Youth and Education in Haiti: Disincentives, Vulnerabilities and Constraints
Summary: Henriette Lunde's study for Fafo's Haiti Youth Project on why young Haitians do not stay in education, framed around disincentives, vulnerabilities and constraints rather than around access alone.
Key Findings
- Only 60 percent of children aged 6 to 11 are enrolled nationally.
- More than 90 percent of schools are non-public, most receiving no state support at all.
- Frames the problem as disincentives and constraints rather than access, which changes what a policy response would target.
Full Description
Henriette Lunde's study for Fafo's Haiti Youth Project on why young Haitians do not stay in education, framed around disincentives, vulnerabilities and constraints rather than around access alone. Its two structural figures explain most of the problem: enrolment is low and the system is almost entirely non-public and unsupported.
How to cite
Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies, 2008, Youth and Education in Haiti: Disincentives, Vulnerabilities and Constraints, accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/fafo-2008-youth-and-education-haiti