Education in Barbados
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| Educational oversight
Min. of Education & Human Resource Dev. |
Ministry of Ed., Youth Affairs & Sports [2] Hon. Ronald D. Jones MP |
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| National education budget | BDS$500 million[1][2] (2008–09) | |
| Primary language(s) | English | |
| National system Compulsory education |
1890(Education Act of 1890) |
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| Literacy (2002[3]) • Men • Women |
99.7% 99.7% 99.7% |
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| Enrollment • Primary • Secondary • Post-secondary |
59 500 28 000 22 000 11 459+[4] |
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| Attainment • Secondary diploma • Post-secondary diploma |
n/a n/a |
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Education in Barbados is based primarily on the British model.
There are presently:
- 1 infant school,
- 4 public nursery schools,
- 71 public primary schools,
- 2 assisted special schools,
- 20 registered private schools,
- 23 public secondary schools,
- 7 assisted private secondary schools,
- 3 tertiary-level institutions
- UWI Cave Hill
- Barbados Community College (BCC)
- The Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic (SJPP)
- 1 teachers' training institution
- 1 central administrative agency
- 2 departments, namely
- Audio Visual Aids and School Meals Department
- The Education Project Implementation Unit
In addition, there is 1 public senior school
Education is provided free of charge and is compulsory between the ages of 5 and 16, and attendance is strictly enforced.[5] In 1997, the gross primary enrollment rate was 101.3 percent.[5] Primary school attendance rates are unavailable for Barbados.[5]
It was reported that Barbados has spent roughly US$15 billion on Education since Independence in 1966. In 2006 at the the inaugural Cecil F. deCaires Memorial Lecture at the Frank Collymore Hall, the former Central Bank Governor Sir Courtney Blackman remarked that between 1966 and 2000 successive Governments (of Barbados) had spent US$15 billion on education costs – "a remarkable investment for such a small state".[6]
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[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Government of Barbados Information Network: $1/2 BILLION SPENT ON EDUCATION
- ^ Edu-upgrade on the cards
- ^ Estimate for Barbados, from [1], CIA World Factbook
- ^ "About the Ministry". Ministry of Education, Youth Affairs & Sports, Barbados. 2008-01-10. http://www.mes.gov.bb/category.cfm?category=1.
- ^ a b c "Barbados". Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor (2001). Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor (2002). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ NO WAY OUT, DAVID ALLEYNE (7/2/06)
[edit] References
- Min. of Education: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF EDUCATION IN BARBADOS 1686 – 2000
- TotalBarbados.com: Education in Barbados
- Early Developments In Barbadian Education
- U.S. Library of Congress: Education in Barbados
- U.S. State Department: Education in Barbados
[edit] See also
- List of schools in Barbados
- National Library Service of Barbados
- Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC)
[edit] External links
- The Barbados Accredidation Council
- Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Council
- Barbados Ministry of Education, Youth Affairs & Sports - Official website
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