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The 2014 Digest highlights data on student Enrolment, Dropouts, Repeaters and Graduates. AlsoThe 2014 Digest highlights data on student Enrolment, Dropouts, Repeaters and Graduates. Also included are data on teachers, local and regional examinations, education financing and student welfare programmes. Data collected are used to calculate indicators which are necessary to monitor progress towards various targets and goals including monitoring indicators for the 2009-2014 Education Sector Development Plan. These indicators are not only used by the Ministry of education and National Government but are also extensively used by regional and international agencies such as the OECS, World Bank and UNESCO in order to track and monitor progress in the education system towards targets and goals such as the Education for All (EFA) andMillennium Development Goals (MDG).