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Education in Jamaica is primarily modeled on the British education system. The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) [1] finds that Jamaica is fulfilling only 70.0% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to education based on the country's level of income. [2] HRMI breaks down the right to education by looking at the rights to both ...
Wolmer's Schools, also referred to as Wolmer's Trust Group of Schools, is located in Kingston, Jamaica and currently consists of Wolmer's Pre-School, Wolmer's Preparatory School and two high schools: Wolmer's Trust High School For Boys and Wolmer's Trust High School for Gir;s. Both high schools are popular choices among Jamaican students taking ...
The following is a list of education ministers of Jamaica since adult suffrage (1944). Jehoida McPherson (1945–1949) Joseph Malcolm (1950–1951) L. L. Simmonds (1951–1953) Edwin Allen (1953–1955) Ivan Lloyd (1955–1957) Florizel Glasspole (1957–1962) Edwin Allen (1962–1972) Florizel Glasspole (1972–1973) Eli Matalon (1973–1974)
Demographics of Jamaica. Pop. Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean. The country had a population of 2,825,352 in 2023, the fourth largest in the region. Jamaica's annual population growth rate stood at 0.08% in 2022. As of 2023, 68.9% of Jamaicans were Christians in 2011, predominantly Protestant. A more precise study conducted by the ...
Ardenne High School. / 18.014179; -76.78507. Ye Valiant Youth Arise! Ardenne High School is a coeducational, first-to-sixth form secondary school located in St. Andrew, Jamaica. The institution is best known for its high academic standards, among the highest in the Caribbean, [ 1] and for its achievements in the performing arts and several sports.
Jamaica College was founded in 1789, making it the sixth oldest continually running high school in the country, [citation needed] after Wolmer's Boys', one of the Wolmer's Schools (1729), Manning's School (1738), St. Jago High School (1744), Rusea's High School (1777) and Titchfield High School (1786). [6]
Kingston College. Website. www.stgc.org. St. George's College is a public Catholic secondary school, located in Kingston, Jamaica. The school was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1850. It was established by 21 Spanish Jesuits who had been exiled from Colombia as part of a religious persecution. Initially founded as a school for boys only, in ...
Website. ucc.edu.jm. The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean is one of Jamaica's largest privately held tertiary education institutions operating 7 campuses: [1] in six parishes across Jamaica. As of 2017, the University offers professional certificate, diploma, associate, bachelor's and master's degree programs, as well as customized ...