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The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is a twin island, parliamentary democracy located between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela. Colonized by the British in the nineteenth century, Trinidad and Tobago became independent of Britain on 31 August 1962. The country measures 5,128 square kilometers, its terrain primarily plains with some hills and low mountains. The clima…
Trinidad and Tobago is a parliamentary democracy whose constitution dates from 1 August 1976. The country's legal system is based on English common law. All Trinidadians and Tobagonians, women and men alike, are eligible to vote at age 18; men are considered fit for military service from age 15 through age 49. The country's chief of state is a president, elected to a five year term o…
In 1999 the adult literacy rate for Trinidad and Tobago was about 94 percent—95.4 percent for men 15 years of age or older and 91.7 percent for adult women. The Ministry of Education—comprised of an elaborate system of divisions, commissions, offices, centers, and units—is the principal government organ charged with overseeing the planning and implementation of education polic…
Gross enrollment ratios at the primary level of education were estimated to be 99 percent overall, 99 percent for boys, and 98 percent for girls in 1999. Nearly all schools at the primary level are publicly funded or subsidized. In 1992 the country had about 476 public schools and 54 private schools at the primary level. About 97 percent of the primary students enrolled in schooling in the country…
At the secondary education level, gross enrollment ratios at the end of the 1990s were 88 percent for both male and female students and net enrollment ratios were 72 percent for males and 75 percent for females. However, gender equity did not fully exist at the secondary level. A shortage of seats in secondary schools meant admission was dependent on the scores students earned from the primary exa…
The tertiary enrollment rate in Trinidad and Tobago is relatively low, despite the wide variety of programming that exists to serve the needs of students beyond the secondary level. In 1996 the gross enrollment ratio for higher education was only 8 percent (8 percent for males and 7 percent for females)—about 5,000 students in all. In 1995 only 4 percent of the country's population o…
Around the year 2000, secondary schooling and the needs and problems of youth in Trinidad and Tobago were drawing special attention from government officials and international development specialists. A Youth and Social Development project developed by the World Bank in collaboration with the Ministry of Education is designed to address the very serious problem of insufficient space at the seconda…
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about 6 years ago
Law is much more than rules. Breach thereof and sanction. Discuss
about 8 years ago
you need to be more specific about particular schools
over 11 years ago
What happend to the literacy rate information?