Description

Data presented in this digest is based on submissions education institutions in response to the 2012/13 academic data presented in this digest is based on submissions education institutions in response to the 2012/13 academic year annual schools’ questionnaire which was submitted to the respective Ministry of Education from the early childhood to tertiary level of education to the OECS Commission. The data collected are used to calculate indicators necessary to track and monitor progress towards the attainment of targets and goals in the OECS Education sector strategy (OESS), Education For All (EFA) and Millennium Development Goals (MDG).

The preliminary chapters of the Digest provide brief details on country demographics and pictorial representations preliminary chapters of the Digest provide brief details on country demographics and pictorial representation of the general structure of education systems in the OECS. The other chapters detail the number of Institutions, information on leaders and teachers, data on student enrolment, a look at the internal efficiency of the systems, system outputs – specifically examination results – and some information on financing education.