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...Suh nuh blame wi fi carry out Babylon mandate.... Blame Babylon. Some entity had to be placed in the lead...dats how social organizations function.
It just happened to be us. Dem cudda choose Jawges...but Babylon nuh inna di Catalik Rome ting...Anglican dem comfortable wid
First University College
In September 1890, a college, then known as University College, was opened in connection with the school. In 1902, roughly a century after the endowment of the Drax Free School, the Jamaica High School and the University College were amalgamated under the name Jamaica College. This made J.C. the first University College of Jamaica, long before the founding of the University of the West Indies in the mid 20th Century.
Jamaica College
The buildings on Old Hope Road were opened on 9 July, 1885, and the first classes here took place in September of the same year.
By the 1930’s, with an expanded student population, J.C. was actually functioning as an established high school. This role was formalized in 1957, with the introduction of the Common Entrance system and the democratization of the Jamaican secondary education system.
It just happened to be us. Dem cudda choose Jawges...but Babylon nuh inna di Catalik Rome ting...Anglican dem comfortable wid
First University College
In September 1890, a college, then known as University College, was opened in connection with the school. In 1902, roughly a century after the endowment of the Drax Free School, the Jamaica High School and the University College were amalgamated under the name Jamaica College. This made J.C. the first University College of Jamaica, long before the founding of the University of the West Indies in the mid 20th Century.
Jamaica College
The buildings on Old Hope Road were opened on 9 July, 1885, and the first classes here took place in September of the same year.
By the 1930’s, with an expanded student population, J.C. was actually functioning as an established high school. This role was formalized in 1957, with the introduction of the Common Entrance system and the democratization of the Jamaican secondary education system.
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