Design Privacy Academy · Jamaica · 9 – 15 May 2026

40 Schools. 40 Scholarships. 1 Week.

A school data breach is not just a cybersecurity issue. It is a child-protection issue.

We are funding 40 Data Protection Officer (DPO) Certifications — fully tuition-covered — and placing them inside 40 Jamaican schools. Nominate yourself, a colleague, or a member of your staff before 6 p.m. on Friday 15 May 2026.

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Why this, why now

For 29 months Jamaica's Data Protection Act has been in full force. In that time Design Privacy has reviewed 1,384 schools across the country. Only 38 have a public website. Only 14 publish a privacy policy. Only 8 disclose how children's data is shared. Only 9 are registered with the Office of the Information Commissioner. None of the 40 schools we sampled most closely names Instructure — the platform behind the recent Canvas breach — anywhere in their public materials.

This is not a paperwork problem. Children's records — attendance, learning histories, behavioural notes, health information — are moving through systems that no one inside the school is trained to govern. The recent Canvas/Instructure breach is the visible edge of a structural gap.

Six years of public record on this — 2020, 2023, 2025, 2026 — sits with one organisation. This week we are turning that record into capacity: 40 certified DPOs, one per school, fully funded.

1,384
schools reviewed
38
with a public website
14
with a privacy policy
8
disclosing data sharing
9
registered with the OIC
0 of 40
sampled named the platform behind the Canvas breach

Sources: Design Privacy 2026 sector audit (n=1,384); Canvas/Instructure breach disclosure 2026. Methodology available on request — digital@designprivacy.io.

What the scholarship covers

  • •Full tuition for the DPA Data Protection Officer Certification
  • •A cohort built around the Jamaican school sector
  • •Practical instruction grounded in the JDPA and the realities of child-protection
  • •Membership in a 40-school alumni network from the first day of the cohort
  • •Access to DPA's six-year record of Jamaican school-sector research

Who can be nominated

Any current member of staff at a Jamaican Early-Childhood, Primary, Preparatory, All-Age, Primary & Junior High, Secondary High, Technical High, or Special school. Nominations can come from the staff member themselves, a colleague, or the Principal. Every nomination requires Principal sign-off before the scholarship is confirmed; we collect the Principal's email through the form so we can close that loop.

Nominate a school

Takes about 3 minutes. Mobile-friendly. You will see an on-screen confirmation with your submission ID when you submit.

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I am... *
About the school
School type *

Required for sign-off. If you are the Principal and are nominating yourself, repeat your email here.

Optional — helps us prioritise
Does your school have a published privacy policy?
Is your school registered with the OIC?
Was your school affected by the recent Canvas/Instructure incident?
Consent

What happens next

  1. 1.Submit your nomination (this form)
  2. 2.You receive an on-screen confirmation with your submission ID
  3. 3.We contact the school's Principal for sign-off
  4. 4.The cohort is announced on Friday 15 May 2026 at 6 p.m. Jamaica time