Education in Barbados
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Education in Barbados
is based primarily on the British model
.
There are presently:
3 tertiary-level institutions
2 departments, namely:
In addition, there is 1 public senior school
Academic Term
The Barbadian school year is fashioned after the British system, and as such, it follows a scheduling with three terms per school year.
The first term begins the second week of September and continues for 15 weeks adjourning in mid-December excluding one week for Mid Term Break in Mid-October. The second Term begins on the first week of January and continues for 12 weeks ending the end of March. The final Third Term begins mid-April and continues for 11 weeks until the end of June.
The School Holiday period is 9 to 10 weeks long from the end of June until the first week of September.
Education is provided free of charge and is compulsory between the ages of 5 and 16, and attendance is strictly enforced. In 1997, the gross primary enrollment rate was 101.3 percent.
It was reported that Barbados has spent roughly US$15 billion on Education since Independence in 1966. In 2006 during 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".
In 2009, Ronald Jones as the Minister of Education and Human Resource Development said the Barbados government spent $290 million to upgrade the schools with information technology. Given this Jones said the ministry would be entering a grading processes for schools on their usage of the technology using a scale of 1 to 6.
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
is based primarily on the British model
Education in England
Education in England is overseen by the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Local authorities take responsibility for implementing policy for public education and state schools at a regional level....
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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
Academic Term
The Barbadian school year is fashioned after the British system, and as such, it follows a scheduling with three terms per school year.
The first term begins the second week of September and continues for 15 weeks adjourning in mid-December excluding one week for Mid Term Break in Mid-October. The second Term begins on the first week of January and continues for 12 weeks ending the end of March. The final Third Term begins mid-April and continues for 11 weeks until the end of June.
The School Holiday period is 9 to 10 weeks long from the end of June until the first week of September.
Education is provided free of charge and is compulsory between the ages of 5 and 16, and attendance is strictly enforced. In 1997, the gross primary enrollment rate was 101.3 percent.
It was reported that Barbados has spent roughly US$15 billion on Education since Independence in 1966. In 2006 during the inaugural Cecil F. deCaires Memorial Lecture at the Frank Collymore Hall, the former Central Bank Governor Sir Courtney Blackman
Courtney Blackman
Sir Courtney Blackman, KA is an economist, an international business consultant, and a diplomat from Barbados. In the past he served as a Governor to the Central Bank of Barbados, an Ambassador to the United Nations, an Ambassador to the United States, and a Permanent Representative for Barbados...
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".
In 2009, Ronald Jones as the Minister of Education and Human Resource Development said the Barbados government spent $290 million to upgrade the schools with information technology. Given this Jones said the ministry would be entering a grading processes for schools on their usage of the technology using a scale of 1 to 6.
See also
- List of schools in Barbados
- School uniforms
- National Library Service of BarbadosNational Library Service of BarbadosThe National Library Service of Barbados is the government supported public-library service in the nation of Barbados. Headquartered in the capital-city Bridgetown, the main branch is found on Coleridge Street...
- Caribbean Examinations CouncilCaribbean Examinations CouncilThe Caribbean Examinations Council or CXC was established in 1972 under Agreement by the Participating Governments in the Area to conduct such examinations as it may think appropriate and award certificates and diplomas on the results of any such examinations so conducted...
(CXC)