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Education Today

Educational Structure â€‹

 

  • Preschool

  • 1st, 2nd, and 3rd cycles

  • secondary education

  • technical education

  • university 

 

 

Children â€‹

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50% of children do not attend school (World Bank 2013)

 

60% of children abandon school by 6th grade (UNICEF 2008) 

Literacy Rates​

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The average literacy rate for Latin American and Caribbean developing countries is 92%

 

However, Haiti's literacy rate is only 60.7%

Curriculum and Evaluation 

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It is difficult for Haiti to have a national curriculum or evaluate the quality of education, since a majority of the schools are private and not regulated by the government. 

Regional and Internationl Organizations​

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90% of primary schools are non-public and are managed by NGO's, religious organizations, or community organizations (USAID 2007) 

Sources

 

Haiti Partners. (2015). Haiti by the numbers. Retrieved from: http://haitipartners.org/about-us/haiti-statistics/.

 

 

Teacher Training

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80% of teachers have not received per-service training (USAID 2015)

 

50% of public school teachers lack basic qualifications (USAID 2015) 

 

 

 

 

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