Universal Secondary Education (USE) in Guyana

In 2002, Guyana adopted a broadly-based five year plan (2003-2007) to achieve universal secondary education (USE), with a strategy to convert secondary classes in primary schools and grade 7-10 community high schools into General Secondary Schools (GSS) in which all students could present for the Caribbean Examination Certificate (CXC) or an alternative competency-based Certificate. Current status of secondary education (chapter one) summarizes the performance of public schools in Guyana against the Ministry of Education (MOE) policy on universal secondary education (2002), trends evident in the annual statistical digests, and the broad issues presented to Senior MOE officers on 13 December and to the Minister on 19 December 2007. Improving secondary student participation (chapter two) examines national and regional trends in population, enrollment, low levels of apparent transition from primary to secondary schools, poor secondary school entry examination (SSEE) results and issues related to the "size" of secondary schools. Upgrading and qualifying teachers (chapter three) identifies small school enrollment issues in earlier chapters with the enrollment required to offer a viable secondary curriculum, improve teacher qualification/training and reduce attrition rates. Student learning outcomes (chapter four) links poor student attendance, poor primary (SSEE) examination outcomes, limited secondary curriculum offerings, low rates of survival from grade 7 to grade 11 to the reported CXC results for Guyana. Schools and infrastructure (chapter five) presents the assessment that low student "demand" and a shortage of qualified teachers prevents Guyana achieving USE. Increasing the "supply" of secondary school places would not achieve USE unless other investments are made to improve the pool of suitably qualified students. Secondary education resources and budgets (chapter six) reviews education expenditure as aproportion of budget and the salary/non-salary recurrent expenditure for primary ("Tops") and secondary schools.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2008-06
Subjects:	ACADEMIC YEAR, ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION, ATTENDANCE RATES, AVERAGE ATTENDANCE, AVERAGE ENROLLMENT, BASIC EDUCATION, BOARDING, BOARDING FACILITIES, CAPITAL FUNDING, CLASS SIZE, CLASSROOMS, COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION, COMPLETION RATES, COSTS OF EDUCATION, CURRICULA, CURRICULUM, CURRICULUM REFORMS, EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS, EDUCATION EXPENDITURE, EDUCATION FINANCE, EDUCATION FOR ALL, EDUCATION GOALS, EDUCATION POLICY, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION STRATEGIES, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATION SYSTEMS, EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS, EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, ELEMENTS, EMPLOYMENT, ENROLLMENT, ENROLLMENT BY AGE, ENROLLMENT RATE, ENROLLMENT RATES, ENROLMENT RATE, ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, EXAM, EXAMINATION COMMISSION, EXAMS, FEMALE RATES, FEMALE STUDENTS, FEMALE TEACHERS, FORMAL TEACHING, GENDER DIFFERENCES, GENERAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS, GER, GIRLS, GRADE ENROLLMENT, GRADE REPETITION, GROSS ENROLLMENT, GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE, GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES, HIGH RATES OF REPETITION, HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, HIGH SCHOOLS, INDUSTRIAL TRAINING, INSTRUCTION, LEARNERS, LEARNING OUTCOMES, LEARNING · · COMPETENCIES, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LITERACY, MINISTER FOR EDUCATION, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, NER, NET ENROLLMENT, NEW ENTRANTS, NUMBER OF SCHOOLS, NUMBER OF STUDENTS, NUMERACY, NURSERY SCHOOLS, OLD STUDENTS, OLDER CHILDREN, PARTICIPATION RATES, PERFORMANCE IN MATH, PRIMARY COMPLETION, PRIMARY COMPLETION RATE, PRIMARY COMPLETION RATES, PRIMARY EDUCATION OUTCOMES, PRIMARY EDUCATION QUALITY, PRIMARY EDUCATION UNIVERSAL, PRIMARY ENROLLMENT, PRIMARY ENROLLMENTS, PRIMARY GRADE, PRIMARY GRADES, PRIMARY NET ENROLLMENT RATE, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOL GRADUATES, PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVERS, PRIMARY SCHOOL OUTCOMES, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PRIMARY STUDENT, PRIMARY STUDENTS, PRIMARY TEACHER, PRIMARY TEACHERS, PRIVATE SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOL SECTOR, PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC EDUCATION, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC SCHOOL, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS, QUALIFIED STUDENTS, QUALIFIED TEACHERS, QUALITY LEARNING, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, QUALITY OF TEACHING, QUALITY PRIMARY EDUCATION, QUALITY SECONDARY EDUCATION, READING, RECURRENT EXPENDITURE, REGIONAL EDUCATION, RELUCTANT LEARNERS, REPETITION RATES, RESOURCES PER STUDENT, RETENTION OF STUDENTS, RURAL AREAS, RURAL SCHOOLS, SCHOOL AGE POPULATION, SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION, SCHOOL DATA, SCHOOL ENTRY, SCHOOL FACILITIES, SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT, SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, SCHOOL LEAVERS, SCHOOL PLACES, SCHOOL SIZE, SCHOOL SYSTEM, SCHOOL SYSTEMS, SCHOOL TYPES, SCHOOL YEAR, SCHOOL-AGE, SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SECONDARY CLASSES, SECONDARY CURRICULUM, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAM, SECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEM, SECONDARY ENROLLMENT, SECONDARY ENROLLMENTS, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOL AGE, SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, SECONDARY SCHOOL LEAVERS, SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, SECONDARY SCHOOLING, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SECONDARY STUDENTS, SECONDARY TEACHERS, SMALL SCHOOL, SMALL SCHOOLS, STUDENT ATTENDANCE, STUDENT ENROLLMENT, STUDENT LEARNING, STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES, STUDENT LEARNING TIME, STUDENT OUTCOMES, STUDENT PARTICIPATION, STUDENT PERFORMANCE, STUDENT PROGRESS, STUDENTS PER TEACHER, SUBJECTS, SUPPLY OF TEACHERS, TEACHER, TEACHER COMPETENCY, TEACHER EDUCATION, TEACHER KNOWLEDGE, TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS, TEACHER RATIOS, TEACHER SUPPLY, TEACHER TRAINING, TEACHER TRAINING CURRICULUM, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING RESOURCES, TECHNICAL EDUCATION, TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, TEXTBOOKS, TRAINING CENTERS, UNIVERSAL ACCESS, UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO SECONDARY EDUCATION, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, UNIVERSAL SECONDARY EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY DEGREE, UNTRAINED TEACHERS, UPE, UPPER SECONDARY, URBAN SCHOOLS, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/12086272/universal-secondary-education-use-guyana https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12327
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