Importance of Eductaion in Queens Jamaica

Introduction

The main purpose of this research paper is to make an analysis on the importance of education in Queens Jamaica. The research paper focuses on ways to prevent crimes and eliminate the discriminations of race, gender, color and religion. The paper also discusses the importance of education in Queens in order to prevent the economical independence, maintain the good manners and act as responsible citizens.

Discussion

Jamaica is considered as a neighbourhood in Queens New York. Jamaica became the centre of Town of Jamaica in the British rules. Till 1970's the education system of Jamaica was not much developed. Even after the end of the era of slavery, the education system in Jamaica was low. The first efforts were made by the Christians churches. In the later 1800s, secondary schools started to serve education in Jamaica. The Compulsory Attendance Act was introduced in Jamaica in 1965. It granted the Minister of Education authority to declare the age and schools to which compulsory attendance should apply (Adolph, 34). According to the act, parents were required to send students to school five days per week, or to pay a fine. The fine varied from monetary obligation to jail time. The act was never enforced. Some researches have noted a primary school attendance rate above 90% in Barbados and Trinidad, which had introduced compulsory attendance about the same time as Jamaica. They stated that before compulsory attendance was introduced attendance rate in Jamaica was 66%. Additionally, the first Scientific Survey on Attendance on primary school attendance in Jamaica confirmed that, “the single greatest deterrent to learning at Primary School age was irregular attendance” (Alexander, 413). A research introduced compulsory attendance in primary schools as a part of its overall policy initiatives to improve retention as well as the overall primary education system. St. Thomas (one of the parishes in this study) was selected as a pilot parish.

Therefore, because of the all over reasons there is great importance of education in Jamaica. In order to improve education in Jamaica, government has played an important role, and made many efforts to enhance the education in the sector of Jamaica. During the second period in the development of education in Jamaica, the government played a great role in financing schools. However, trusts, grants, and contributions from wealthy church denominations remained the major means for providing for school construction and maintenance. In addition, a significant policy shift occurred in 1880 with the establishment of the Jamaica Schools Commission to oversee the construction and administration of schools (Anderson, 67). The members of the commission were appointed by the Jamaican governor and were primarily men from the Anglican Church or the legal profession. The commission governed admittance, course of study, and financing of schools.

Thus, it is fair enough to say that education is a very important factor to enhance the development of Jamaica. Education is a main tool that can help in prevention of crime and decreasing the rate of crimes in Jamaica. Increased criminal rate is ...