ABOUT JAMAICAN HIGH SCHOOLS What is the oldest high school in Jamaica? A distinguished gentleman named John Wolmer made his last will and testament on May 21,1729. The will stated that the bulk of his estate should form the foundation of a free school in the parish in which he should happened to die. "...after many amendments and conferences between the House of Assembly and the Council, a law was passed and the Wolmer's Trust which would manage the affairs of the school was established in 1736." By this account many feel Wolmer's is the oldest high school in Jamaica. (Manning's High was founded in 1738 and St Jago High in 1744.) What high schools are for girls only? Immaculate Conception, Queens School for Girls, St Hugh's, St Andrew High for Girls, Wolmer's Girls School, Convent of Mercy (Alpha), Merl Grove High, Montego Bay High, Mt Alvernia, Westwood, Bishop Gibson High, Hampton

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SCHOOLS IN THE NEWS
Dinthill gives St Catherine agriculture a shot in the arm
Jamaica imported US $763m in agricultural produce last year. Now Dinthill Technical High School in St Catherine is doing its part to keep agriculture production high, in an effort to reduce that import bill. More

Campion College in pursuit of financial security
Fcaced with increasing operating costs and the changing economic profile of its students, Campion College is launching an ambitious fund-raising plan to further develop the school over the next decade. Campion, the secondary school with the best academic record in Jamaica based on results in external examinations, plans to "build a sustainable financial base" to fund a state-of-the-art library, new laboratories improved technology, sports programmes and teacher excellence up to 2020. Source

Jamaica College takes wings - Introduces aviation course
CAREER CHOICES for senior students at one of the country's oldest secondary institutions, the prestigious Jamaica College (JC), in Kingston, have widened with the introduction of an aviation programme in the school's curriculum, beginning this academic year. The programme, the first of its kind to be offered at any high school in the English-speaking Caribbean, was recently launched at the Old Hope Road-based institution. Source


MINISTER OF EDUCATION: ANDREW HOLNESS
Struggling to deal with the problem of hundreds of students leaving secondary schools each year with no qualifications, the education ministry is considering the introduction of a technical sixth form at mainly non-traditional high schools.

'Six Tech' is being designed to ensure that all students leave school with a marketable skill and possibly, some job experience.

"Some schools have already gone ahead of the ministry by setting up Six Tech, where they allow their students who have gone through CXC to come back and do other programmes - some certified by HEART - so that they leave with a skill," Holness declared recently.

He gave high marks to the principals who had already instituted the Six Tech, and declared the intention of the education ministry to move in that direction. Continue



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