Education Encyclopedia - StateUniversity.com :: Global Education Reference :: Anguilla - History Background, Constitutional Legal Foundations, Educational System—overview, Preprimary Primary Education, Secondary Education - HIGHER EDUCATION, NONFORMAL EDUCATION
 

Anguilla - Summary


Increase Your Salary, Get Your Degree In Your Spare Time
FREE Application to University of Phoenix for a Limited Time - Apply Here

With a literacy rate of 95 percent, the Anguillan education system is successful. However, rather than remain at that level, the education system continues to move forward. This forward movement has been greatly impacted by innovations in technology and communications. Until 1971, the island had no system of telecommunications. By 2000, the country had a digital telephone exchange, national paging service, cellular telephone service, voice-mail, e-mail, and Internet access.

In addition to technological advances, Anguilla has begun to use other educational innovations. The Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination is being tested on a pilot basis as a possible replacement for the Cambridge A Level examination. In 1998, Anguilla became the first Caribbean country to introduce Reading Recovery, a school-based intervention for literacy problems, in its primary school system. In 1992, a "Test of Standards" was implemented for grades three, five, and six to set performance norms.

Many reforms and improvements are under way in Anguilla because the government recognizes the deficiencies in its educational system. The inhabitants must continue to work diligently to modernize the education system that serves as a vital component of the country's efforts to improve the quality of life for its citizens.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bonk, Mary Rose, ed. Worldmark Yearbook 2000. Detroit: Gale Group, 2000.

"Bootcamp 2000." Anguilla Library Computer Club, 12 February 2001. Available from http://www.computerclub.ai/.


Cable & Wireless. "History of Cable and Wireless Anguilla," 2000. Available from http://www.anguillanet.com/.


Carter, Tara. "School Exams in Anguilla." Bob Green's Anguilla News, 1998. Available from http://www.news.ai/ref/schoolexams.html.

Cashmore, Ross, and Estelle Cashmore. "Reading Recovery in Anguilla." Bob Green's Anguilla News, 1998. Available from http://www.news.ai/ref/reading.html.

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The World Factbook 2000. Directorate of Intelligence, 1 January 2000. Available from http://www.cia.gov/.

KPMG (Anguilla) Corporate Services LLC. "About Anguilla," 1999. Available from http://www.kpmg.ai/.

Pan American Health Organization. "Anguilla: Basic Country Health Profiles, Summaries," 1999. Available from http://www.paho.org/.

UNESCO. EFA 2000 Assessment: Country Reports-Anguilla, 2001. Available from http://www2.unesco./org/wef.


—Linda K. Clemmer

University of Phoenix
[back] Anguilla - Teaching Profession

User Comments Add a comment…