Browsing by Author "Barbados. Ministry of Education and Culture"

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    Improvement of the organization and management of education systems as a means of raising efficiency in order to extend the right to education
    Barbados. Ministry of Education and Culture;
    Official reply from Barbados for 1979 ICE on educational organization and the right to education. The educational system is structured in tiers and education is free from pre-primary to university level. The educational management system is largely centralized; there are no specific courses in educational administration. The major problems to be solved were the lack of financial resources, the uneconomical use of existing school buildings and the shortage of qualified teaching staff. In addition to the extension of the school attendance age and the provision of more places for secondary education, certain ancillary services were provided which removed social and economic barriers
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    Special education in Barbados
    (Sep. 1985) Barbados. Ministry of Education and Culture;
    This report describes the provision of special education in Barbados under the following headings: 1) Legislation, 2) Support for private institutions, 3) Education for the mentally retarded, 4) Education for the deaf and blind, 5) Vocational skills training for the mentally retarded, and 6) Pupil/teacher ratio