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The Manchester High School was established for the purpose of providing "a good middle class education" to boys and girls. [1] Since portions of the current parish of Manchester were a part of Vere, the funds from the Vere Trust, a result of charitable donations from several individuals, were used in 1855 to establish several institutions.
Knox College (The high school part of the Knox Complex of Schools) is a co-educational high school for both day pupils and boarders in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica. The other institutions that form the complex are: the Neighbourhood Early Childhood Institute , Knox Junior School , and Knox Community College .
Montego Bay High School; Mount Alvernia High School (Jamaica) O. Old Harbour High School; R. Rusea's High School; S. St Mary High School, Jamaica; St. Mary's College ...
Some argue that many of these 12-year-old students simply want a break from the high demands of the education system in Jamaica. Another criticism of the exam is that it places top students at particular "Jamaican Ivy League" high schools, [13] and students who do not do well go to other high schools. Many have argued for a balance of students ...
The Parish of Manchester is a parish located in west-central Jamaica, in the county of Middlesex. Its capital , Mandeville , is a major business centre. Its St. Paul of the Cross Pro-Cathedral is the episcopal see of the Latin Catholic Diocese of Mandeville .
In 1925, the Deaconess Home School and the Deaconess Home High School for girls (founded 1913) amalgamated to become the Deaconess High School, starting with 90 students. In 1926, the Jamaica Schools Commission recommended that the school's name be changed. The name selected was St Hugh's High School.
It is the oldest school in the parish and was founded on 2 February 1942 by the Rev'd. Lester Davy, Minister of Religion of the Congregational Church Union of Jamaica. [1] Lester Robert Davy was born in 1909, son of Ruth-Ann Eliza Davy (née Phillips) and David S. Davy, of Davyton, Manchester.
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]