ThThe Jamaica Teacher’s Association, JTA, is doubling down on its criticism of the Jamaica Teaching Council, JTC, Bill. President Dr. Mark Smith was speaking on Thursday at the JTA’s Helen Stills Professional Development Day 2025, under the theme ‘Wellness 360’. The JTA president has criticised the bill as a betrayal to educators in its current form. Dr. Smith has said that the proposed legislation is heavy-handed, prioritises punitive measures over professional empowerment and places too much regulatory power into the hands of external authorities.e Jamaica Teacher’s Association, JTA, is doubling down on its criticism of the Jamaica Teaching Council, JTC, Bill. President Dr. Mark Smith was speaking on Thursday at the JTA’s Helen Stills Professional Development Day 2025, under the theme ‘Wellness 360’. The JTA president has criticised the bill as a betrayal to educators in its current form. Dr. Smith has said that the proposed legislation is heavy-handed, prioritises punitive measures over professional empowerment and places too much regulatory power into the hands of external authorities.