1866-1913 - Sir John Peter Grant also established a college for the higher education of Jamaican youths, and

began the Rio obre !rrigation "or#s, $hich $ere com%leted 18&6' In 1893 elementary education $as made free throughout the island'

191( - 196) - *n +arch 1 there $as a hea,y earth-ua#e $hich shoo# almost the entire island, causing substantial damage to buildings' .uring this year Go,ernment %olicy on education $as re,ised and e/%anded, $hereby 1,011 free %laces in secondary schools and 01 scholarshi%s and bursars to the 2ni,ersity ollege of the "est !ndies $as made an annual affair'

196) 3 19&1 - 4he dri,e to e/%and industry $as considerably $idened as $ell' 5 ne$ em%hasis $as %laced on agricultural e/%ansion' 5ll this became more urgent in ,ie$ of the slo$ing do$n of migration to the 2nited 6ingdom, $hich brought $ith it the necessity of %ro,iding gainful em%loyment for Jamaica7s increasing %o%ulation' !n the $a#e of this came the further obligation of s%reading education $ider so as to e-ui% the %eo%le $ith s#ills and trades to enable them to #ee% %ace $ith ad,ancements in the outside $orld' 4he Go,ernment, on .ecember 13, announced the start of an 88 million de,elo%ment %rogramme for education o,er the follo$ing three years' 8& million $as to be s%ent on 9unior secondary schools, e/%anding facilities for teachertraining and the ollege of 5rts, Science and 4echnology as $ell as the Jamaica School of 5griculture, 4he other 81 million $as to be used in the %ro,ision of %rimary schools and teachers7 cottages' :alf of the sum $ould be %ro,ided by the Jamaican Go,ernment and the other half by a loan from the anadian Go,ernment' 19&) 3 1983 - !n +ay, the Go,ernment announced ;ree <ducation' =o tuition fees $ere to be %aid in go,ernment Secondary Schools and school ser,ices such as games, home economics, and drama classes $ould be free of cost as from Se%tember 19&(' 4here $as to be free tuition for all Jamaicans admitted to the 2ni,ersity of the "est !ndies' *n June 1, the :on' ;lori>el 5' Glass%ole, '.', +inister of <ducation, resigned as +ember of Parliament for <ast 6ingston in %re%aration for being s$orn in as Go,ernor-General' !n June, Jamaica recei,ed 2S?)9 million in !nternational +onetary ;und @!+;A aid'

4he :on' <li +atalon resigned on June 8 as +inister of State for <ducation to contest the by-election in <ast 6ingston to fill the ,acancy created by the resignation of the :on' ;' 5' Glass%ole' *n June )&, the :on' ;lori>el 5' Glass%ole, '.', $as s$orn in as Go,ernorGeneral of Jamaica @the third since Jamaica became inde%endent in 196)A by Sir :erbert .uffus, acting Go,ernor-General at a colourful ceremony at 6ing7s :ouse in the %resence of a large and distinguished gathering' +r' +atalon $on the byelection held on July 3 and $as s$orn in as +inister of <ducation, on July 0' 1983 31993 - ;irst degrees, Bachelor of <ducation, granted by the ollege of 5rts, Science and 4echnology' *thers to be a$arded in :ome <conomics and <ngineering' 4he 2ni,ersity ouncil of Jamaica Secretariat introduced' 4he ouncil has the %o$er to a%%ro,e or to re9ect tertiary education %rogrammes and degrees ;ree education $as re%laced by cost-sharing education at the secondary le,el' Reform of secondary education, R'*'S'<', began, funded by the "orld Ban#' htt%CDD$$$'disco,er9amaica'comDgleanerDdisco,erDgeogra%hyD