{"id":1580,"date":"2020-02-13T14:23:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T14:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp5\/?page_id=1580"},"modified":"2026-03-24T09:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:19:09","slug":"public-service-commission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/osc.gov.jm\/index.php\/public-service-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Service Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1580\" class=\"elementor elementor-1580\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-209b141 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"209b141\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dda7cf3\" data-id=\"dda7cf3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af2f1f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af2f1f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Public Service Commission<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-998968f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"998968f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dbf3e2f\" data-id=\"dbf3e2f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba72f5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba72f5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Prior to 1952, appointments to the lower grades in the Civil Service were made by the Governor on the recommendation of a body known as the Promotion Selection Committee, comprising the Deputy Colonial Secretary, Financial Secretary, Auditor General and President of the Civil Service Association.<\/p><p>The purpose of the establishment of the Commission was to provide for an independent and impartial body charged with the responsibility of dealing with matters relating to the appointment, removal and exercise of disciplinary control in respect of public officers. At this time the Public Service Commission (PSC) operated out of the Establishment Branch of the Colonial Secretary\u2019s Office located at Headquarters House, 79 Duke Street, Kingston.<\/p><p>The power was given to the PSC to make recommendations to the Governor General for public officers to be appointed, as well as to remove or exercise disciplinary control. This was enshrined in the 1959 Constitution, and at the same time provision for the delegation of functions of the Public Service Commission was made by the Governor General, acting on the recommendation of the Public Service Commission.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6335c4f\" data-id=\"6335c4f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acc4f20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"acc4f20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Current Members<\/em><\/span><\/h1><ul class=\"cat\"><li><strong>Mrs Patricia Sinclair McCalla, CD, JP<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Chairman<\/i><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i class=\"icon-angle-right\"><\/i><strong>Bishop, The Hon. Herro V. Blair, OJ, JP<\/strong><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i class=\"icon-angle-right\"><\/i><strong>Prof. The Hon. Denise Eldemire-Shearer, OJ, CD<\/strong><\/span><\/li><li><strong>Miss Khadrea Folkes, Attorney-at-Law<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Mr Pierre Rogers, KC, Attorney-at-Law<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-66a714d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"66a714d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c3c30e\" data-id=\"8c3c30e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92d93e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"92d93e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Functions of the Commission<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9957085 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9957085\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-391d777\" data-id=\"391d777\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69ed232 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69ed232\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The functions and operations of the Public Service Commission were established in the Public Service Regulations which was gazetted in 1961. The Regulations set out how the Commission would operate with regard to the appointment, separation, discipline and the selection of public officers for national scholarships and study leave. The applicability and legality of the Regulations was entrenched in Section 2 of the Second Schedule of the Jamaica Constitution Order in Council, which came into being a year later, 1962, with Independence.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class='campos'>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public Service Commission Prior to 1952, appointments to the lower grades in the Civil Service were made by the Governor on the recommendation of a body known as the Promotion Selection Committee, comprising the Deputy Colonial Secretary, Financial Secretary, Auditor General and President of the Civil Service Association. The purpose<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/osc.gov.jm\/index.php\/public-service-commission\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","author-admin","post-1580","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/osc.gov.jm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/osc.gov.jm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/osc.gov.jm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osc.gov.jm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osc.gov.jm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1580"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/osc.gov.jm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12970,"href":"https:\/\/osc.gov.jm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1580\/revisions\/12970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/osc.gov.jm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}