Education in Barbados

Education in Barbados
Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training [1]

Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training		Hon. Kay McConney MP
National education budget (2015–16)
BudgetBDS$489,608,238[1][2][3]
General details
Primary languagesEnglish
System typeNational
Compulsory education1890 (Education Act of 1890)
Literacy (2014[4])
Total99.6
Male99
Female99.6
Enrollment (2015-16)
Total46 812
Primary20 148
Secondary20 370
Post secondary13 420+[5]
Attainment
Secondary diploman/a
Post-secondary diploman/a
Total enrolment includes pre-primary and special education.
In the foreground there is a large building with red roofs. There are trees surrounding the it. The sky is blue with some white clouds.
The Elsie Payne Complex at the Barbadian Ministry of Education.

Education in Barbados is based primarily on the British model.

  1. ^ Government of Barbados Information Network: $1/2 BILLION SPENT ON EDUCATION[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Bend, Katrina (2008-12-13). "Edu-upgrade on the cards". Nation Newspaper. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2009. Thompson noted $1/2 billion is spent on education in Barbados each year and government wants to increase and update this field as a tool for the country's development of Barbados. "We spend in Barbados, a 1/2 billion dollars a year on education, therefore we want to make sure that the money does not prevent any child in our country from realising his or her potential. "Every child in Barbados has access to primary, secondary and tertiary education. The participation rate at the first two levels, that is primary and secondary, is 100 per cent, while enrolment in tertiary institution is about a quarter per cent." Thompson said the overall effect of the country's investment in education is at a general standard, but it has improve significantly.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference EducationStats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Estimate for Barbados, from [2], CIA World Factbook
  5. ^ "About the Ministry". Ministry of Education, Youth Affairs & Sports, Barbados. c. 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-03-07. Retrieved 2009-02-09.