CARICOM CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (CCDP)

National Census Report 2001, St. Vincent and the GrenadinesFirst Form and by the time they reached Fifth Form the number of males per 100 females haddropped to 69. A general recommendation is that much more effort is required to increase theattendance of males in secondary schools and to develop assistance programmes that wouldenable them to complete their course of study.Table 4.5: School Attendance (5 years and over) by Type of School and AdministrativeDivision, 2001AdministrativeDivisionPre-schoolSpecialEducationPrimarySecondaryType of SchoolSixth FormProfessional/TechnicalUniversityAdultEducationTotal 144 106 18 568 7 290 480 838 528 229 2 5 28 190Kingstown 19 18 1995 991 105 165 105 37 1 2 3 438KingstownSuburb 25 18 2 509 809 53 88 55 27 - 1 3 585Calliaqua 20 23 3 386 1 590 145 222 217 64 - - 5 667Marriaqua 8 3 1 443 619 41 64 44 18 - 1 2 241Bridgetown 6 4 1 218 496 28 40 19 16 - 1 1 828Colonarie 14 6 1 476 488 28 42 12 11 - - 2 077Georgetown 11 11 1 438 443 25 27 13 6 - - 1 974Sandy Bay 3 - 472 130 1 13 1 6 - - 626Layou 7 6 1 125 436 21 52 24 9 - - 1 680Barrouallie 10 2 1 094 337 11 64 14 12 - - 1 544Chateaubelair 4 1 251 434 14 34 10 11 1 - 1 759North Grenadines 11 15 679 329 6 15 9 8 - - 1 072South Grenadines 6 - 482 188 2 12 5 4 - - 699OtherNot StatedTotalNote: In table 4.5, primary total (i.e. 18,568) is different from the primary total given in tab. 4.3 (i.e. 18,807).4.3.3 Post Secondary EducationThere are five educational institutions in St. Vincent and the Grenadines that operate at the postsecondarylevel (MEYS, 2004). These include the Community College, the Technical College,the Teachers' College, the Nursing School and the Layou Trade School. The governmentprovides free tuition to qualified graduates from all the secondary schools that enter St. Vincentand the Grenadines Community College, where they prepare for 'A' Level examinations.46