Education in Antigua and Barbuda is compulsory and free for children between the ages of 5 and 16 years.
. ''2001 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor''.

Bureau of International Labor Affairs The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) is an operating unit of the United States Department of Labor which manages the department's international responsibilities. According to its mission statement: ''“The Bureau of International La ...

U.S. Department of Labor The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It is responsible for the administration of federal laws governing occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, unemploym ...

(2002). ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the

public domain The public domain (PD) consists of all the creative work A creative work is a manifestation of creative effort including fine artwork (sculpture, paintings, drawing, sketching, performance art), dance, writing (literature), filmmaking, ...

.'' The system of education in

Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda (, ) is a sovereign country in the West Indies. It lies at the juncture of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the Leeward Islands part of the Lesser Antilles, at 17°N latitude. The country consists of two maj ...

is based on the British educational system. The school year begins in September and ends in June of the following year. In order to ensure that all costs related to schooling are covered by the government, there is an education levy on all basic wages in Antigua and Barbuda, with the funds used toward such costs as supplies, transportation, and school infrastructure maintenance. Aid to Basic Education, the amount of bilateral and multilateral aid contributed or received by Antigua and Barbuda

Aid to Basic Education, the amount of bilateral and multilateral aid contributed or received by Antigua and Barbuda

In 1972, the technical and teacher’s training colleges merged and formed the

Antigua State College Antigua State College is a public tertiary institution in Antigua and Barbuda, with 1,000 students enrolled in several programs. The college consists of several departments such as the Advanced Level, Department of business, engineering, depart ...

. Additional training options outside of university are offered at the Antigua and Barbuda Institute of Information Technology (ABIIT) and the Antigua and Barbuda Hospitality Training Institute (ABHTI). In 2019, the

University of the West Indies The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies, is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 17 English-speaking countries and territories in th ...

opened its fifth campus overall (and fourth physical campus) in Five Islands. The country was previously served solely by the

Open Campus. The government of Antigua and Barbuda contributes financially to the UWI. The island of Antigua currently has three foreign-owned for-profit offshore medical schools. The island's medical schools cater mostly to foreign students but contribute to the local economy and health care. The three schools are: * The

American University of Antigua American University of Antigua (AUA) is a private, international medical school located in Antigua and Barbuda. History AUA was co-founded by Neal S. Simon, a lawyer and former president of Ross University School of Medicine, Ross Universit ...

(AUA), founded in 2004 * The

University of Health Sciences Antigua The University of Health Sciences Antigua (UHSA) is a private, for-profit medical and nursing school located in Dow's Hill near Falmouth, Antigua, in the Caribbean. UHSA confers upon its graduates the Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Bachelor of ...

(UHSA), founded in 1982 * The Metropolitan University College of Medicine. Those interested in higher education also enrol at schools in the United States, Europe and Canada. The

adult literacy rate Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in Writing, written form in some specific context of use. In other wo ...

is approximately 99%.

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Antigua and Barbuda
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