Education in Dominica is compulsory from ages 5 to 16."Dominica"
. ''2001 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor''. Bureau of International Labor Affairs,

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

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''. The gross primary enrollment rate was 100.4 percent in 1991 and 98.2 percent in 1998, and the net primary enrollment rate was 88.7 percent in 1991 and 88.8 percent in 1998. Primary school attendance rates were unavailable for Dominica as of 2001. Poor physical conditions in many primary schools affect the quality of education, while some schools are overcrowded, limiting access to primary education, particularly for children living in urban areas around the capital. Poverty and work on family banana farms during the harvest season can affect school attendance, but other employment does not pull minors out of school. There is a significant Carib Indian population in Dominica, and schools on the

Carib Territory The Kalinago Territory, previously known as the Carib Reserve or Carib Territory, is a district in the Caribbean island-nation of Dominica. It was established for the indigenous Kalinago people who inhabited the region prior to European coloniz ...

are reported to have fewer resources. Tertiary-level educations institutions include Dominica State College"Accredited Institutions"
National Accreditation Board of Dominica (2016). , the

University of the West Indies Open Campus The University of the West Indies Open Campus (UWIOC) is a public and distance only, research university headquartered Cave Hill, Barbados. It is one of 5 general autonomous units of the University of the West Indies system. Its main campus is ...

All Saints University School of Medicine All Saints University School of Medicine, Dominica (ASUDOM) is a private medical school located in the Caribbean. The schools' campus is in Roseau, Dominica, and is administered from Toronto, Ontario. There is also an office in Chicago, Illinois. ...

International University for Graduate Studies International University for Graduate Studies is a private university in Portsmouth, Dominica Portsmouth is the second largest town in Dominica, with 2,977 inhabitants.Commonwealth of Dominica, ''Population and Housing Census — 2001''. Roseau, ...

New World University New World University is a private university in Roseau, Dominica. It offers a one-year undergraduate certificate, a two-year undergraduate diploma, and a three years Bachelor of Science A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Lati ...

,"Our History"
New World University (2016). and

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. The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) finds that Dominica is fulfilling only 89.6% of what it should be fulfilling for the

right to education The right to education has been recognized as a human right in a number of international conventions, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which recognizes a right to free, compulsory primary education for ...

based on the country's level of income. HRMI breaks down the right to education by looking at the rights to both primary education and secondary education. While taking into consideration Dominica's income level, the nation is achieving 89.1% of what should be possible based on its resources (income) for primary education and 90.2% for secondary education.

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