Early Childhood Education (Day Care Centres) Table 1: Number of Children enrolled in Day Care Centres by Gender and Age in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Age in Years Boys Girls Total 0 - 2 134 123 257 2 110 87 197 3 190 189 379 4 170 171 341 5 and over 65 86 151 Total 669 656 1325 Table 2: Percentage Share of Boys and Girls Enrolled in Day Care Centres by Age in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Age in Years Enrolment % of Boys % of Girls 0 - 2 257 52.1 48.0 2 197 55.8 44.0 3 379 50.1 50.0 4 341 49.9 50.0 5 and over 151 43.0 57.0 Total 1325 50.5 50.0 Note: Day Care centres are registered under the Ministry of Community Development. However since these Day Care centres also cater for children of pre-school age, 3 - 5, they are also visited by and some cases registered under the Pre-School Services section of the Ministry of Education Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 1 Early Childhood Education (Day Care Centres) Table 3: Day Care Centres Ranked According to Size (Enrolment) in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Government Day Care Centers Enrolment La Ressource 97 Dennery 64 Babonneau 61 Fond Assau 49 Millet 47 Ti Rocher Cas) 46 Coolie Town 46 Labayee 44 La Guerre 43 Marigot 40 Cul-de-sac 40 Gadette 40 Ciceron 39 Fond St. Jacques 39 Desruisseaux 38 Mirja Sachs 31 New Frontiere 15 Ti Rocher 6 Sub Total 785 Private Day Care Centers Enrolment St. Helen's 147 First Step 53 Jacmel 46 Light Bearer 44 Kids' Care Kindergarten 42 Corpus Christi 39 Careralot 25 Salvation Army 24 Little Light 23 F & C Private 19 Cecilias 18 Leober's 17 Mount Zion 16 Baby Love 16 Aunty Genny's 11 Sub Total 540 Grand Total 1325 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 2 Early Childhood Education (Day Care Centres) Table 4 : Day Care Centres Ranked According to Child/Care Giver Ratio in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Government Day Care Centers Number of Care Givers Child/Care Giver Ratio Millet 2 24 Ti Rocher Cas) 2 23 La Guerre 2 22 Marigot 2 20 Desruisseaux 2 19 Fond Assau 3 16 Labayee 3 15 Coolie Town 3 15 Babonneau 4 15 La Ressource 7 14 Gadette 3 13 Dennery 6 11 Ciceron 4 10 Mirja Sachs 3 10 Cul-de-sac 4 10 Fond St. Jacques 4 10 Ti Roche' 1 6 New Frontiere 3 5 Sub Total 58 14 Private Day Care Centers Number of Care Givers Child/Care Giver Ratio Salvation Army 1 24 St. Helen's 8 18 Baby Love 1 16 Jacmel 3 15 Corpus Christi 3 13 Careralot 2 13 Light Bearer 4 11 Aunty Genny's 1 11 F & C Private 2 10 Cecilias 2 9 Leober's 2 9 Mount Zion 2 8 Little Light 3 8 Kids' Care Kindergarten 5 8 First Step 10 5 Sub Total 49 11 Grand Total 107 12 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 3 Early Childhood Education (Pre-School Centres) Table 5 : Changes in Average Size, Child/Teacher Ratio and Number of Teachers per Pre-School Centre in St. Lucia, 1993/94 - 1999/00 No. of Average No Pre-School No. of Average size Child/Teacher of Teachers Year Centres Enrolment Teachers Ratio per Centre 1993/94 115 4956 327 43 15 3 1994/95 109 4826 322 44 15 3 1995/96 134 5759 399 43 14 3 1996/97 137 5396 423 39 13 3 1997/98 136 5539 434 41 13 3 1998/99 158 5582 467 35 12 3 1999/00 105 4288 325 41 13 3 Note: For 1999/00, Day Care Figures were excluded from totals. Figure 1: Growth of Enrolment in Pre-School Centres in St. Lucia,1993/94 to 1999/00 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 /943 /95 99 4 6 1 99 95 /9 6/9 7 /981 19 9 99 97 8/9 /001 19 919 99 9 Year 1 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 4 Enrolment Early Childhood Education (Pre-School Centres) Table 6: Total Number of Children enrolled in Pre-School Centres by Gender and Age in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Age in Years Boys Girls Total 0 - 2 82 91 173 2 285 311 596 3 718 727 1445 4 944 933 1877 5 and over 113 84 197 Total 2142 2146 4288 Table 7: Percentage Share of Boys and Girls Enrolled in Pre-School Centres by Age in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Age in Years Enrolment % of Boys % of Girls 0 - 2 173 47 53 2 596 48 52 3 1445 50 50 4 1877 50 50 5 and over 197 57 43 Total 4288 50 50 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 5 Early Childhood Education (Pre-School Centres) Table 8: Pre-School Centres Ranked According to Size (Enrolment) in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Centres with 15 or < Total Centres with 16 to 30 children Total children Enrolment (continued) Enrolment Little Learners 7 Easy Going 28 New Hope 8 B-Win's 28 Nature 8 Faux A Chaux 29 Mount Zion 10 Happy Josephine's 29 Lucia's 11 Tiny Tots 29 Boguis 11 Sarrot 29 Delta 12 Lucky Kids 30 First Baptist 12 Precious Moments 30 Dierre Morne 12 B's 30 Tender Years 15 Liberty 15 Berna's 15 Total Centres with 31 to 45 children Enrolment Centres with 16 to 30 Total Mongouge Community 31 children Enrolment Laborie 32 Christine 16 Little Ambassadors 32 Julietta's 16 Children Wonderland 32 New Beginning 17 Black Bay 33 Kids Corner 17 Janice 34 Fond St. Jacques SDA 17 Catherine's 34 St. Theresa's 18 Easy Learning 34 La Caye 19 Millet 34 La Resource 20 Juliana's 34 Tapion 20 Bonne Terre 35 Jolly Tots 20 Pierrot 35 Barre Denis 21 Patience 35 Victoria 22 Kids Treasure 36 Happy Moments 22 SDA 36 Balata 22 Kid's Care 36 Gems 23 Ti Rocher 37 Cacoa Giraud 23 Sunshine Hills 37 Grande Ravine 24 Alphabet Land 38 Sunshine 24 ABC 38 Rainbow Gardens 25 Aunty Genny 38 Canaries SDA 26 Corpus Christi 40 Tiny Hands 27 Young Learners 41 Leslie Land 27 God Is Love 41 Deliverance Baptist 27 Aunty Pinky 42 Thomazo Adventure 28 Happy Vale 42 Thomazo 44 Table 8 continues on the next page Creative Kids 45 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 6 Early Childhood Education (Pre-School Centres) Table 8: Pre-School Centres Ranked According to Size (Enrolment) in St. Lucia, 1999/00 (continued) Total Total Centres with 46 to 60 children Enrolment Centres with > 60 children Enrolment St. Anthony 46 Serve's 64 Banse 46 Smith's 67 Bridgette 47 H.E.D.E.C. 86 Faulkners 48 Lions 96 Kiddies Creative 48 St. Helen 103 Nica 49 Dennery Community 108 Happy Tots 50 Grow Education 112 Tomorrow's Children 50 St.Joseph's Convent 162 Sharon 51 Wee Wisdom 191 Gros Islet 51 St. Jude's 200 Sure Start 52 Morne Tender Care 52 Candle Light 52 Grand Total 4288 Early Learning 54 Micoud 55 Eagle's Nest 55 ABC Funhouse 55 Lera 56 Reunion 58 James 59 Kiddies Adventure 60 Creative Land 60 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 7 Early Childhood Education (Pre-School Centres) Table 9 : Pre-School Centres Ranked According to Size(Enrolment) Within Pre-School Districts, 1999/00 Castries and its Environs Enrolment Soufriere Enrolment Wee Wisdom Montessori 191 Grow Education 112 St.Joseph's Convent 162 Soufriere SDA 36 St. Helen's 103 Little Ambassadors 32 H.E.C.D.E.C 86 Fond St. Jacques SDA 17 Serve's 64 Average Enrolment 49 Kiddies Adventure Kindergarten 60 Lera 56 Early Learning 54 Sure Start 52 Choiseul Enrolment Morne Tender Care 52 Reunion 58 Sharon's 51 Juliana's 34 Tomorrows Children 50 Mongouge 31 Happy Tots 50 Victoria 22 Nica's Early Education Centre 49 Average Enrolment 36 Faulkner's 48 St.Anthony's 46 Creative Kids 45 Laborie Enrolment Aunty Pinky's Montessori 42 Kiddies Creative 48 Happy Vale Montessori 42 Banse La Grace 46 Young Learners 41 Laborie Community 32 Corpus Christi 40 Lucky Kids(Giraud) 30 Alphabet Land 38 St. Theresa's 18 Kids Treasure Gospel Kindergarten 36 New Beginning 17 Millet 34 Average Enrolment 32 Janice Memorial Learning Centre 34 Children Wonderland 32 Precious Moments 30 Vieux-Fort Enrolment Faux-A-Chaux Community 29 St.Jude's 200 Tiny Hands 27 Lions 96 Leslie Land 27 A.B.C Funhouse 55 Deliverance Baptiste Church 27 Aunty Genny 38 Rainbow Gardens 25 Pierrot 35 Happy Moments 22 The Easy Learning 34 Jolly Tots 20 Black Bay 33 Tapion 20 B-Win's 28 Christine's 16 Sunshine 24 Julietta's 16 La Resource 20 Tender Years 15 Diere Morne 12 First Baptist Church 12 New Hope 8 Delta's 12 Average Enrolment 49 Mount Zion Creche 10 Average Enrolment 46 Table 11 continues on the next page Note : Districts used for Pre-Schools are not the same as the Education Districts used for Primary Schools. Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 8 Early Childhood Education (Pre-School Centres) Table 9 : Pre-School Centres Ranked According to Size(Enrolment) Within Pre-School Districts, 1999/00 (Continued) BABONNEAU Enrolment Micoud Enrolment Cocoa/Girard 23 Micoud Community 55 B's 30 Smith's 67 Balata 22 Patience 35 Boguis 11 Gems 23 Nature 8 God Is Love 41 Little Learners 7 Ti Rocher 37 Average Enrolment 17 Jame's 59 Liberty 15 Average Enrolment 42 COMMUNITY/VILLAGES Enrolment DENNERY Enrolment Lucia's 11 Catherine's 34 Sunshine Hills 37 Dennery Community 108 Happy Josephine 29 Thomazo Adventure 28 La Caye 19 A.B.C Kindergarten 38 Johnny's 29 Candle Light 52 Canaries S.D.A 26 Thomazo 44 Tiny Tots 29 Grand Ravine 24 Barre Denis 21 Average Enrolment 47 Berna's 15 Average Enrolment 24 GROS-ISLET Enrolment Gros-Islet 51 Eagle Nest 55 Easy Going 28 Creative Land 60 Bridgette's 47 Kids Care 36 Bonne Terre 35 Kids Corner 17 Average Enrolment 41 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 9 Early Childhood Education (Pre-School Centres) Table 10 : Growth in the Number of Pre-School Centres by Pre-School Districts, 1993/94 to 1999/00 Pre-School Districts !993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 Castries and its Environs 39 43 49 50 50 55 41 Vieux-Fort 10 8 12 12 13 15 12 Community/Villages 13 9 15 13 14 17 9 Micoud 14 13 14 15 13 15 8 Gros-Islet 4 3 7 8 8 10 8 Dennery 10 10 12 11 10 13 7 Babonneau 10 9 9 12 12 14 6 Laborie 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 Soufriere 6 5 5 6 6 7 4 Choiseul 5 5 7 4 4 6 4 All Districts 115 109 134 137 136 158 105 Note : Districts used for Pre-Schools are not the same as the Education Districts used for Primary Schools. Property of the Ministry of Educaion, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 10 Early Childhood Education (Pre-School Centres) Table 11 : Growth of Enrolment in Pre-School Centres by Pre-School Districts, 1993/94 to 1999/00 Pre-School Districts !993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 Castries and its Environs 2045 2301 2520 2155 2176 NA 1866 Vieux-Fort 483 414 597 527 597 NA 583 Micoud 454 424 424 526 476 NA 332 Gros-Islet 145 120 290 292 321 NA 329 Dennery 446 435 563 564 516 NA 328 Community/Villages 436 289 461 310 408 NA 216 Soufriere 322 233 258 328 340 NA 197 Laborie 207 207 156 206 199 NA 191 Choiseul 119 119 194 117 108 NA 145 Babonneau 299 284 296 371 398 NA 101 Total 4956 4826 5759 5396 5539 NA 4288 Note : Districts used for Pre-Schools are not the same as the Education Districts used for Primary Schools. NA: Data is not available Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 11 Early Childhood Education (Pre-School Centres) Table 12 : Average Size of Pre-School Centres by Pre-School Districts, 1993/94 to 1999/00 Pre-School Districts 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/100 Soufriere 54 47 52 55 57 NA 49 Vieux-Fort 48 52 50 44 46 NA 49 Dennery 45 44 47 51 52 NA 47 Castries and its Environs 52 54 51 43 44 NA 46 Micoud 32 33 30 35 37 NA 42 Gros-Islet 36 40 41 37 40 NA 41 Choiseul 24 24 28 29 27 NA 36 Laborie 52 52 39 34 33 NA 32 Community/Villages 34 32 31 24 29 NA 24 Babonneau 30 32 33 31 33 NA 17 All Pre-School Districts 43 44 43 39 41 NA 41 Note : Districts used for Pre-Schools are not the same as the Education Districts used for Primary Schools. Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 12 Early Childhood Education (Pre-School Centres) Table 13 : Actual and Projected Enrolment in Pre-School Centres in St. Lucia, 1993/94 to 2005/06 3 and 4 Year Year olds Gross Enrolment Percentage Actual 1993/94 - 4956 - 1994/95 - 4826 - 1995/96 6495 5759 88.70 1996/97 6680 5396 80.78 1997/98 6900 5539 80.28 1998/99 7096 5582 78.66 1999/00 7146 4288 60.01 Projected 2000/01 7130 4694 65.84 2001/02 7167 5137 71.67 2002/03 7183 5567 77.50 2003/04 7182 5985 83.33 2004/05 7173 6396 89.16 2005/06 7162 6804 95.00 Note : For projection purposes, enrolment in Pre-School Centres is assumed to increase from 60.01 percent in 1999/00 (actual) to 95 percent in 2005/06 (target). Source : 3 and 4 year olds: The Government Statistics Department Figure 2 : Growth in Actual and Projected Enrolment in Pre-School Centres from 1993/94 to 2005/06 7000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 /943 4/9 5 5/9 6 7 8 9 0 1 6/9 7/9 8/9 9/0 /0 /0 2 /03 /04 /05 /06 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 00 0 01 02 03 04 05 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 20 20 20 20 20 Year Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 13 Enrolment Early Childhood Education (Pre-School Centres) Table 14 : Pre-School Centres Ranked According to Child/Teacher Ratio in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Pre-School Centres with Number of Child/Teacher Pre-School Centres with Number of ratio equal to < 15 Teachers Ratio ratio equal to < 15 Teachers Sure Start 9 6 Sunshine 2 First Baptist Church 2 6 Sunshine Hills 3 Delta's 2 6 Bonne Terre 3 Diere Morne 2 6 Grand Ravine 2 Happy Vale Montessori 6 7 Tomorrows Children 4 Tiny Hands 4 7 Alphabet Land 3 Little Learners 1 7 Aunty Genny 3 Kids Care 5 7 A.B.C Kindergarten 3 Thomazo 6 7 H.E.C.D.E.C 6 Corpus Christi 5 8 Early Learning 4 Tender Years 2 8 St.Jude's 14 Black Bay 4 8 B-Win's 2 New Hope 1 8 Thomazo Adventure 2 Nature 1 8 St.Joseph's Convent 11 Berna's 2 8 St. Helen's 7 Kiddies Adventure 7 9 Faux-A-Chaux Community 2 Morne Tender Care 6 9 Banse La Grace 3 Leslie Land 3 9 Lucky Kids(Giraud) 2 Soufriere SDA 4 9 B's 2 St. Theresa's 2 9 Johnny's 2 Canaries S.D.A 3 9 Tiny Tots 2 Easy Going 3 9 Liberty 1 Kids Corner 2 9 Wee Wisdom Montessori 19 10 Young Learners 4 10 Precious Moments 3 10 Jolly Tots 2 10 Tapion 2 10 Mount Zion Creche 1 10 La Resource 2 10 Creative Kids 4 11 Janice Memorial 3 11 Children Wonderland 3 11 A.B.C Funhouse 5 11 Balata 2 11 Boguis 1 11 Lucia's 1 11 Barre Denis 2 11 St.Anthony's 4 12 Kids Treasure Gospel Kind 3 12 Pierrot 3 12 Table 14 continues on the next page Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 14 Early Childhood Education (Pre-School Centres) Child/Teacher Ratio 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 14 Early Childhood Education (Pre-School Centres) Table 14 : Pre-School Centres Ranked According to Child/Teacher Ratio in St. Lucia, 1999/00 (continued) Number of Child/Teacher Pre-School Centres with ratio > 15 Teachers Ratio Serve's 4 16 Nica's Early Education Centre 3 16 Christine's 1 16 Julietta's 1 16 Little Ambassadors 2 16 Kiddies Creative 3 16 Laborie Community 2 16 Lions 6 16 Bridgette's 3 16 Sharon's 3 17 Happy Tots 3 17 Millet 2 17 Fond St. Jacques SDA 1 17 Juliana's 2 17 New Beginning 1 17 The Easy Learning 2 17 Gros-Islet 3 17 Smith's 4 17 Eagle Nest 3 18 Micoud Community 3 18 Patience 2 18 Dennery Community 6 18 Grow Education 6 19 La Caye 1 19 Ti Rocher 2 19 Jame's 3 20 God Is Love 2 21 Happy Moments 1 22 Victoria 1 22 Cocoa/Girard 1 23 Gems 1 23 Faulkner's 2 24 Rainbow Gardens 1 25 Candle Light 2 26 Deliverance Baptiste Church 1 27 Lera 2 28 Reunion 2 29 Happy Josephine 1 29 Creative Land 2 30 Mongouge 1 31 Catherine's 1 34 Aunty Pinky's Montessori 1 42 All Centres 325 13 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 15 Early Childhood Education (Pre-School Centres) Table 15 : Pre-School Centres Ranked according to Child/Teacher Ratios within Pre-School Districts, 1999/00 Child/Teacher Child/Teacher Castries and its Environs Ratio Soufriere Ratio Aunty Pinky's Montessori 42 Grow Education 19 Lera 28 Fond St. Jacques SDA 17 Deliverance Baptiste Church 27 Little Ambassadors 16 Rainbow Gardens 25 Soufriere SDA 9 Faulkner's 24 All District Centres 15 Happy Moments 22 Sharon's 17 Happy Tots 17 Choiseul Child/Teacher Millet 17 Ratio Serve's 16 Mongouge 31 Nica's Early Education Centre 16 Reunion 29 Christine's 16 Victoria 22 Julietta's 16 Juliana's 17 St.Joseph's Convent 15 All District Centres 24 St. Helen's 15 Faux-A-Chaux Community 15 H.E.C.D.E.C 14 Child/Teacher Early Learning 14 Laborie Ratio Tomorrows Children 13 New Beginning 17 Alphabet Land 13 Laborie Community 16 St.Anthony's 12 Kiddies Creative 16 Kids Treasure Gospel Kindergarten 12 Lucky Kids(Giraud) 15 Creative Kids 11 Banse La Grace 15 Janice Memorial Learning Centre 11 St. Theresa's 9 Children Wonderland 11 All District Centres 13 Wee Wisdom Montessori 10 Young Learners 10 Precious Moments 10 Table 15 continues on the next page Jolly Tots 10 Tapion 10 Mount Zion Creche 10 Kiddies Adventure Kindergarten 9 Morne Tender Care 9 Leslie Land 9 Corpus Christi 8 Tender Years 8 Happy Vale Montessori 7 Tiny Hands 7 Sure Start 6 First Baptist Church 6 Delta's 6 All District Centres 12 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 16 Early Childhood Education (Pre-School Centres) Table 15 : Pre-School Centres Ranked according to Child/Teacher Ratios within Pre-School Districts, 1999/00 (Continued) Child/Teacher Child/Teacher Vieux-Fort Ratio GROS-ISLET Ratio The Easy Learning 17 Creative Land 30 Lions 16 Eagle Nest 18 St.Jude's 14 Gros-Islet 17 B-Win's 14 Bridgette's 16 Aunty Genny 13 Bonne Terre 12 Sunshine 12 Kids Corner 9 Pierrot 12 Easy Going 9 A.B.C Funhouse 11 Kids Care 7 La Resource 10 All District Centres 14 New Hope 8 Black Bay 8 Diere Morne 6 Child/Teacher All District Centres 13 Micoud Ratio Gems 23 God Is Love 21 Child/Teacher Jame's 20 BABONNEAU Ratio Ti Rocher 19 Cocoa/Girard 23 Micoud Community 18 B's 15 Patience 18 Balata 11 Smith's 17 Boguis 11 Liberty 15 Nature 8 All District Centres 18 Little Learners 7 All District Centres 13 COMMUNITY/VILLAG Child/Teacher ES Ratio Child/Teacher Happy Josephine 29 DENNERY Ratio La Caye 19 Catherine's 34 Johnny's 15 Candle Light 26 Tiny Tots 15 Dennery Community 18 Sunshine Hills 12 Thomazo Adventure 14 Lucia's 11 A.B.C Kindergarten 13 Barre Denis 11 Grand Ravine 12 Canaries S.D.A 9 Thomazo 7 Berna's 8 All District Centres 15 All District Centres 13 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 