<Li> Tertiary--Community Colleges, Teachers' Colleges with The Mico Teachers' College (now The MICO University College) being the oldest founded in 1836, The Shortwood Teachers' College (which was once an all - female teacher training institution), Vocational Training Centres, Colleges and Universities--Publicly and privately owned . There are five local universities namely: The University of the West Indies (Mona Campus); the University of Technology, Jamaica formerly The College of Art Science and Technology (CAST); the Northern Caribbean University formerly West Indies College; the University College of The Caribbean and the International University of the Caribbean . </Li> <P> Additionally, there are many community and teacher training colleges . </P> <P> Education is free from the early childhood to secondary levels . There are also opportunities for those who cannot afford further education in the vocational arena through the Human Employment and Resource Training - National Training Agency (HEART Trust - NTA) programme, which is opened to all working age national population and through an extensive scholarship network for the various universities . </P> <P> Students are taught Spanish in school from the primary level upwards; about 40--45% of educated people in Jamaica knows some form of Spanish . </P>

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