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Roco Jimnez Fernndez de Cabo
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Education system in Jamaica is modeled onthe British system.
Education is compulsory for ages 6 to 11. Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture
Rev Ronald Thwaites
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Total 88 %
Male 84,1 %
Female 91,5 %Primary 99 %
Literacy rate in
Jamaica
Literacy rate in Chile
88 % 98,6 %
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Early Childhood Education Primary Education
Secondary Education Tertiary Education
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Is concerned with the development ofchildren up to age 5.
Infant schools Infant departments in primary schools Nursery Kindergarten
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Addresses the basic educational needs ofstudents and prepares them for Secondary
Education. Children between the ages of 6 to 11. Compulsory and free. Grade Six Achievement Test at the end of
Grade 6.
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Grade Examinations
Grade 1 Readness Inventory
Grade 3 Assessment Test in Math and Language
Grade 4 Literacy Test
Grade 6 Achievement Test in Math, Language, SocialStudies, Science and Communication Task. (GSAT)
At the end of Grade 6, the students make a list of 5 schools theywish to attend, and based on their results from the GSAT they
are placed on a school from their list.
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Lower School Grades 7-9 (Forms 1-3) Spanish and French as second languages.
At Grade 9 they begin to take Biology, Chemistry and Physics
individually. Upper School Grades 10-11 (Forms 4-5)
Students are free to create their own curricula which mustinclude Math and English.
They can choose from 6 to 10 subjects.
Other subjects include: History, Geography, Agriculturalscience, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Spanish, French,Accounting, Principles of Business, Information Technology,Religious Education, Technical Drawing, Art, Theater Arts andabout 21 others.
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Is offered to students at grades seven toeleven, in the areas of craft, arts, agriculture,
business, home economics and industrialarts.
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Is an optional, two years long, advanced postsecondary program, at the end of which
students write the CAPE (CaribbeanAdvanced Proficiency Exams).
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Is provided through five universities and avariety of community colleges.
Universities are typically the only degreegranting institutions. The main accreditation body is
University Council of Jamaica.
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Although there have been significantadvances in education in Jamaica, the
existing systems continue to face severeshort- comings. Underprivileged children in rural and poor
urban areas particularly suffer from unequalaccess to quality education.
The attendance rates are low which leads tounderachievement.