10-YEAR ENROLMENT TREND: 2012/13 - 2021/22 180,000 160,000 140,000 120,000 100,000 80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 - 2012/13 97% % Achievement 2014/15 118% 78,600 76,064 71,794 65,565 72,750 61,804 60,699 71,464 66,388 66,077 101,066 97,292 121,056 119,324 143,321 152,735 102,270 97,974 112,320 105,874 2013/14 110% 2016/17 100% PROJECTED ENROLMENT TOTAL ENROLMENT 2015/16 118% 2018/19 101% 2017/18 96% 2020/21 104% 2019/20 94% 2021/22 106% Average Projected Enrolment 90,972 3.7% Average Total Enrolment 93,472 3.8% Advocacy for HEART’s Hospitality Programmes One of the lesser-known stories behind HEART’s remarkable success in TVET for the Hospitality Sector originated out of one of the largest hotel properties in operation back in 1990- the luxurious Ciboney Resort and Spa. Dr Gloria Robinson, Ciboney’s HR and Training Director was growing increasingly irritated with how HEART trainees were being unfairly treated during the work experience at many of the properties. An educator herself, she felt it was wrong that the trainees were often relegated to menial tasks like “washing pots”. “I took a really very strong interest in the development of trained people for the industry. I was always very upset when these students came to observe, they were put in the kitchen to wash pots”, said Dr Robinson, who first ensured that Ciboney was not engaged in this practice, and then volunteered her time to advocate on behalf of HEART for greater industry acceptance of the trainees and graduates of HEART’s hospitality programmes. “I saw the wonderful things these young people could do with the help of HEART to improve the industry. And I am glad I'm alive to see it's happening today”, she continued. Over the years, Dr Robinson has been an influential voice for HEART in the tourism industry, tirelessly advocating the value of the hospitality training programmes, while volunteering her expertise as a member of the HEART Trust Board and as the Chair of the Management Advisory Committee for the Runaway Bay HEART Training Institute. Dr Robinson also shared her technical skills with the HEART team to design and successfully implement the Commis Chef and Executive Chef Programmes, handling a great deal of the negotiations and arrangements on behalf of the Agency with the Culinary Institute of America. First Graduates of the HEART-Culinary Institute of America Executive Chef Programme in 2006, ‘The Magnificent Six: Lincoln Peterkin, Karl Thomas, Fay Dawkins, Shaun Bryan, Raymond Samuels, Kurt McCormack. Gathering of the Minds: Dr Gloria Robinson (centre) in conversation with from (l-r) Executive Director, Robert Gregory, Executive Chef, Dennis McIntosh and Executive Chefs Mark Briggs and Stan Zeiger of the Culinary Institute of America at the assessment of the first set of Jamaican Executive Chefs. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 18 TRAINING LEADER Dr Gloria Robinson Retired Educator & HR Director 29
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