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  2. Education in Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    In most primary schools, one class teacher usually teaches students all the subjects. According to a UNESCO document entitled "Education for all 2015 National Review Report: Jamaica", "some 96 per cent of the teachers at this level are professionally trained with female [teachers] accounting for 88 per cent of the staff complement.

  3. List of primary education systems by country - Wikipedia

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    Almost all 4-year-olds (99.3%) in the Netherlands indeed attend primary school, although this is not compulsory until children reach the age of 5. Primary school is free of charge. In most schools, children are grouped by age in mixed ability classes, with one teacher for all subjects. Primary school consists of 8 groups (thus 8 years of ...

  4. Linstead Primary and Junior High School - Wikipedia

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    Linstead Primary & Junior High is an elementary school in Linstead, Jamaica; one of oldest in the island. [1] Despite several official name changes it has always been colloquially known as Linstead School. [1] The school is attended by students from Linstead and many neighbouring communities. [1]

  5. Priory School (Kingston) - Wikipedia

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    The Priory School in Kingston, Jamaica teaches kindergarten, primary and secondary students, ... Jamaica Gleaner. 18 February 2007.

  6. School-leaving age - Wikipedia

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    Jamaica: 14. 12. 2003: 0: Mexico: 15. ... Primary school is compulsory, ... 15 during term time; 16 for working up to 40 hours per week and 8 hours per day; ...

  7. Wolmer's Schools - Wikipedia

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    Wolmer’s opened as a grammar school in 1736 with ten boys and one teacher, Mr. Bolton. Subjects taught were Reading, Writing, Mathematics, Latin and Greek. The school fee was six pistoles per year. The school did not do so well in its early years and was even closed briefly between 1755 and 1757.

  8. Metrication in Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    Jamaica started metrication in the 1970s. However, it was not completed until the 2000s. [1] Since the 1970s, metric units were introduced into the curriculum of the primary and secondary school systems. The Common Entrance and CXC examinations syllabus use metric units.

  9. Saint Joseph's Teachers' College - Wikipedia

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    St. Joseph's Teachers' College is a Roman Catholic teacher training college in Kingston, Jamaica. It was founded in 1897 by the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, a religious order in the Roman Catholic Church in Jamaica. The college campus contains dormitories to accommodate students from more distant areas.