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National Census Report 2001, St. Vincent and the GrenadinesGovernment's policy on special education is to 'ensure that learning opportunities are madeaccessible to the broadest clientele, catering for varied learning abilities. These include highachievers, physically and mentally handicapped, and high risk children, (MECWA, 1995:14).There are two government-assisted special education schools, one each in Kingstown andGeorgetown, and a private school in North Grenadines that is managed by a non-profitorganization. The special education schools cater to children with mental and physicaldisabilities, hearing impairment and slow learners. These schools use the basic curriculum forprimary school and adapt them to the special needs of the students. Children with physicaldisabilities are integrated into the regular school system.4.3.5 Adult and Continuing EducationLess than one per cent of persons that attended school were in the adult and continuing educationprogrammes. Most of the 229 persons in this programme were from Calliaqua (64), Kingstown(37) and Kingstown Suburb (27), and the females were the majority (167), (Table 4.5).‘The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines considers education as a lifelong processand is, thus, committed to having a comprehensive and dynamic Adult and Continuing Educationprogramme where, parallel learning opportunities, outside the formal learning situation, will bemade accessible to all individuals,' (MECWA, 1995:15) The adult and continuing programmesinclude, literacy, CXC/GCE and vocational/technical. Data from the Ministry of Educationindicate that in 2000, 321 persons attended classes to prepare for CXC/GCE examinations and325 attended literacy programmes.4.4 Highest Level of Educational AttainmentThe majority (58.73 per cent) of the population 15 years or older attained a grade of six or lowerat the primary educational level, while 38.37 per cent has attained a secondary or highereducational level. A comparison by age group indicates that as the age increases the likelihood ofhaving attained a secondary education decreases. The 15-19 age category had the highestpercentage attaining secondary level education with 55.43 per cent while in the 20 to 24 age48
National Census Report 2001, St. Vincent and the Grenadinesgroup, 40.48 per cent attained secondary level education compared to 21.20 per cent of those inthe 40 to 44 age group and 6.04 per cent of those in the 60 to 64 age group (Table 4.6).Those in the 20 to 24 age group had the highest percentage (10.53) that attained preuniversity/postsecondary education, (Table 4.6). This age group alone accounted for the largestshare (19.13 per cent) of the population that attained pre-university education. There wereexceptions in seven of the administrative divisions where, most of the population that attainedpre-university education was in an older age group.Overall, the population in the 50 to 54 age group had the highest percentage (5.57) that attained auniversity education. However, the 30 to 34 age group accounted for the highest number ofthose with a university education. The figures 10 on university attainment by age group at theadministrative division level suggest that the population 40 to 60 years in most of the divisionshad more opportunities than any other age group to have furthered their education at theuniversity level.Nevertheless, opportunities for university studies have increased. As noted earlier, there is nouniversity in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and opportunities were limited to the UWI, anduniversities in the UK, USA and Canada. Now, there are additional opportunities to go touniversities in Cuba and in some European and Asian countries.10 Table is not available in the report49
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