Education in
Anguilla
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is compulsory between the ages of 5 and 17.
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. ''2001 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor''. Bureau of International Labor Affairs
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, U.S. Department of Labor
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(2002). ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain
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. In 1998, the gross primary enrollment rate was 100.7 percent, and the net primary enrollment rate was 98.9 percent.
[ The government has collaborated with UNESCO to develop an Education for All plan that aims to raise educational achievement levels, improve access to quality special education services and provide human resource training for teachers and education managers.][
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Library
There is a single library, the Edison L. Hughes Education & Library Complex of the Anguilla Public Library.
Schools
Area churches operate the preschools. There are six government primary schools, one government secondary school, and two private schools.[Schools]
" Government of Anguilla. Retrieved on December 7, 2017.
Government primary schools:
*Alwyn Allison Primary School, West End
*Adrian T. Hazell Primary School, South Hill
*Orealia Kelly Primary School, Stoney Ground
*Valley Primary School, The Valley
*Morris Vanterpool Primary School, East End
*Vivian Vanterpool Primary School, Island Harbour
the government primary schools had about 1,460 students in total.[
Private schools:
*Central Christian School, The Valley
**It uses the Abeka curriculum and has preschool and primary school levels.
*Omololu International School, The Valley
**It was Anguilla's first private school, and opened in 1994 as the Teacher Gloria Omololu Institute. It adopted its current name on 1 April 2013. It uses the ]International Baccalaureate
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(IB) curriculum. The name "Omululu" means "Child of God" in the Yoruba language
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.
Colleges and universities
The Open Campus of the University of the West Indies has a site in Anguilla. It also has campuses in Barbados
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, Trinidad
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, and Jamaica
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. The government of Anguilla contributes financially to the UWI.
A branch of the Saint James School of Medicine
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was established in 2011 in Anguilla. It is a private
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, for-profit medical school headquartered in Park Ridge, Illinois
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.
See also
*List of schools in Anguilla
Anguilla ( ) is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin. The territo ...
*Saint James School of Medicine
Saint James School of Medicine (SJSM) is a private for-profit offshore medical school with two basic science campuses, one in British Overseas Territory of Anguilla, and the other in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, it is considered one ...
References
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