Mico University College

About Mico University College

According to Wikipedia, The Mico University College is one of an institution of higher education in Kingston, Jamaica. History The Mico was founded in 1835 through the Lady Mico Charity, one of four teacher training institutions established during this period in the British colonies and the only one to survive until the present. Jane Mico had died in 1670 in England and she left £1,000 to relieve slavery and it accrued interest until it was worth over £100,000. Thomas Fowell Buxton and abolitionist judge Stephen Lushington took an interest in the bequest that had been stuck for 200 years. They believed that her bequest would supply education in Jamaica and elsewhere. They were able to establish a new set of trustees for Mico's funds. Lushington and Buxton were trustees and they obtained government grants that were used to supplement the fund.