EDUCATION

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The project is composed of four complementary parts: (1) the construction of 50 junior secondary schools to provide 33,000 places at a cost of US$15.0 million. By the academic year 1970/71 enrollment in secondary schools would comprise 45 percent of the students aged 12 to 14 instead of the present 10 percent; (2) the expansion of four teacher training colleges at a cost of US$1.1 million, which would increase the enrollment by 50 percent; (3) the expansion of the Jamaica School of Agriculture which produces agricultural experts through three years of training, at a cost of US$2.0 million. Student place would be trebled to meet the demand of the public services and the private sector; and (4) the expansion of the College of Arts, Science and Technology which produces senior-level technical personnel in engineering, science, pharmacy, commerce and institutional management. The cost would be US$1.3 million. There is great demand for personnel of this type and the project would increase enrollment in the school by 110 percent.