CARICOM CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (CCDP)

National Census Report 2001, St. Vincent and the GrenadinesTable 4.6: Percentage of Persons Aged 15 Years or Older by Highest Level of EducationalAttainment and Age Group, 2001Highest Level of EducationAgeGroupTotalPrimaryGrades(1-3)PrimaryGrades(4-6)SecondaryPre-University/PostSecondaryUniversity Other NoneNotStatedTotal 73730 4150 39151 20852 5347 2090 265 726 1149% 100.0 5.63 53.10 28.28 7.25 2.83 0.36 0.98 1.5615-19 11289 1.64 33.37 55.43 6.03 0.28 0.58 0.57 2.1120-24 9712 2.43 41.99 40.48 10.53 2.00 0.68 0.69 1.2025-29 8511 2.87 46.25 37.50 7.73 3.24 0.59 0.54 1.2830-34 7682 3.79 51.68 30.17 8.32 3.62 0.26 0.62 1.5435-39 8077 3.84 59.01 23.31 8.36 3.17 0.16 0.66 1.5040-44 6703 4.30 59.11 21.20 8.92 4.10 0.30 0.70 1.3745-49 4732 5.35 63.99 15.38 7.95 4.97 0.27 0.72 1.3750-54 3737 7.57 67.73 9.77 6.48 5.57 0.08 0.80 2.0155-59 2788 10.94 68.94 7.57 5.74 4.38 0.11 1.15 1.1860-64 2746 15.37 67.12 6.05 4.22 3.02 0.11 2.22 1.8965-69 2555 14.76 70.61 5.52 3.29 2.23 0.12 2.23 1.2570-74 1954 17.66 67.86 5.12 2.41 2.41 0.05 2.81 1.6975-79 1517 18.59 67.96 4.88 1.65 0.99 0.13 4.22 1.5880-84 951 18.93 69.09 3.79 1.79 0.95 0.21 3.15 2.1085+ 776 19.20 68.30 3.74 0.77 0.39 0.13 4.90 2.584.5 Highest Examination PassedThe education system in St. Vincent and the Grenadines caters to standardised examinations atall levels of schooling. At the primary level, Grade Six students sit the Common EntranceExamination. Fifth Form students at the secondary school level sit CXC and GCE 'O' Levelexaminations, while Sixth Form students sit GCE 'A' Level examination. All of theseexaminations are administered at the regional or international level, the Common EntranceExamination in the OECS countries, CXC in CARICOM countries and GCE 'O' and 'A' Levels inBritish Commonwealth countries. In addition to these standardised examinations students also sitother examinations offered by the respective schools that issue Primary School Leaving50