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Caribbean Journal of Education

The Establishment of Queen's Collegiate School in Trinidad, 1859-1867

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71-86
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December 1975
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Queens Royal College is a well known institution in Trinidad. This College came into existence in 1870 as a replacement for Queens Collegiate School, founded in 1859. This latter school was founded by the government with the social and political purpose of spreading English culture in an island racially and religiously divided, and culturally complex. A bridge to the English Universities was established through scholarships which were later won by many eminent Trinidadians. The school was regarded by the government as an extraordinary academic success, but the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church was opposed to the school on account of its secular curriculum and its cost. In an effort to conciliate the Roman Catholic Church the school was reorganised in 1870, and Queens Royal College was born.

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