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Jamaica Teachers' Association | JAMAICA DIRECTORY OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 2009 – 2010 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION STATISTICS SECTION MINISTRY OF EDUCATION KINGSTON, JAMAICA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DIRECTORY OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 2009 - 2010 STATISTICS SECTION PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DIVISION MINISTRY OF EDUCATION KINGSTON, JAMAICA TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Introduction . i Table 1: Distribution of Public Educational Institutions by Type and Parish 2009/2010 . .. ii Table 2: Distribution of Independent Educational Institutions by Type and Parish 2009/2010 . iv Table 3: Distribution of Public Educational Institutions by Type and Region 2009/2010 . .. v Table 4: Distribution of Independent Educational Institutions by Type and Region 2009/2010 . vii Public Educational Institutions by Parish Kingston . 1 St. Andrew . 3 St. Thomas . 8 Portland . 10 St. Mary . 12 St. Ann . 15 Trelawny . 18 St. James . 20 Hanover . 23 Westmoreland . 25 St. Elizabeth . 28 Manchester . 31 Clarendon . 34 St. Catherine . 38 Independent Educational Institutions by Parish Kingston . 43 St. Andrew . 44 St. Thomas . ... 50 Portland . 51 St. Mary . 52 St. Ann . 53 Trelawny . .. 55 St. James . .. 56 Hanover . 59 Westmoreland . .. 60 St. Elizabeth . 61 Manchester . .. 62 Clarendon . .. 64 St. Catherine . 66 Ministry of Education & Youth Regional Offices . 68 INTRODUCTION The Directory of Educational Institutions 2009/2010 is the fourteenth in a series of annual publications. This issue provides a comprehensive listing by parish and school type of: - The names of 1014 public schools, their addresses, telephone numbers and owners of property. - The names of 464 independent schools, their addresses and telephone numbers. Schools have been grouped into the six island-wide regions and they are listed accordingly: Region I. Kingston – Kingston, St. Andrew and Western St. Thomas; Region II. Port Antonio – Eastern St. Thomas, Portland, Eastern and South Eastern St. Mary; Region III. Brown’s Town – Western and Central St. Mary, St. Ann and Trelawny; Region IV. Montego Bay – St. James, Hanover and Westmoreland; Region V. Mandeville – St. Elizabeth, Manchester and North Clarendon and; Region VI. Old Harbour – Clarendon and St. Catherine. We continue to show our gratitude to all those who have contributed to making this publication a success; the Director - Planning and Development Division; A.C.E.O - Policy Analysis, Research and Statistics, Regional Directors, MIS Officers in the regions, Principals, Education Officers, the Statistician, the Data Control Officer, the Data Preparation Officers and the Management Information Systems Unit. Phillipa Livingston Senior Statistician (Acting) MINISTRY OF EDUCATION June 2010 Table 1 Distribution of Public Educational Institutions by School Type and Parish 2009/2010 PARISH Infant Primary All Age Primary & Special SUB-TOTAL Junior High Kingston 7184 3 -32 St. Andrew - 4913165 83 St. Thomas -3633 -42 Portland 2299 6 -46 St. Mary 2475 7 -61 St. Ann 343196 273 Trelawny 1255 2 -33 St. James 321157 -46 Hanover 218123 -35 Westmoreland 232185 158 St. Elizabeth -57135 -75 Manchester 338146 162 Clarendon 2 591611- 88 St. Catherine 474137 199 TOTAL 31 546 159 87 10 833 \cont'd… ii Table 1 (cont'd) Distribution of Public Educational Institutions by School Type and Parish 2009/2010 PARISH Secondary Technical Agricultural Community Teacher's Tertiary University Subtotal TOTAL High High High Colleges College Kingston 12 2 - - - - - 14 46 St. Andrew 27 1 - 1 3 1 2 35 118 St. Thomas 51-----648 Portland 5----1-652 St. Mary 81-----970 St. Ann 71-1-1-1083 Trelawny 7------740 St. James 10 1 - 1 1 - - 13 59 Hanover 511- ---742 Westmoreland 71-----866 St. Elizabeth 911- -1-1287 Manchester 10 1 - - 1 - - 12 74 Clarendon 161-1---18106 St. Catherine 202-1-1-24123 TOTAL 148 14 2 5 5 5 2 181.
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