The Problem of Over-Age Students in the Haitian Education System: An Overview
- According to statistics gathered between 1994 and 1998, over-age students represent almost 50% of the school population in the first two cycles of primary education.
- The ministry describes the phenomenon as a major source of concern and a serious handicap to improving the education system.
- The National Education and Training Plan of 1995 set four objectives for a 10-year period: quality, external efficiency, access and governance.
- The monograph is presented as a prelude to a more thorough study of the determinants of the phenomenon under the Basic Education Project.
This monograph was prepared by an ad hoc group of technical staff of the Directorate of Planning and External Cooperation of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and published by UNESCO's Caribbean office in 2000. It is a brief description of the problem of over-age pupils, offered as a prelude to a fuller study under the Basic Education Project. It places the problem within the 1982 Bernard Reform, the post-1986 crisis and the 1995 National Education and Training Plan, and uses statistics from the ministry and the Haitian Institute of Statistics for 1993/94 to 1997/98.
The introduction reports that over-age students make up almost 50% of the school population in the first two cycles of primary education. The text then traces how the phenomenon emerged and describes its effects on the working of the education system.
How to cite
Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports (MENJS); United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 2000, The Problem of Over-Age Students in the Haitian Education System: An Overview, accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/menjs-2000-over-age-students-efa-caribbean
- Rights holder
- Ministère de l'Éducation Nationale, de la Jeunesse et des Sports (MENJS)|United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)