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U.S. Ambassador John D. Rood reading to students at Woodcock Primary School in Nassau. Education in the Bahamas is compulsory between the ages of 5 and 16. [1] As of 2003, the school attendance rate was 92% and the literacy rate was 95.5%. [1] The government fully operates 158 of the 210 primary and secondary schools in the Bahamas. [1]
The Ministry of Education and Technical and Vocational Training is a government ministry of the Bahamas responsible for public education.
Preparatory year: It is also an integral part of basic education but it is not compulsory. It is supervised by the Ministry of Education and is provided in public, private and quasi-public primary schools 9 years of basic education are compulsory. Kindergarten (optional): 5–6 years; 1st grade: 6–7 years; 2nd grade: 7–8 years; 3rd grade: 8 ...
An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Public Education, and the head of such an agency may be a minister of education or secretary of education.
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International schools in the Bahamas (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Schools in the Bahamas" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Students nationwide wore blue shirts until 2017 when the Ministry of Education introduced a colour-coded system of polo shirts based upon a school's geographical location: [87] Central Cibao: burgundy; Northern Cibao: golden yellow; South Region: turquoise blue; East Region: green; Greater Santo Domingo: royal blue [88]
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is an examination board in the Caribbean. [1] It was established in 1972 [2] under agreement by the participating governments in the Caribbean Community to conduct such examinations as it may think appropriate and award certificates and diplomas on the results of any such examinations so conducted.