients must complete the program as approved and submit progress reports to maintain their study leave/day release status. Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Department are asked to inform eligible officers of these amended guidelines.

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    This document summarizes new guidelines for granting study leave/day release for public servants in Jamaica to complete full-time online degree programs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It establishes that study leave can now be granted for online courses if the program is full-time, offered by an accredited institution, requires classes 3+ days a week for study leave or 1-2 days for day release. Recipients must complete the program as approved and submit progress reports to maintain their study leave/day release status. Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Department are asked to inform eligible officers of these amended guidelines.

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    This document summarizes new guidelines for granting study leave/day release for public servants in Jamaica to complete full-time online degree programs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It establishes that study leave can now be granted for online courses if the program is full-time, offered by an accredited institution, requires classes 3+ days a week for study leave or 1-2 days for day release. Recipients must complete the program as approved and submit progress reports to maintain their study leave/day release status. Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Department are asked to inform eligible officers of these amended guidelines.

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    Guidelines For Study Leave

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    This document summarizes new guidelines for granting study leave/day release for public servants in Jamaica to complete full-time online degree programs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It establishes that study leave can now be granted for online courses if the program is full-time, offered by an accredited institution, requires classes 3+ days a week for study leave or 1-2 days for day release. Recipients must complete the program as approved and submit progress reports to maintain their study leave/day release status. Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Department are asked to inform eligible officers of these amended guidelines.

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    Office of the Services Commissions

    (Central Government)
    Ministry of Finance and the Public Service Building
    30 National Heroes Circle, Kingston 4
    Jamaica, West Indies
    Tel: 876-922-8600
    Fax: 876-924-9764
    Email: [email protected]
    Website: www.osc.gov.jm

    CIRCULAR No. 213 28th August, 2020


    OSC Ref. C. 51667

    AMENDMENT TO ACCOMMODATE
    STUDY LEAVE/DAY RELEASE FOR FULL-TIME ONLINE COURSES

    Under the Public Service Regulation, 1961 (Regulation 15), the Public Service Commission is
    responsible for granting Study Leave and permission to accept award scholarships for special
    training for the public service. Study Leave is granted in accordance with Section 7.8.2. of the
    Staff Orders for the Public Service, 2004.

    The advent of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the subsequent orders under the Disaster Risk
    Management Act 2015, has mandated that workplaces and learning institutions practice and
    maintain physical and social distancing. This has forced educational institutions to offer many of
    their programmes on-line. The effect of this is the need for an amendment to the award of Study
    Leave/Day Release.

    THIS AMENDMENT TO THE STUDY LEAVE/DAY RELEASE PROVISIONS IS INTENDED TO


    SUPPORT THE GRANTING OF STUDY LEAVE/DAY RELEASE FOR FULL-TIME ON-LINE
    PROGRAMMES, AND TO RESCIND THE SECTION OF THE PROVISION IN THE OFFICE OF
    THE SERVICES COMMISSIONS CIRCULAR NO. 4, DATED 7TH JANUARY 2020 WHICH
    STATES “ADDITIONALLY, PLEASE NOTE THAT STUDY LEAVE WILL NOT BE GRANTED
    TO PURSUE ON-LINE COURSES”.

    With the prevailing conditions resulting from the Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic, the following
    Guidelines are set out below:

    GUIDELINES FOR ONLINE STUDY LEAVE/DAY RELEASE

    1. Officers must have three (3) years appointed service to qualify for Study Leave and one (1)
    year continuous service to be eligible for Day Release.

    2. A full-time on-line programme of study is defined as a programme with the same


    matriculation, teaching and learning requirements as a conventional face-to-face full-time
    programme. This includes hybrid or blended options (on-line and face-to-face modalities).

    3. The institution offering the programme of study must be registered, and the programme
    must be accredited by the University Council of Jamaica (UCJ) or the relevant authority.

    4. For Study Leave classes must be held for three (3) full days or more during the week and for
    Day Release one (1) or two (2) full days during the week.

    5. The programme of study should not be available on a part-time basis, on weekends or in


    the evenings. Evenings mean programmes commencing at least 5.00 p.m.

    6. Officers who have been granted Study Leave or Day Release to pursue a full-time on-line
    programme of study are required to undertake their studies for the full period of the Study
    Leave/Day Release, sit the required examinations or write the required papers, and fulfil any
    other academic requirement of the institution. Failure to do so may result in the withdrawal
    of the Study Leave/Day Release.

    7. The Office of the Services Commissions or the relevant authority must be informed of, and
    approve any change to the approved programme of study by the beneficiary, for example,
    switching major or transferring to a part-time programme. Failure to do so may result in the
    withdrawal of the Study Leave/Day Release.

    8. Study-Leave/Day-Release recipients are required to submit progress reports at the end of


    each semester and failure to do so may result in the withdrawal of the Study Leave/Day
    Release.
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    9. Persons who have been granted Study Leave/Day Release for on-line courses should, as
    best as possible, refrain from using the Office facilities for online classes.

    10. All other provisions and considerations that govern the granting of Study Leave/Day
    Release as stated in the Staff Orders for the Public Service, 2004 or circulars issued by the
    Office of the Services Commissions remain in effect.

    Permanent Secretaries/Heads of Department with Delegation of Functions should be guided by


    this Circular when granting Study Leave/Day Release to their members of staff.

    Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Department are requested to ensure that these
    amendments to the Study Leave/Day Release Guidelines are brought to the attention of
    all officers who are eligible for the grant of Study Leave/Day Release.

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