What became of these Jamaican TV personalities?

[Tropicana]

Re: What became of these Jamaican TV personalities?

I see. So you were educated during the Manley era. That is yet another important contribution he made. Thanks for the clarification.

[RichD]

Re: What became of these Jamaican TV personalities?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tropicana</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I see. So you were educated during the Manley era. That is yet another important contribution he made. Thanks for the clarification. </div></div>

not entirely during the manley era..but the free university education for Jamaicans was a legacy of the manley era.
I think they started to reintroduced fees for Jamaicans at UWI in the late 80's.

[Wahalla]

Re: What became of these Jamaican TV personalities?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tropicana</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Wahalla</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I never had electricity or a TV in Jamaica....so cant comment.... </div></div>

Really. I'm not buying that. Your parents could afford to send you to Munro. </div></div>

Under manley education was free thru University.


My tuition at UWI was $0 the only fee i had to pay was the $50 guild fee

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My database was wrong!

RichD...

But at UWI u had to find clothes, food, books, and accommodation. Given at the time there was one university plus cast and this was located in the corporate area... . Hence the need for student load Bueurea, which required a &quot;provable&quot; salary as a gurantor... Free tertiary education was a myth.....


And yes I never had electricity....walked 5 miles to catch a bus in the morning for a thityy minute bus ride.. 5 miles in evening from after teh 30 minute bus ride... a six hour daily commute...to this day there closest eectricity lines are a mile away... a bush mi come fram... mek mucko seem urban....

[RichD]

Re: What became of these Jamaican TV personalities?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Wahalla</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

My database was wrong!

RichD...

But at UWI u had to find clothes, food, books, and accommodation. Given at the time there was one university plus cast and this was located in the corporate area... . Hence the need for student load Bueurea, which required a &quot;provable&quot; salary as a gurantor... Free tertiary education was a myth.....

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yes you had to find food clothes and accommodation..but even if your were not in school you had to find that ....anybody who applied was given a $700 grant which was enough to cover books.