Secondary Education in the Caribbean

Many Caribbean countries are currently expanding access to secondary education. This will contribute to a more educated and productive populace and lower poverty. In the expansion, the governments face several major challenges within diverse areas, such as financing, quality, teacher motivation and remuneration, student support, information management systems, school construction, etc. To overcome these challenges, the World Bank assists the governments of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and Jamaica through two projects: OECS Education Development Project and Jamaica Reform of Secondary Education project. As part of the project preparations, the Japan Policy and Human Resources Development Fund financed through the World Bank a set of studies in order to support the design of strategic and high-impact projects. These studies are shared below in order for the documents and experience to benefit other countries facing similar challenges.

Jamaica

   The Use of Technology to Improve Teacher Education in Jamaica
   Impact of Cost-Sharing in Secondary Education
   Alternative Formulas for Funding Jamaica's High School
   National and Regional Secondary Level Examinations and the Reform of Secondary Education
   The Restructuring of the Teachers' Salary Scale and the Implications for Pensions


Grenada

  Youth at Risk /Poverty Assistance Programme
  Education Management Information System
  Teacher training
   Proposal for a National Curriculum Policy

Guyana

  Secondary School Reform Project

St. Vincent

 The Transition from Secondary School to Work: An Empirical Investigation for St. Vincent

Region-wide

 Rethinking the Caribbean Education System
This presentation outlines challenges of the Caribbean education system which tries to integrate into global knowledge economy.

* The papers carry the name of authors and should be used and cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions are the authors' own and should not be attributed to the World Bank, its Executive Board of Directors, or any of its member countries.

Useful links:

 World Bank's Organization of Eastern Caribbean States page
 World Bank's Jamaica country page
 Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
 Jamaica: Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture

All publications

  By country
  By topic

  All Education documents and reports
  Informal publications

See also the World Bank's stretegy for secondary education.