17 Early Childhood Education (Pre-School Centres) Table 16 : Growth in the Number of Pre-School Teachers by Pre-School Districts, 1993/94 to 1999/00 Pre-School Districts 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 Castries and its Environs 149 165 183 185 193 NA 156 Vieux-Fort 28 24 41 41 46 NA 46 Gros-Islet 9 7 16 26 25 NA 24 Dennery 23 24 37 38 35 NA 22 Micoud 35 34 35 40 38 NA 18 Community/Villages 23 17 23 22 25 NA 17 Laborie 9 9 11 12 12 NA 15 Soufriere 24 17 19 23 23 NA 13 Babonneau 20 18 19 28 30 NA 8 Choiseul 7 7 15 8 7 NA 6 All Pre-School Districts 327 322 399 423 434 NA 325 Note : Districts used for Pre-Schools are not the same as the Education Districts used for Primary Schools. NA: Data is not available Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 18 Early Childhood Education (Pre-School Centres) Table 17 : Changes in Child/Teacher Ratios in Pre-School Centres by Pre-School Districts, 1993/94 to 1999/00 Pre-School Districts 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 Laborie 23 23 14 17 17 NA 13 Community/Villages 19 17 20 14 16 NA 13 Dennery 19 18 15 15 15 NA 15 Choiseul 17 17 13 15 15 NA 24 Soufriere 13 14 14 14 15 NA 15 Vieux-Fort 17 17 15 13 13 NA 13 Micoud 13 12 12 13 13 NA 18 Babonneau 15 16 16 13 13 NA 13 Gros-Islet 16 17 18 11 13 NA 14 Castries and its Environs 14 14 14 12 11 NA 12 All Pre-School Districts 15 15 14 13 13 NA 13 Note : Districts used for Pre-Schools are not the same as the Education Districts used for Primary Schools. NA: Data is not available Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 19 Early Childhood Education (Pre-School Centres) Table 18 : Growth in Actual and Projected Number of Teachers in Pre-School Centres in St. Lucia, 1993/94 to 2005/06 Child/Teacher Year Enrolment Teachers Ratio Actual 1993/94 4956 327 15 1994/95 4826 322 15 1995/96 5759 399 14 1996/97 5396 423 13 1997/98 5539 434 13 1998/99 5582 467 12 1999/00 4288 325 13 Projected 2000/01 4694 313 15 2001/02 5137 342 15 2002/03 5567 371 15 2003/04 5985 399 15 2004/05 6396 426 15 2005/06 6804 454 15 Note : For projection purposes child/teacher ratio has been assumed to remain at 15 : 1 Source : Enrolment figures are taken from Table 13 Figure 3 : Growth in Actual and Projected Number of Teachers in Pre-School Centres from 1993/94 to 2005/06 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Year Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 20 Teachers 1993/ 1 99 494/ 1 99 595/ 1 99 696/ 1 99 797/ 1 99 898/ 1 99 999/ 2 00 000/ 2 00 101/ 2 00 202/ 2 00 303/ 2 00 404/ 2 00 505/06 Primary Schools Table 19 : Average Size, Pupil/Teacher Ratio, Number of Teachers Per Primary School and Unit Expenditure per Pupil in St. Lucia , 1992/93 to 1999/00 Academic Number of Enrolment Number of Total Expenditure Average Size Pupil/Teacher Average Number of Year Schools Teachers in Million EC$ Per School Ratio Teachers Per School 1992/93 85 31928 1174 30.0 376 27 14 1993/94 82 30486 1142 31.7 372 27 14 1994/95 84 31194 1180 35.1 371 26 14 1995/96 86 31372 1139 37.8 365 28 13 1996/97 84 31548 1175 37.3 376 27 14 1997/98 84 31437 1168 38.2 374 27 14 1998/99 82 29631 1135 38.4 361 26 14 1999/00 82 28975 1081 39.7 353 27 13 Table 20 : Percentage Share of Girls in Total Enrolment in Primary Schools in St. Lucia 1994/95 to 1999/00 Year Enrolment Number of Girls % of Girls 1994/95 31194 15208 49 1995/96 31372 15129 48 1996/97 31548 15161 48 1997/98 31437 14892 47 1998/99 29631 14232 48 1999/00 28975 13984 48 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 21 Primary Schools Expenditure Per Pupil in EC$ 940 1040 1125 1205 1182 1215 1296 1370 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 21 Primary Schools Table 21 : Total Leavers at the Primary School Level in St. Lucia 1995/96 to 1998/99 Year Enrolment Dropouts Transfers out Others Total Number Percentage of St. Lucia of Leavers Leaver Rate 1995/96 31372 257 90 205 552 1.8 1996/97 31548 261 105 45 411 1.3 1997/98 31437 146 74 - 220 0.7 1998/99 29631 289 165 - 454 1.5 Table 22 : Male Leavers at the Primary School Level in St. Lucia 1995/96 to 1998/99 Year Enrolment Dropouts Transfers out Others Total Number Percentage of St. Lucia of Leavers Leaver Rate 1995/96 16243 187 14 108 309 1.9 1996/97 16387 194 22 26 242 1.5 1997/98 16445 113 41 - 154 0.9 1998/99 15399 193 89 - 282 1.8 Table 23: Female Leavers at the Primary School Level in St. Lucia 1995/96 to 1998/99 Year Enrolment Dropouts Transfers out Others Total Number Percentage of St. Lucia of Dropouts Dropout Rate 1995/96 15129 70 76 97 243 1.6 1996/97 15161 67 83 19 169 1.1 1997/98 14892 33 33 NA 66 0.4 1998/99 14232 96 76 NA 172 1.2 'NA' means data is unavailable Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 22 Primary Schools Table 24 : Primary Schools Ranked According to Size (Enrolment) in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Schools with < 100 Pupils Enrolment Schools with 300 to 400 Pupils Enrolment Bouton Combined 27 Methodist Infant 301 Des Barras Combined 56 Delcer Combined 306 Average Enrolment 42 Millet Primary 316 Bexon Primary 323 Schools with 100 to 200 Pupils Enrolment Soufriere Infant 328 Choiseul Infant 108 Gros Islet Primary 341 Boguis Combined 109 Aux Lyons Combined 343 Roblot Government School 131 Deniere Riviere Combined 354 Fond St Jacques Infant 140 Micoud Primary 366 Riviere Doree Combined 142 Vieux Fort Infant 368 Dugard Combined 149 Babonneau Primary 376 Piaye Combined 151 Blanchard Combined 383 Etangs Combined 159 Micoud Infant 384 Anse-La-Raye Infant 162 Dennery Infant 397 Grand Riviere Infant 167 Average Enrolment 349 Forestiere Combined 171 Laborie Girls Primary 175 Schools with 400 to 500 Pupils Enrolment Canaries Infant 180 Ti Rocher Combined(Mic) 426 Millet Infant 185 Roseau Combined 428 Canaries Primary 192 Pierrot Combined 434 Grande Riviere Primary 194 Methodist Primary 458 Gros Islet Infant 199 Morne Du Don Combined 475 Average Enrolment 160 Desriusseaux Combined 484 Belle Vue Combined 486 Schools with 200 to 300 Pupils Enrolment Average Enrolment 456 Laborie Infant 201 Choiseul Primary 203 Schools with 500 to 600 Pupils Enrolment Grand Riviere Senior Primary 204 Ciceron Combined 503 Laborie Boys' Primary 205 Saltibus Combined 509 Fond St Jacques Primary 216 Marchand Combined 518 Ti Rocher Combined (Castries) 220 R.C. Boys' Infant 523 La Guerre Combined 226 Anglican Primary 541 Entrepot Infant 233 Rock Hall Senior Primary 543 Anse-La-Raye Primary 233 La Croix Maingot Combined 550 Grace Combined 237 Dennery Primary 569 Fond Assau Combined 245 Odsan Combined 595 Monchy Combined 246 Average Enrolment 539 Babonneau Infant 247 Bocage Combined 253 Richfond Combined 256 Balata Combined 260 Bexon Infant 266 Banse/La Grace 266 Table 18 continues on the next page Mongouge Government School 271 La Resource Combined 280 Mon Repos Combined 289 Patience Combined 297 Average Enrolment 243 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 23 Primary Schools Table 24 : Primary Schools Ranked According to Size (Enrolment) in St. Lucia, 1999/00 (Continued) Schools with 600 to 700 Pupils Enrolment Augier Combined 603 Ave Maria Infant 633 Vide Boutielle Primary 652 Vieux Fort Primary 655 Anglican Infant 657 Average Enrolment 640 Schools with 700 to 800 Pupils Enrolment Soufriere Primary 701 Camille Henry Memorial 721 Plain View Combined 725 R.C. Boys' Primary 784 Average Enrolment 733 Schools with > 800 Pupils Enrolment Carmen Renee Memorial 821 Ave Maria Primary 944 Average Enrolment 883 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 24 Primary Schools Table 25 : Primary Schools Ranked According to Size (Enrolment) Within Districts, 1999/00 District 1 Enrolment District 3 Enrolment Ave Maria Primary 944 Dennery Primary 569 Carmen Renee Memorial 821 Ti Rocher Combined(Mic) 426 R.C. Boys' Primary 784 Dennery Infant 397 Camille Henry Memorial 721 Micoud Infant 384 Anglican Infant 657 Micoud Primary 366 Vide Boutielle Primary 652 Deniere Riviere Combined 354 Ave Maria Infant 633 Aux Lyons Combined 343 Rock Hall Senior Primary 543 Patience Combined 297 Anglican Primary 541 Mon Repos Combined 289 R.C. Boys' Infant 523 La Resource Combined 280 Marchand Combined 518 Richfond Combined 256 Methodist Primary 458 Grand Riviere Senior Primary 204 Gros Islet Primary 341 Average Enrolment Per School 347 Methodist Infant 301 Bocage Combined 253 Monchy Combined 246 Entrepot Infant 233 Gros Islet Infant 199 Grande Riviere Primary 194 Grand Riviere Infant 167 Average Enrolment Per School 486 District 2 Enrolment Saltibus Combined 509 Delcer Combined 306 Mongouge Government School 271 Banse/La Grace 266 Laborie Boys' Primary 205 Choiseul Primary 203 Laborie Infant 201 Laborie Girls Primary 175 Piaye Combined 151 Dugard Combined 149 Riviere Doree Combined 142 Roblot Government School 131 Choiseul Infant 108 Table 19 continues on the next page . Average Enrolment Per School 217 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 25 Primary Schools Table 25 : Primary Schools Ranked According to Size (Enrolment) Within Districts 1999/00 (Continued) District 4 Enrolment District 6 Enrolment Odsan Combined 595 Soufriere Primary 701 La Croix Maingot Combined 550 Soufriere Infant 328 Ciceron Combined 503 Fond St Jacques Primary 216 Morne Du Don Combined 475 Canaries Primary 192 Roseau Combined 428 Canaries Infant 180 Babonneau Primary 376 Etangs Combined 159 Bexon Primary 323 Fond St Jacques Infant 140 Millet Primary 316 Bouton Combined 27 Bexon Infant 266 Average Enrolment Per School 243 Balata Combined 260 Babonneau Infant 247 Fond Assau Combined 245 Anse-La-Raye Primary 233 La Guerre Combined 226 Ti Rocher Combined (Castries) 220 Millet Infant 185 Forestiere Combined 171 Anse-La-Raye Infant 162 Boguis Combined 109 Des Barras Combined 56 Average Enrolment Per School 297 District 5 Enrolment Plain View Combined 725 Vieux Fort Primary 655 Augier Combined 603 Belle Vue Combined 486 Desriusseaux Combined 484 Pierrot Combined 434 Blanchard Combined 383 Vieux Fort Infant 368 Grace Combined 237 Average Enrolment Per School 486 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 26 Primary Schools Table 26 : Enrolment and Capacity in Primary Schools in St. Lucia, 1999/00 School Capacity Total Surplus Enrolment Capacity(%) Des Barras Combined 262 56 78.6 Bouton Combined 100 27 73.0 Boguis Combined 288 109 62.2 Soufriere Infant 700 328 53.1 Roblot Government School 277 131 52.7 Grand Riviere Senior Primary 420 204 51.4 Grande Riviere Primary 350 194 44.6 Dugard Combined 264 149 43.6 Riviere Doree Combined 245 142 42.0 Ti Rocher Combined (Castries) 365 220 39.7 Deniere Riviere Combined 586 354 39.6 Aux Lyons Combined 560 343 38.8 Etangs Combined 256 159 37.9 Piaye Combined 239 151 36.8 Laborie Girls Primary 268 175 34.7 Patience Combined 449 297 33.9 Laborie Boys' Primary 306 205 33.0 Vieux Fort Primary 971 655 32.5 Delcer Combined 443 306 30.9 Banse/La Grace 379 266 29.8 Canaries Infant 250 180 28.0 Fond St Jacques Infant 192 140 27.1 La Resource Combined 384 280 27.1 Choiseul Primary 270 203 24.8 La Guerre Combined 300 226 24.7 Anse-La-Raye Primary 309 233 24.6 Mon Repos Combined 382 289 24.3 Canaries Primary 250 192 23.2 Fond Assau Combined 315 245 22.2 Millet Primary 402 316 21.4 Mongouge Government School 344 271 21.2 Belle Vue Combined 615 486 21.0 Blanchard Combined 481 383 20.4 Saltibus Combined 638 509 20.2 Forestiere Combined 210 171 18.6 Fond St Jacques Primary 262 216 17.6 Micoud Primary 443 366 17.4 Bocage Combined 306 253 17.3 Richfond Combined 309 256 17.2 Laborie Infant 242 201 16.9 Ti Rocher Combined(Mic) 510 426 16.5 Babonneau Primary 450 376 16.4 Vieux Fort Infant 440 368 16.4 Table 20 continues on the next page Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 27 Primary Schools Table 26 : Enrolment and Capacity in Primary Schools in St. Lucia 1999/00 (Continued) School Capacity Total Surplus Enrolment Capacity(%) Grand Riviere Infant 198 167 15.7 Anse-La-Raye Infant 192 162 15.6 Morne Du Don Combined 554 475 14.3 Vide Boutielle Primary 735 652 11.3 Rock Hall Senior Primary 609 543 10.8 Dennery Primary 629 569 9.5 Gros Islet Primary 370 341 7.8 Bexon Primary 350 323 7.7 Millet Infant 198 185 6.6 Gros Islet Infant 210 199 5.2 La Croix Maingot Combined 580 550 5.2 Desriusseaux Combined 510 484 5.1 Bexon Infant 280 266 5.0 Soufriere Primary 730 701 4.0 Methodist Primary 475 458 3.6 Pierrot Combined 450 434 3.6 Marchand Combined 536 518 3.4 Grace Combined 245 237 3.3 Ciceron Combined 516 503 2.5 Micoud Infant 390 384 1.5 Dennery Infant 402 397 1.2 Ave Maria Infant 630 633 -0.5 Anglican Primary 536 541 -0.9 Methodist Infant 297 301 -1.3 Roseau Combined 422 428 -1.4 Augier Combined 592 603 -1.9 Camille Henry Memorial 700 721 -3.0 Plain View Combined 700 725 -3.6 Monchy Combined 230 246 -7.0 Choiseul Infant 99 108 -9.1 Odsan Combined 536 595 -11.0 Anglican Infant 591 657 -11.2 Balata Combined 225 260 -15.6 Babonneau Infant 210 247 -17.6 Entrepot Infant 198 233 -17.7 Carmen Renee Memorial 670 821 -22.5 R.C. Boys' Primary 560 784 -40.0 Ave Maria Primary 621 944 -52.0 R.C. Boys' Infant 335 523 -56.1 Total for all Schools 33343 28975 13.1 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 28 Primary Schools Table 27 : Percentage Distribution of Enrolment of Infants, Juniors and Seniors in Public Primary Schools in St. Lucia, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Year Enrolment Percent Distribution Infant Junior Primary Senior Primary Total Infant Junior Primary Senior Primary Total 1994/95 11172 15685 4337 31194 35.8 50.3 13.9 100 1995/96 10973 15583 4816 31372 35.0 49.7 15.3 100 1996/97 11371 15648 4529 31548 36.0 49.6 14.4 100 1997/98 11861 15400 4176 31437 37.7 49.0 13.3 100 1998/99 11317 14264 4050 29631 38.2 48.1 13.7 100 1999/00 10953 14394 3628 28975 37.8 49.7 12.5 100 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 29 Primary Schools Table 28 : Changes in the Total Number of Students in Primary Schools by Grades 1994/95 to 1999/00 Infants Junior Primary Senior Primary Year K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1994/95 3840 3567 3769 3747 3845 3944 4049 2210 1392 731 1995/96 3810 3666 3497 3690 3763 4030 4100 2172 1633 1011 1996/97 4001 3848 3522 3480 3859 3969 4340 2095 1854 580 1997/98 3963 3783 4115 4112 3595 3998 3695 2204 1598 374 1998/99 3709 3801 3807 3527 3601 3402 3734 1789 1531 730 1999/00 3783 3519 3651 3641 3515 3682 3556 1692 1487 449 Table 29 : Changes in the Number of Male Students in Primary Schools by Grades 1994/95 to 1999/00 Infants Junior Primary Senior Primary Year K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1994/95 1946 1766 1917 1875 1878 1969 2008 1269 834 424 1995/96 1890 1837 1720 1897 1879 1994 2040 1180 1027 540 1996/97 2053 1886 1786 1718 1991 1995 2115 1128 1135 352 1997/98 2066 1899 1972 2104 1791 2016 1846 1209 997 211 1998/99 1914 1982 2050 1744 1829 1697 1841 992 938 412 1999/00 1967 1808 1904 1839 1715 1828 1787 928 948 267 Table 30 : Changes in the Number of Female Students in Primary Schools by Grades 1994/95 to 1999/00 Infants Junior Primary Senior Primary Year K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1994/95 1894 1801 1852 1872 1967 1975 2041 941 558 307 1995/96 1920 1829 1777 1793 1884 2036 2060 992 606 471 1996/97 1948 1962 1736 1762 1868 1974 2225 967 719 228 1997/98 1897 1884 2143 2008 1804 1982 1849 995 601 163 1998/99 1795 1819 1757 1783 1772 1705 1893 797 593 318 1999/00 1816 1711 1747 1802 1800 1854 1769 764 539 182 Note: Grade 1 was used in place of Grade K from 1994/95 to 1996/97 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 30 Primary Schools Table 31 : Changes in Flow Rates of Total Enrolment by Grades for Infant and Junior Primary Levels in St. Lucia, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Infants Junior Primary Year Grade Grade Flow Grade Grade Flow Grade Grade Flow Grade Grade Flow Grade Grade Flow Grade Grade Flow K 1 Rate 1 2 Rate 2 3 Rate 3 4 Rate 4 5 Rate 5 6 Rate 1994/95 3840 3567 3567 3769 3769 3747 3747 3845 3845 3944 3944 4049 1995/96 3810 3666 95 3666 3497 98 3497 3690 98 3690 3763 100 3763 4030 105 4030 4100 104 1996/97 4001 3848 101 3848 3522 96 3522 3480 100 3480 3859 105 3859 3969 105 3969 4340 108 1997/98 3963 3783 95 3783 4115 107 4115 4112 117 4112 3595 103 3595 3998 104 3998 3695 93 1998/99 3709 3801 96 3801 3807 101 3807 3527 86 3527 3601 88 3601 3402 95 3402 3734 93 1999/00 3783 3519 95 3519 3651 96 3651 3641 96 3641 3515 100 3515 3682 102 3682 3556 105 Table 32 : Changes in Flow Rates of Male Enrolment by Grades for Infant and Junior Primary Levels in St. Lucia, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Infants Junior Primary Year Grade Grade Flow Grade Grade Flow Grade Grade Flow Grade Grade Flow Grade Grade Flow Grade Grade Flow K 1 Rate 1 2 Rate 2 3 Rate 3 4 Rate 4 5 Rate 5 6 Rate 1994/95 1946 1766 1766 1917 1917 1875 1875 1878 1878 1969 1969 2008 1995/96 1890 1837 94 1837 1720 97 1720 1897 99 1897 1879 100 1879 1994 106 1994 2040 104 1996/97 2053 1886 100 1886 1786 97 1786 1718 100 1718 1991 105 1991 1995 106 1995 2115 106 1997/98 2066 1899 92 1899 1972 105 1972 2104 118 2104 1791 104 1791 2016 101 2016 1846 93 1998/99 1914 1982 96 1982 2050 108 2050 1744 88 1744 1829 87 1829 1697 95 1697 1841 91 1999/00 1967 1808 94 1808 1904 96 1904 1839 90 1839 1715 98 1715 1828 100 1828 1787 105 Table 33 : Changes in Flow Rates of Female Enrolment by Grades for Infant and Junior Primary Levels in St. Lucia, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Infants Junior Primary Year Grade Grade Flow Grade Grade Flow Grade Grade Flow Grade Grade Flow Grade Grade Flow Grade Grade Flow K 1 Rate 1 2 Rate 2 3 Rate 3 4 Rate 4 5 Rate 5 6 Rate 1994/95 1894 1801 1801 1852 1852 1872 1872 1967 1967 1975 1975 2041 1995/96 1920 1829 97 1829 1777 99 1777 1793 97 1793 1884 101 1884 2036 104 2036 2060 104 1996/97 1948 1962 102 1962 1736 95 1736 1762 99 1762 1868 104 1868 1974 105 1974 2225 109 1997/98 1897 1884 97 1884 2143 109 2143 2008 116 2008 1804 102 1804 1982 106 1982 1849 94 1998/99 1795 1819 96 1819 1757 93 1757 1783 83 1783 1772 88 1772 1705 95 1705 1893 96 1999/00 1816 1711 95 1711 1747 96 1747 1802 103 1802 