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1 de set. de 2014 · To continue preserving the rich history of Jamaica College (JC), one of the island’s oldest secondary schools, a museum has been established on the grounds of the institution. Located at 189 Old Hope Road in St. Andrew, the museum, set up at an estimated cost of $6 million, boasts scores of poster boards, which chronicle the history of the ...
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 ...
Home Principal’s Message. We are extremely pleased that you have chosen to join the ranks of College Men and are confident that your experience will contribute significantly to your development as leaders of Jamaica and the world. Jamaica College is in its second phase of transformation, where our focus is on academic growth and improvement.
Jamaica College first opened its doors in 1795, as The Drax Free School in the vestry of the St. Ann’s Bay Courthouse in the parish of St. Ann. It was named for Charles Drax, a St. Ann planter who had left an endowment of over 5,000 pounds sterling for the establishment of a free school in his will, some years before.
Jamaica College was founded in 1789 as the Drax Free School in the parish of St. Ann by Charles Drax, a planter of that parish. Drax came to Jamaica from Barbados in 1721 and left the money in his will to establish a charity school in St. Ann. There was some delay and legal proceedings before the money was handed over to the St. Ann Vestry.
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