Health coverage through Blue Cross (now Sagicor)

• Compensation for teachers injured in the performance of duties
• Roll of Honour in recognition of distinguished service in the field of education inaugurated
• Withdrawal of membership from Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) protest at leftist direction union was pursuing

• First Reclassification of the teaching service
• Classification of Primary and All Age Schools into Grades (1 - V) and Secondary Schools according to a System of points (I - IV)
• Parity of pay for all positions at the tertiary level
• Establishment of Post of Special Responsibility (POSR) [senior teachers]
• Classification of Colleges (A, B, C) for purpose of determining salary of Principals

• Hosted the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession (WCOTP) Congress in Kingston
• Position of Liaison Officer created to facilitate easy interaction with the Ministry of Education

Won bargaining rights to negotiate teachers’ salaries and fringe benefits
Study leave facility (6 months with full pay and 6 months no pay instituted in the 1966 post-Independence Code of Regulations)

Unification of 5 teachers’ unions/associations [Jamaica Union of Teachers, (JUT); Association of Headmasters and Headmistresses, (H2H2); Association of Teachers in Technical Institutions (ATTI); the Association of Teacher Training staffs (ATTS); and the Association of Assistant Masters and Mistresses (A2M2)] to form the Jamaica Teachers’ Association.