1800 101 1800 1854 105 1854 1769 104 Note: Grade 1 was used in place of Grade K from 1994/95 to 1996/97 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 31 Primary Schools Table 34 : Changes in Flow Rates of Total Enrolment by Grades for Senior Primary Level in St. Lucia, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Grade Grade Flow Grade Grade Flow Grade Grade Flow Year 6 7 Rate 7 8 Rate 8 9 Rate 1994/95 4049 2210 2210 1392 1392 731 1995/96 4100 2172 54 2172 1633 74 1633 1011 73 1996/97 4340 2095 51 2095 1854 85 1854 580 36 1997/98 3695 2204 51 2204 1598 76 1598 374 20 1998/99 3734 1789 48 1789 1531 69 1531 730 46 1999/00 3556 1692 45 1692 1487 83 1487 449 29 Table 35 : Changes in Flow Rates of Male Enrolment by Grades for Senior Primary Level in St. Lucia, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Grade Grade Flow Grade Grade Flow Grade Grade Flow Year 6 7 Rate 7 8 Rate 8 9 Rate 1994/95 2008 1269 1269 834 834 424 1995/96 2040 1180 59 1180 1027 81 1027 540 65 1996/97 2115 1128 55 1128 1135 96 1135 352 34 1997/98 1846 1209 57 1209 997 88 997 211 19 1998/99 1841 992 54 992 938 78 938 412 41 1999/00 1787 928 50 928 948 96 948 267 28 Table 36 : Changes in Flow Rates of Female Enrolment by Grades for Senior Primary Level in St. Lucia, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Grade Grade Flow Grade Grade Flow Grade Grade Flow Year 6 7 Rate 7 8 Rate 8 9 Rate 1994/95 2041 941 941 558 558 307 1995/96 2060 992 49 992 606 64 606 471 84 1996/97 2225 967 47 967 719 72 719 228 38 1997/98 1849 995 45 995 601 62 601 163 23 1998/99 1893 797 43 797 593 60 593 318 53 1999/00 1769 764 40 764 539 68 539 182 31 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 32 Primary Schools Table 37 : Projections of Pupils in Infant and Junior Primary Grades 1999/00 to 2005/06 Infant Grades Junior Primary Grades Year K 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total 1999/00 3783 3519 3651 3641 3515 3682 3556 25347 2000/01 3501 3707 3449 3578 3568 3445 3608 24856 2001/02 3534 3431 3633 3380 3506 3497 3376 24357 2002/03 3559 3463 3362 3561 3312 3436 3427 24120 2003/04 3572 3488 3394 3295 3489 3246 3368 23852 2004/05 3581 3501 3418 3326 3229 3420 3181 23655 2005/06 3587 3509 3431 3350 3260 3165 3351 23652 Notes : - Figures for 1999/00 are actuals - Kindergarten enrolment has been projected by assuming it to be equal to the estimated population of 5 year olds based on population projections prepared by the Government Department of Statistics. -Enrolment projections from Grade 1 to Grade 6 have been prepared with the help of the Flow Model Technique and a constant flow rate of 98% has been applied throughout the projection period for all grades. Figure 4 : Projection of Pupils in Infant and Junior Primary Grades, 1999/00 to 2005/06 25500 25000 24500 24000 23500 23000 22500 /00 /01 /02 /03 /04 /05 /06 99 00 01 029 0 0 0 3 4 5 1 2 2 20 20 20 0 20 0 Year Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 33 Pupils Primary Schools Table 38 : Actual and Projected Gross Enrolment rates of Children in Primary Classes in Relation to School Going Population in Age Group 5 to 11, 1995/96 to 2005/06 Year Total Population Primary Classes Gross Enrolment in Age-Group 5 - 11 Infant Junior Total Rate Actual 1995/96 23018 10973 15583 26556 115 1996/97 22739 11371 15648 27019 119 1997/98 22641 11861 15400 27261 120 1998/99 22736 11317 14264 25581 113 1999/00 23002 10953 14394 25347 110 Projected 2000/01 23357 10657 14199 24856 106 2001/02 23685 10598 13759 24357 103 2002/03 23970 10385 13736 24120 101 2003/04 24214 10454 13398 23852 99 2004/05 24414 10500 13156 23655 97 2005/06 24567 10527 13125 23652 96 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 34 Primary Schools Table 39: Projections of Pupils in Senior Primary Grades 1999/00 to 2005/06 Senior Primary Grades Total Year 6 7 8 9 7, 8, 9 1999/00 3556 1692 1487 449 3628 2000/01 3608 1316 1404 431 3151 2001/02 3376 1046 1092 407 2546 2002/03 3427 709 868 317 1894 2003/04 3368 446 588 252 1286 2004/05 3181 168 370 171 709 2005/06 3351 0 140 107 247 Notes : Trasition Rates from Grade 6 to Grade 7 have been assumed as: 1999/00 to 2000/01 : 37% 2000/01 to 2001/02 : 29% 2001/02 to 2002/03 : 21% 2002/03 to 2003/04 : 13% 2003/04 to 2004/05 : 5% Flow Rate from Grade 7 to Grade 8 has been assumed to remain constant at 83% during projection period. Flow Rate from Grade 8 to Grade 9 has been assumed to remain constant at 29% during projection period. Figure 5 : Projections of Pupils in Senior Primary Grades, 1999/00 to 2005/06 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 /00 /019 0 1/0 2 2/0 3 3/0 4 /05 /064 5 19 9 20 0 00 00 00 00 002 2 2 2 2 Year Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 35 Enrolment Primary Schools Table 40 : Projections of Enrolment by Levels of Primary Education in St. Lucia 1999/00 to 2005/06 Infant Junior Primary Senior Primary Year Grades Grades Grades Total 1999/00 10953 14394 3628 28975 2000/01 10657 14199 3151 28007 2001/02 10598 13759 2546 26903 2002/03 10385 13736 1894 26015 2003/04 10454 13398 1266 25118 2004/05 10500 13156 709 24365 2005/06 10527 13125 247 23899 Figure 6 : Projections of Primary Enrolment in St. Lucia, 1999/00 to 2005/06 30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0 Year Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 36 Enrolment 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 Primary Schools Table 41: Gross Enrolment Ratio by Grade in Primary Schools, in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Grade Specific Total Total Total Under % % Under Grade Ages Number in Population Gross Enrolment Under Over & Over Under % Over & Over Grade Ratio Aged Aged Aged Aged Aged Aged K 4+5+6+7 3783 3469 109 750 255 1005 19.8 6.7 27 1 5+6+7+8 3519 3391 104 535 353 888 15.2 10.0 25 2 6+7+8+9 3651 3327 110 493 458 951 13.5 12.5 26 3 6+7+8+9+10 3641 3272 111 597 630 1227 16.4 17.3 34 4 7+8+9+10+11 3515 3221 109 569 611 1180 16.2 17.4 34 5 8+9+10+11+12 3682 3167 116 499 763 1262 13.6 20.7 34 6 9+10+11+12+13 3556 3155 113 471 906 1377 13.2 25.5 39 7 10+11+12+13+14 1692 3197 53 231 466 697 13.7 27.5 41 8 11+12+13+14+15+16 1487 3277 45 102 723 825 6.9 48.6 55 9 12+13+14+15+16 449 3350 13 62 34 96 13.8 7.6 21 Total 28975 32826 88 4309 5199 9508 14.9 17.9 33 Table 42: Net Enrolment Ratio by Grade in Primary Schools, in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Grade Coresponding Number Population Net Age in Grade Enrolment Ratio K 5 2778 3469 80 1 6 2631 3391 78 2 7 2700 3327 81 3 8 2414 3272 74 4 9 2335 3221 72 5 10 2420 3167 76 6 11 2179 3155 69 7 12 995 3197 31 8 13 662 3277 20 9 14 353 3350 11 Total 19467 32826 59 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 37 Primary Schools Table 43: Student Enrolment in Primary Schools in St. Lucia By Age, 1999/00 Age Grades Number in Various Grades 4 K 752 5 K+1 3312 6 K+1+2 3381 7 K+1+2+3 3663 8 1+2+3+4 3411 9 2+3+4+5 3467 10 3+4+5+6 3525 11 4+5+6+7 3118 Total Primary 23877 12 5+6+7+8 1932 13 6+7+8+9 1273 14 7+8+9 1001 15 8+9 129 16 8+9 11 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 38 Primary Schools Table 44 : Changes in Percentage Share of Females in Total Number of Teachers in Primary Schools in St. Lucia, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Year Number of No. of Female % of Female Teachers Teachers Teachers 1994/95 1180 985 83.5 1995/96 1139 944 82.9 1996/97 1175 962 81.9 1997/98 1168 948 81.2 1998/99 1151 959 83.3 1999/00 1081 910 84.2 Figure 7: Changes in Percentage Share of Females in Total Number of Teachers in Primary Schools in St. Lucia, 1994/95 to1999/00 85.0 84.0 83.0 82.0 81.0 80.0 79.0 /95 94 5/9 6 7 19 9 6 /9 /989 91 19 9 97 /9 0 19 9 8 9/0 19 9 Year 19 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 39 Percentage Primary Schools Table 45 : Percentage of Trained Teachers in Primary Schools, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Year Number of Total Trained Percentage Teachers Teachers Trained 1994/95 1180 719 61 1995/96 1139 690 61 1996/97 1175 816 69 1997/98 1168 807 69 1998/99 1151 745 65 1999/00 1081 761 70 Table 46 : Percentage of Trained Male Teachers in Primary Schools, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Year Number of Total Trained Percentage Male Male Teachers Male Teachers Trained Teachers 1994/95 195 111 57 1995/96 195 114 58 1996/97 213 124 58 1997/98 220 126 57 1998/99 192 120 63 1999/00 171 111 65 Table 47: Percentage of Trained Female Teachers in Primary Schools, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Year Number of Total Trained Percentage Female Female Teachers Female Teachers Trained Teachers 1994/95 985 608 62 1995/96 944 576 61 1996/97 962 692 72 1997/98 948 681 72 1998/99 959 625 65 1999/00 913 650 71 Table 48 : Changes in Percentage Share of Females Among Trained Teachers in Primary Schools in St. Lucia, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Number of Trained Teachers Year Male Female Total Percentage of Females 1994/95 111 608 719 85 1995/96 114 576 690 83 1996/97 124 692 816 85 1997/98 126 681 807 84 1998/99 120 625 