The Gloria-Johnson Multipurpose Building

Moneague College is a multidisciplinary institution located in

Moneague Moneague is a small town in Saint Ann, Jamaica on the main road between Kingston and Ocho Rios. In the colonial days, the town prospered as a stopover for the rich English on their journey. Moneague is the location of the Jamaica Defence For ...

, Saint Ann, Jamaica on the main road between Kingston and

Ocho Rios Ocho Rios (Spanish for "Eight Rivers") is a town in the parish of Saint Ann on the north coast of Jamaica, and is more widely referred to as ''Ochi'' by locals. Beginning as a sleepy fishing village, Ocho Rios has seen explosive growth in the ...

. The college is partly situated in the former colonial-era Moneague Hotel.

History

The Moneague Hotel was built in 1891. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

it was used as a soldiers' camp. In 1956, Dr Aubrey Phillips founded Moneague College on the site of the former hotel. The college has expanded today. The original hotel building that was once used for student accommodation and administrative offices was gutted by fire and is awaiting reconstruction. Moneague College has expanded beyond a teacher training institution to a multi-disciplinary college, offering certificates, associate degrees and degrees in many areas, such as Tourism and Hospitality Management, Business Studies, Management Information Systems, Environmental Studies, Psychology and more. The college also has Pre- University Arts and Science and Continuing Education programmes.

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