Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Dan fasto daga Lincolnshire Wolds, an shigar da Garvey a kan karatun karatun Kwalejin Trent (Long Eaton) inda ya yi karatu daga 1916 zuwa 1923. Daga nan sai ya shiga Kwalejin Emmanuel a Jami'ar Cambridge, inda ya karanta tarihi kuma ya kammala karatun digiri na BA a fannin ilimin ɗan adam, yayin da yake shirin yin jarabawar aikin gwamnati, da fatan shiga cikin Ma'aikatar Gwamnatin Indiya. Ya shiga cikin karya babban yajin aikin 1926
, kuma bai sami lokacin yin karatu don wannan jarrabawar ba, kuma a maimakon haka ya nemi matsayi a cikin Colonial Service. Ya yarda da matsayi a cikin Solomon Islands Protectorate, kuma ya tashi daga Southampton zuwa Fiji a watan Nuwamba 1926.