745 84 1999/00 111 650 761 85 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 40 Primary Schools Table 49 : Primary Schools Ranked According to Pupil/Teacher Ratio in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Schools with Pupil/Teacher Number of Pupil/Teacher Ratio < 20 Enrolment Teachers Ratio Bouton Combined 27 3 9 Des Barras Combined 56 3 19 Roblot Government School 131 7 19 Rock Hall Senior Primary 543 29 19 Schools with Pupil/Teacher Number of Pupil/Teacher Ratio from 20 to 24 Enrolment Teachers Ratio Riviere Doree Combined 142 7 20 Grand Riviere Senior Primary 204 10 20 Laborie Boys' Primary 205 10 21 Deniere Riviere Combined 354 17 21 Dugard Combined 149 7 21 Richfond Combined 256 12 21 Piaye Combined 151 7 22 Boguis Combined 109 5 22 Laborie Girls Primary 175 8 22 Choiseul Primary 203 9 23 La Guerre Combined 226 10 23 Etangs Combined 159 7 23 Patience Combined 297 13 23 Anse-La-Raye Primary 233 10 23 Fond St Jacques Infant 140 6 23 Vieux Fort Primary 655 28 23 Babonneau Primary 376 16 24 Delcer Combined 306 13 24 Grace Combined 237 10 24 Grand Riviere Infant 167 7 24 La Croix Maingot Combined 550 23 24 Blanchard Combined 383 16 24 Fond St Jacques Primary 216 9 24 Canaries Primary 192 8 24 Mon Repos Combined 289 12 24 Banse/La Grace 266 11 24 Grande Riviere Primary 194 8 24 Belle Vue Combined 486 20 24 Forestiere Combined 171 7 24 Aux Lyons Combined 343 14 25 Monchy Combined 246 10 25 Table 40 continues on the next page Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 41 Primary Schools Table 49 : Primary Schools Ranked According to Pupil/Teacher Ratio in St. Lucia, 1999/00 (Continued) Schools with Pupil/Teacher Ratio Number of Pupil/Teacher from 25 to 29 Enrolment Teachers Ratio Augier Combined 603 24 25 Desriusseaux Combined 484 19 25 Canaries Infant 180 7 26 Soufriere Primary 701 27 26 Gros Islet Primary 341 13 26 Millet Primary 316 12 26 Bexon Infant 266 10 27 Saltibus Combined 509 19 27 Choiseul Infant 108 4 27 Anse-La-Raye Infant 162 6 27 Mongouge Government School 271 10 27 Fond Assau Combined 245 9 27 Soufriere Infant 328 12 27 Babonneau Infant 247 9 27 Ti Rocher Combined(Mic) 426 15 28 Ti Rocher Combined (Castries) 220 8 28 Plain View Combined 725 26 28 Morne Du Don Combined 475 17 28 La Resource Combined 280 10 28 Bocage Combined 253 9 28 Micoud Primary 366 13 28 Vieux Fort Infant 368 13 28 Odsan Combined 595 21 28 Dennery Primary 569 20 28 Anglican Primary 541 19 28 Roseau Combined 428 15 29 Laborie Infant 201 7 29 Marchand Combined 518 18 29 Balata Combined 260 9 29 Pierrot Combined 434 15 29 Bexon Primary 323 11 29 Schools with Pupil/Teacher Ratio Number of Pupil/Teacher > or equal to 30 Enrolment Teachers Ratio Ciceron Combined 503 17 30 R.C. Boys' Primary 784 26 30 Ave Maria Primary 944 31 30 Millet Infant 185 6 31 Vide Boutielle Primary 652 21 31 Carmen Renee Memorial 821 26 32 Micoud Infant 384 12 32 Methodist Primary 458 14 33 Anglican Infant 657 20 33 Dennery Infant 397 12 33 Gros Islet Infant 199 6 33 Entrepot Infant 233 7 33 Ave Maria Infant 633 19 33 Methodist Infant 301 9 33 Camille Henry Memorial 721 21 34 R.C. Boys' Infant 523 15 35 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 42 Primary Schools Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 42 Primary Schools Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 42 Primary Schools Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 42 Primary Schools Table 50 : Primary Schools Ranked According to Pupil/Teacher Ratio Within Districts, 1999/00 Number of Pupil/Teacher District 1 Enrolment Teachers Ratio R.C. Boys' Infant 523 15 34.9 Camille Henry Memorial 721 21 34.3 Methodist Infant 301 9 33.4 Ave Maria Infant 633 19 33.3 Entrepot Infant 233 7 33.3 Gros Islet Infant 199 6 33.2 Anglican Infant 657 20 32.9 Methodist Primary 458 14 32.7 Carmen Renee Memorial 821 26 31.6 Vide Bouteille Primary 652 21 31.0 Ave Maria Primary 944 31 30.5 R.C. Boys' Primary 784 26 30.2 Marchand Combined 518 18 28.8 Anglican Primary 541 19 28.5 Bocage Combined 253 9 28.1 Gros Islet Primary 341 13 26.2 Monchy Combined 246 10 24.6 Grande Riviere Primary 194 8 24.3 Grand Riviere Infant 167 7 23.9 Rock Hall Senior Primary 543 29 18.7 District 1 Total 9729.0 328.0 29.7 Number of Pupil/Teacher District 2 Enrolment Teachers Ratio Laborie Infant 201 7 28.7 Mongouge Government School 271 10 27.1 Choiseul Infant 108 4 27.0 Saltibus Combined 509 19 26.8 Banse/La Grace 266 11 24.2 Delcer Combined 306 13 23.5 Choiseul Primary 203 9 22.6 Laborie Girls Primary 175 8 21.9 Piaye Combined 151 7 21.6 Dugard Combined 149 7 21.3 Laborie Boys' Primary 205 10 20.5 Riviere Doree Combined 142 7 20.3 Roblot Government School 131 7 18.7 District 2 Total 2817 119 23.7 Table 41 continues on the next page Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 43 Primary Schools Table 50 : Primary Schools Ranked According to Pupil/Teacher Ratio Within Districts, 1999/00 (Continued) Number of Pupil/Teacher District 3 Enrolment Teachers Ratio Dennery Infant 397 12 33.1 Micoud Infant 384 12 32.0 Dennery Primary 569 20 28.5 Ti Rocher Combined(Mic) 426 15 28.4 Micoud Primary 366 13 28.2 La Resource Combined 280 10 28.0 Aux Lyons Combined 343 14 24.5 Mon Repos Combined 289 12 24.1 Patience Combined 297 13 22.8 Richfond Combined 256 12 21.3 Deniere Riviere Combined 354 17 20.8 Grand Riviere Senior Primary 204 10 20.4 District 3 Total 4165 160 26.0 Number of Pupil/Teacher District 4 Enrolment Teachers Ratio Millet Infant 185 6 30.8 Ciceron Combined 503 17 29.6 Bexon Primary 323 11 29.4 Balata Combined 260 9 28.9 Roseau Combined 428 15 28.5 Odsan Combined 595 21 28.3 Morne Du Don Combined 475 17 27.9 Ti Rocher Combined (Castries) 220 8 27.5 Babonneau Infant 247 9 27.4 Fond Assau Combined 245 9 27.2 Anse-La-Raye Infant 162 6 27.0 Bexon Infant 266 10 26.6 Millet Primary 316 12 26.3 Forestiere Combined 171 7 24.4 La Croix Maingot Combined 550 23 23.9 Babonneau Primary 376 16 23.5 Anse-La-Raye Primary 233 10 23.3 La Guerre Combined 226 10 22.6 Boguis Combined 109 5 21.8 Des Barras Combined 56 3 18.7 District 4 Total 5946 224 26.5 Table 41 continues on the next page Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 44 Primary Schools Table 50 : Primary Schools Ranked According to Pupil/Teacher Ratio Within Districts, 1999/00 (Continued) Number of Pupil/Teacher Teachers Ratio District 5 Enrolment Pierrot Combined 434 15 28.9 Vieux Fort Infant 368 13 28.3 Plain View Combined 725 26 27.9 Desriusseaux Combined 484 19 25.5 Augier Combined 603 24 25.1 Belle Vue Combined 486 20 24.3 Blanchard Combined 383 16 23.9 Grace Combined 237 10 23.7 Vieux Fort Primary 655 28 23.4 District 5 Total 4375 171 25.6 Number of Pupil/Teacher Teachers Ratio District 6 Enrolment Soufriere Infant 328 12 27.3 Soufriere Primary 701 27 26.0 Canaries Infant 180 7 25.7 Fond St Jacques Primary 216 9 24.0 Canaries Primary 192 8 24.0 Fond St Jacques Infant 140 6 23.3 Etangs Combined 159 7 22.7 Bouton Combined 27 3 9.0 District 6 Total 1943 79 24.6 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 45 Primary Schools Table 51 : Primary Schools Ranked According to Percentage of Trained Teachers in St. Lucia , 1999/00 Primary Schools with < 50% Total Number Total Number of Percentage of Trained Teachers of Teachers Trained Teachers Trained Teachers Des Barras Combined 3 0 0 Rock Hall Senior Primary 29 5 17 Boguis Combined 5 1 20 Choiseul Infant 4 1 25 La Croix Maingot Combined 23 6 26 Entrepot Infant 7 2 29 Piaye Combined 7 2 29 Fond St Jacques Infant 6 2 33 Bexon Infant 10 4 40 Grand Riviere Infant 7 3 43 Roblot Government School 7 3 43 Primary Schools with 50% to Total Number Total Number of Percentage of 59% Trained Teachers of Teachers Trained Teachers Trained Teachers Monchy Combined 10 5 50 Grande Riviere Primary 8 4 50 Ti Rocher Combined (Castries) 8 4 50 Millet Infant 6 3 50 Anse-La-Raye Infant 6 3 50 Grace Combined 10 5 50 Canaries Primary 8 4 50 Ave Maria Infant 19 10 53 Deniere Riviere Combined 17 9 53 Carmen Renee Memorial 26 14 54 Banse/La Grace 11 6 55 Methodist Primary 14 8 57 Etangs Combined 7 4 57 Saltibus Combined 19 11 58 Primary Schools with 69% to Total Number Total Number of Percentage of 70% Trained Teachers of Teachers Trained Teachers Trained Teachers R.C. Boys' Primary 26 16 62 Odsan Combined 21 13 62 Laborie Girls Primary 8 5 63 Anglican Primary 19 12 63 Ciceron Combined 17 11 65 Morne Du Don Combined 17 11 65 Dennery Primary 20 13 65 Gros Islet Infant 6 4 67 Micoud Infant 12 8 67 Soufriere Infant 12 8 67 Fond St Jacques Primary 9 6 67 Blanchard Combined 16 11 69 Delcer Combined 13 9 69 Vieux Fort Infant 13 9 69 Table 42 continues on the next page Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 46 Primary Schools Table 51 : Primary Schools Ranked According to Percentage of Trained Teachers in St. Lucia , 1999/00 (Continued) Primary Schools with 79% to Total Number Total Number of Percentage of 80% Trained Teachers of Teachers Trained Teachers Trained Teachers Laborie Boys' Primary 10 7 70 Soufriere Primary 27 19 70 Ave Maria Primary 31 22 71 Dugard Combined 7 5 71 Aux Lyons Combined 14 