Education

photo 1: showing Fatima College on Mocurapo Road, St. James. This denominational school has a Strong Roman Catholic influence. It can be considered the most prestigious secondary school in the area as it is well known for its academic and sporting achievements.

photo 2: showing St. James Secondary School located on Panka Street.

These photos were chosen as they exhibit some of the differing types of education facilities present in St. James. There are several other schools present in St. James such as: Mocurapo secondary school, Mocurapo Girls R.C. school, Mocurapo Boys R.C. school and Polytechnic Sixth Form Government school. The shear number of education facilities present indicate their need by the growing community. A large population is another urban characteristic.

Education is an important function of an urban area. Also, urbanization and literacy reinforce each other. As St. James grew as an urban community outside of the Port of Spain CBD area, in order to better serve the community a number of schools where established. Students of different ethnic, cultural and religious background residing within the community and surrounding areas were all able to access various educational facilities and schools at both primary and secondary level.  This in itself expanded the capacity of St James and confirmed some of its functions as an urban area.

References:

'Education Complements Urbanization'. 2013. Urbanization Project. http://urbanizationproject.org/blog/education-complements-urbanization#.VSlg5ty3sgd.