10 71 Forestiere Combined 7 5 71 Canaries Infant 7 5 71 R.C. Boys' Infant 15 11 73 Babonneau Primary 16 12 75 Millet Primary 12 9 75 Patience Combined 13 10 77 Choiseul Primary 9 7 78 Fond Assau Combined 9 7 78 Augier Combined 24 19 79 Primary Schools with 80% to Total Number Total Number of Percentage of 99% Trained Teachers of Teachers Trained Teachers Trained Teachers La Resource Combined 10 8 80 Ti Rocher Combined(Mic) 15 12 80 Grand Riviere Senior Primary 10 8 80 Belle Vue Combined 20 16 80 Pierrot Combined 15 12 80 Dennery Infant 12 10 83 Richfond Combined 12 10 83 Desriusseaux Combined 19 16 84 Plain View Combined 26 22 85 Laborie Infant 7 6 86 Vieux Fort Primary 28 24 86 Vide Boutielle Primary 21 18 86 Roseau Combined 15 13 87 Methodist Infant 9 8 89 Bocage Combined 9 8 89 Balata Combined 9 8 89 Babonneau Infant 9 8 89 Primary Schools with 90% to Total Number Total Number of Percentage of 99% Trained Teachers of Teachers Trained Teachers Trained Teachers Anglican Infant 20 18 90 Anse-La-Raye Primary 10 9 90 La Guerre Combined 10 9 90 Camille Henry Memorial 21 19 90 Bexon Primary 11 10 91 Mon Repos Combined 12 11 92 Micoud Primary 13 12 92 Primary Schools with 100% Total Number Total Number of Percentage of Trained Teachers of Teachers Trained Teachers Trained Teachers Riviere Doree Combined 7 7 100 Marchand Combined 18 18 100 Gros Islet Primary 13 13 100 Mongouge Government School 10 10 100 Bouton Combined 3 3 100 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 47 Primary Schools Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 47 Primary Schools Table 52 : Primary Schools Ranked According to Percentage of Trained Teachers Within Districts , 1999/00 Total Number Total Number of Percentage of District 1 of Teachers Trained Teachers Trained Teachers Marchand Combined 18 18 100 Gros Islet Primary 13 13 100 Camille Henry Memorial 21 19 90 Anglican Infant 20 18 90 Methodist Infant 9 8 89 Bocage Combined 9 8 89 Vide Bouteille Primary 21 18 86 R.C. Boys' Infant 15 11 73 Ave Maria Primary 31 22 71 Gros Islet Infant 6 4 67 Anglican Primary 19 12 63 R.C. Boys' Primary 26 16 62 Methodist Primary 14 8 57 Carmen Renee Memorial 26 14 54 Ave Maria Infant 19 10 53 Monchy Combined 10 5 50 Grande Riviere Primary 8 4 50 Grand Riviere Infant 7 3 43 Entrepot Infant 7 2 29 Rock Hall Senior Primary 29 5 17 District 1 Total 328 218 66 Number of Total Number of Percentage of District 2 Teachers Trained Teachers Trained Teachers Mongouge Government School 10 10 100 Riviere Doree Combined 7 7 100 Laborie Infant 7 6 86 Choiseul Primary 9 7 78 Dugard Combined 7 5 71 Laborie Boys' Primary 10 7 70 Delcer Combined 13 9 69 Laborie Girls Primary 8 5 63 Saltibus Combined 19 11 58 Banse/La Grace 11 6 55 Roblot Government School 7 3 43 Piaye Combined 7 2 29 Choiseul Infant 4 1 25 District 2 Total 119 79 66 Table 43 continues on the next page Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 48 Primary Schools Table 52 : Primary Schools Ranked According to Percentage of Trained Teachers Within Districts , 1999/00 (Continued) Number of Total Number of Percentage of District 3 Teachers Trained Teachers Trained Teachers Micoud Primary 13 12 92 Mon Repos Combined 12 11 92 Dennery Infant 12 10 83 Richfond Combined 12 10 83 La Resource Combined 10 8 80 Grand Riviere Senior Primary 10 8 80 Ti Rocher Combined(Mic) 15 12 80 Patience Combined 13 10 77 Aux Lyons Combined 14 10 71 Micoud Infant 12 8 67 Dennery Primary 20 13 65 Deniere Riviere Combined 17 9 53 District 3 Total 160 121 76 Number of Total Number of Percentage of District 4 Teachers Trained Teachers Trained Teachers Bexon Primary 11 10 91 Anse-La-Raye Primary 10 9 90 La Guerre Combined 10 9 90 Balata Combined 9 8 89 Babonneau Infant 9 8 89 Roseau Combined 15 13 87 Fond Assau Combined 9 7 78 Babonneau Primary 16 12 75 Millet Primary 12 9 75 Forestiere Combined 7 5 71 Ciceron Combined 17 11 65 Morne Du Don Combined 17 11 65 Odsan Combined 21 13 62 Ti Rocher Combined (Castries) 8 4 50 Millet Infant 6 3 50 Anse-La-Raye Infant 6 3 50 Bexon Infant 10 4 40 La Croix Maingot Combined 23 6 26 Boguis Combined 5 1 20 Des Barras Combined 3 0 0 District 4 Total 224 146 65 Table 43 continues on the next page Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 49 Primary Schools Table 52 : Primary Schools Ranked According to Percentage of Trained Teachers Within Districts , 1999/00 (Continued) Number of Total Number of Percentage of Teachers Trained Teachers Trained Teachers District 5 Vieux Fort Primary 28 24 86 Plain View Combined 26 22 85 Desriusseaux Combined 19 16 84 Belle Vue Combined 20 16 80 Pierrot Combined 15 12 80 Augier Combined 24 19 79 Vieux Fort Infant 13 9 69 Blanchard Combined 16 11 69 Grace Combined 10 5 50 District 5 Total 171 134 78 Number of Total Number of Percentage of Teachers Trained Teachers Trained Teachers District 6 Bouton Combined 3 3 100 Canaries Infant 7 5 71 Soufriere Primary 27 19 70 Soufriere Infant 12 8 67 Fond St Jacques Primary 9 6 67 Etangs Combined 7 4 57 Canaries Primary 8 4 50 Fond St Jacques Infant 6 2 33 District 6 Total 79 51 65 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 50 Primary Schools Table 53 : Projection of Teaching Positions in Primary Schools in St. Lucia, 1999/00 to 2005/06 Pupil/Teacher Teaching Year Enrolment Ratio Positions 1999/00 28975 27 1081 2000/01 28007 27.5 1018 2001/02 26903 28 961 2002/03 26015 28.5 913 2003/04 25118 29 866 2004/05 24365 29.5 826 2005/06 23899 30 797 Note : Pupil/Teacher Ratio has been assumed to increase linearly from 27 (actual) in 1999/00 to 30 in 2005/06 Figure 8 : Number of Teaching Positions in Primary Schools in St. Lucia, 1999/00 to 2005/06 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 9/0 0 0/0 1 /02 /03 /04 51 2 3 4/0 5/0 6 19 9 20 0 20 0 0 20 20 0 00 02 20 Year Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 51 Teaching Positions Primary Schools Table 54 : Projections of Shortages and Surpluses of Teachers in Primary Schools in St. Lucia, 1999/00 to 2005/06 Teaching Annual Shortages(+) Replacement Total Year Positions or Surpluses(-) Needs Requirement 1999/00 1081 2000/01 1018 -63 54 -9 2001/02 961 -57 51 -6 2002/03 913 -48 48 0 2003/04 866 -47 46 -1 2004/05 826 -40 43 3 2005/06 797 -29 41 12 Note : Replacement needs during a given year on account of retirement, death, dropout or migration etc.are assumed to be equal to 5 % of the number of teaching positions in the previous year. Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: EDucation Statistical Digest 52 Primary Schools Table 55: Total Number of Teachers on Study Leave in Primary Schools in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Study Leave Study Leave School Total Males School Total Males Anglican Infant 2 0 Forestierre Combined 2 0 Augier Combined 1 0 Gande Riviere Primary 1 0 Ava Maria Girls' Primary 2 0 Grande Riviere Infant 1 0 Babonneau Primary 2 0 Grande Riviere Senior Primary 2 1 Balata Government School 1 0 Gros Islet Infant 2 1 Banse La Grace 1 0 La Croix Maingot Combined 1 0 Belle Vue Combined 1 0 Laborie Girls' Primary 1 0 Blanchard Combined 2 1 Methodist Primary 2 1 Bocage Combined 3 2 Micoud Primary 2 0 Boguis Combined 1 1 Millet Infant 2 0 Camille Henry Memorial 1 0 Morne Du don Combined 2 0 Canaries Primary 1 0 Odsan Combined 3 0 Carmen Rene Memorial 4 0 Pierrot Combined 2 0 Choiseul Infant 1 0 Plain View Combined 3 0 Choiseul Primary 1 0 Rich Ford Combined 3 1 Ciceron Combined 2 0 Rock Hall Senior Primary 2 1 Delcer Combined 1 0 Roseau Combined 2 0 Dennery Infant 2 1 Soufriere Primary 1 0 Dennery Primary 1 0 R. C. Boys Primary 11 1 Des Barras Combined 1 1 Vide Bouteille Primary 1 0 Desruisseaux Combined 1 0 Vieux Fort Primary 4 1 Fond Assau Combined 1 0 Total 87 13 Table 55b: Percentage of Teachers on Study Leave in Primary Schools in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Total Teaching Staff Total Teachers on Gross Teacher % Teachers Study Leave Enrolment on Study Leave 1084 87 1171 7 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 53 Primary Schools Table 56 : Projections of Expenditure at Current Prices for Primary Level Education in St. Lucia, 2000/01 to 2005/06 Enrolment Unit Expenditure Total Expenditure Year Per Pupil EC$ in Million EC$ 2000/01 28007 1567 43.9 2001/02 26903 1646 44.3 2002/03 26015 1728 45.0 2003/04 25118 1815 45.6 2004/05 24365 1905 46.4 2005/06 23899 2001 47.8 Notes : Expenditure per pupil has increased at an annual rate of 4.4% during 1994/95 to 1999/00.(see Table 19) However , for projection purposes annual expenditure per pupil has been assumed to increase by an annual rate of 5% to accommodate implementation of quality improvement programs envisaged under the Education Development Plan. Figure 9: Projections of Expenditure at Current Prices for Primary Level Education, 2000/01 to 2005/06 48.0 47.0 46.0 45.0 44.0 43.0 42.0 41.0 /01 /02 3 4 50 1 2/0 3/0 4/0 5/0 6 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 0 0 20 20 Year Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 54 Total Expenditure Primary Schools Table 57: Percentage of Students Benefiting from the School Feeding Programme in Primary Schools in St. Lucia, 1999/00 District 1 Enrolment Beneficiaries Percentage Benifiting Camille Henry Memorial 721 150 21 Carmen Renee 821 100 12 Anglican Primary 541 50 9 Marchand Combined 518 200 39 Gros Islet Primary 341 100 29 Bocage Combined 253 100 40 Monchy Combined 246 100 41 Gros Islet Infant 199 100 50 Grande Riviere Primary 194 100 52 Entrepot Infant 233 100 43 Grand Riviere Infant 167 70 42 District 2 Enrolment Beneficiaries Percentage Benifiting Saltibus Combined 509 150 29 Delcer Combined 306 160 52 Banse/La Grace 266 70 26 Piaye Combined 151 120 79 Dugard Combined 149 140 94 Riviere Doree Combined 142 90 63 Roblot Government School 131 130 99 Choiseul Infant 108 108 100 District 3 Enrolment Beneficiaries Percentage Benifiting Ti Rocher Combined(Mic) 426 240 56 Dennery Infant 397 230 58 Micoud Infant 384 250 65 Patience Combined 297 160 54 Mon Repos Combined 289 140 48 Richfond Combined 256 160 63 Table 47 continues on the next page Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 55 Primary Schools Table 57: Percentage of Students Benefiting from the School Feeding Programme in Primary Schools in St. Lucia, 1999/00 (continued) District 4 Enrolment Beneficiaries Percentage Benifiting Odsan Combined 595 140 24 La Croix Maingot Combined 550 200 36 Ciceron Combined 503 170 34 Roseau Combined 428 180 42 Millet Primary 316 125 40 Bexon Infant 266 130 49 Balata Combined 260 145 56 Fond Assau Combined 245 150 61 Anse-La-Raye Primary 233 100 43 La Guerre Combined 226 75 33 Ti Rocher Combined (Cas) 220 135 61 Millet Infant 185 120 65 Forestiere Combined 171 120 70 Anse-La-Raye Infant 162 100 62 Boguis Combined 109 65 60 Des Barras Combined 56 56 100 District 5 Enrolment Beneficiaries Percentage Benifiting Plain View Combined 725 200 28 Augier Combined 603 200 33 Belle Vue Combined 486 80 16 Desriusseaux Combined 484 100 21 Pierrot Combined 434 120 28 Blanchard Combined 383 80 21 Vieux Fort Infant 368 190 52 Grace Combined 237 110 46 District 6 Enrolment Beneficiaries Percentage Benifiting Soufriere Primary 701 140 20 Canaries Primary 192 110 57 Canaries Infant 180 110 61 Etangs Combined 159 80 50 Fond St Jacques Infant 140 140 100 Bouton Combined 27 27 100 Districts Total Enrolment Total Beneficiaries Percentage 1 9729 1170 12 2 2817 968 34 3 4165 1180 28 4 5946 2011 34 5 4375 1080 25 6 1943 607 31 Total 28975 7016 24 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 56 Primary Schools Table 58 : Percentage Distribution of Pupils in Grade 2 according to their Performance in Two Subject Areas of the Minimum Standards Test, 1999 Percentage Percentage Distribution of Pupils Scores English Language Mathematics Ratings 90 - 100 0.1 0.1 Outstanding 70 - 89 4.0 0.8 Very Good 60 - 69 8.7 1.9 Good Sub-Total 12.8 2.8 50 - 59 11.9 6.0 Moderate 40 - 49 16.0 12.3 Weak 0 - 39 59.3 78.9 Extremely Weak Total % 100.0 100.0 Number of Pupils Tested 3587 3587 Table 59 : Percentage Distribution of Male Pupils in Grade 2 according to their Performance in Two Subject Areas of the Minimum Standards Test, 1999 Percentage Percentage Distribution of Pupils Scores English Language Mathematics Ratings 90 - 100 0.1 0.1 Outstanding 70 - 89 2.1 0.8 Very Good 60 - 69 5.9 1.5 Good Sub-Total 8.1 2.4 50 - 59 8.6 4.4 Moderate 40 - 49 12.7 9.5 Weak 0 - 39 70.6 83.7 Extremely Weak Total % 100.0 100.0 Number of Pupils Tested 1793 1793 Table 60 : Percentage Distribution of Female Pupils in Grade 2 according to their Performance in Two Subject Areas of the Minimum Standards Test, 1999 Percentage Percentage Distribution of Pupils Scores English Language Mathematics Ratings 90 - 100 0.1 0.1 Outstanding 70 - 89 5.9 0.9 Very Good 60 - 69 11.5 2.3 Good Sub-Total 17.5 3.3 50 - 59 15.1 7.5 Moderate 40 - 49 19.4 15.2 Weak 0 - 39 48.0 74.0 Extremely Weak Total % 100.0 100.0 Number of Pupils Tested 1794 1794 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 57 Primary Schools Table 61 : Mean Score Acheivement (%) by Gender in Three Subject Areas in Grade 4 Minimum Standards Examination, 1999 Subject Boys Girls Boys and Girls English Language 36.5 44.8 40.6 Mathematics 32.4 35.6 34 General Paper 43.3 49.4 46.3 Composite Score 37.4 43.3 40.3 Table 62 : Mean Score Acheivement (%) by Grade in Two Subject Areas in Grade 4 Minimum Standards Examination, 1999 Subject Grade 2 Form 3 English Language 33.4 53.3 Mathematics 26.9 34.8 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 58 Primary Schools Table 63 : Percentage of Pupils Assigned to Secondary Schools in Relation to the Number of Pupils Who Sat the Common Entrance Examinations, 1987 to 1999 Year Number Sat Number Percentage Assigned Assigned 1987 5003 1385 28 1988 5061 1391 27 1989 5128 1627 32 1990 5151 1648 32 1991 4950 1972 40 1992 4799 2793 58 1993 4867 2025 42 1994 4870 2135 44 1995 5088 2030 40 1996 5102 2208 43 1997 5113 2582 50 1998 4933 2225 45 1999 4798 2560 53 Figure 10 : Percentage of Pupils Placed in Secondary Schools, 1987 to 1999 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 87 19 98 9 1 1 99 99 3 1 1 99 5 971 19 99 9 1 Year Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource De elopment, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 59 Percentage Assigned Primary Schools Table 64: Percentage of Pupils Assigned to Secondary Schools in Relation to the Number of Pupils Who Scored National Mean or Above, 1993 to 1999 Year Number at or above Number Percentage National Mean Assigned Assigned 1993 2402 2025 84 1994 2544 2135 84 1995 2030 2208 109 1996 2550 2208 87 1997 2620 2582 99 1998 2477 2225 90 1999 2321 2560 110 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 60 Primary Schools Table 65 : Primary Schools Ranked According to Percentage of Pupils Who Obtained at or Above National Mean in the Common Entrance Examinations in St. Lucia, 1999 School No. At or above At or above Rank Sat National National Mean(No.) Mean (%) Bonne Terre Private 1 1 100 1 Tapion Combined 23 22 96 2 Pierrot Combined 79 61 77 3 Laborie Girl's Primary 54 39 72 4 Fond Assau Combined 30 21 70 5 Boguis Combined 10 7 70 6 Ave Maria Girls' Primary 258 176 68 7 Morne Du Don Combined 77 51 66 8 Carmen Rene Memorial 137 89 65 9 Anglican Primary 202 130 64 10 Castries SDA Primary 24 15 63 11 Dugard Combined 33 20 61 12 Balata Combined 51 30 59 13 Camille Henry Memorial 129 75 58 14 Mon Repos Combined 45 26 58 15 St.Aloysius R.C Boys' Prim 209 115 55 16 Delcer Combined 52 28 54 17 Choiseul Primary 39 21 54 18 Mongouge Combined 54 29 54 19 Vieux-Fort Senior Primary 135 72 53 20 Roblot Combined 32 17 53 21 Riviere Doree Combined 23 12 52 22 Bexon Combined 72 37 51 23 Marchand Combined 120 61 51 24 Ciceron Combined 67 34 51 25 Plain View Combined 109 55 50 26 La Bayee SDA Primary 18 9 50 27 Augier Combined 120 60 50 28 Millet Primary 93 46 49 29 Soufriere Primary 146 71 49 30 Saltibus Combined 73 35 48 31 Gros Islet Primary 69 33 48 32 Anse-La-Raye Primary 67 32 48 33 Piaye Combined 19 9 47 34 Patience Combined 64 30 47 35 Forestierre Combined 30 14 47 36 Fond St.Jacques Primary 55 25 45 37 Vide Bouteille Primary 119 54 45 38 Grace Combined 36 16 44 39 Table 65 continues on the next page Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 61 Primary Schools Table 65 : Primary Schools Ranked According to Percentage of Pupils Who Obtained at or Above National Mean in the Common Entrance Examination in St. Lucia, 1999 (Continued) School No. At or above At or above Rank Sat National National Mean(No.) Mean (%) Monchy Combined 34 15 44 40 Dennery Primary 180 78 43 41 Banse La Grace Combined 33 14 42 42 Bocage Combined 51 21 41 43 Methodist Primary 132 54 41 44 Ti Rocher Combined (Cas) 49 20 41 45 Bouton Combined 5 2 40 46 Babonneau Primary 138 55 40 47 Roseau Combined 44 17 39 48 Micoud Primary 140 53 38 49 La Guerre Combined 46 17 37 50 Canaries Primary 52 19 37 51 Aux Lyons Combined 74 27 36 52 La Resource Primary 50 18 36 53 Desruisseaux Combined 109 39 36 54 Ti Rocher Combined (Mic) 73 26 36 55 Les Etangs Combined 29 10 34 56 Grande Riviere Combined 46 15 33 57 Blanchard Combined 82 26 32 58 Belle Vue Combined 76 23 30 59 Laborie Boy's Primary 64 19 30 60 Derniere Riviere Combined 103 26 25 61 Emmanuel SDA Combined 24 6 25 62 Des Barras Combined 8 2 25 63 La Croix Maingot Combined 83 20 24 64 Odsan Combined 99 21 21 65 Total 4798 2321 48.37 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 62 Primary Schools Table 66 : Percentage of Passes in Various Subject Areas at Standard Six Certificate Examinations, 1993 to 1999 Subject 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Social Studies 56 42 47 43 51 50 15 English Language 60 43 43 50 50 69 45 Health Science 55 54 71 66 40 15 17 Home Economics 21 36 57 39 40 19 46 General Science 29 58 20 50 39 12 6 Mathematics 10 13 42 31 28 24 16 Agricultural Science 6 3 9 10 24 17 10 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 63 Primary Schools Table 67 : Primary Schools Ranked According to Percentage Pass in Standard Six Certificate Examination in St.Lucia, 1999 Primary Schools Number of Percentage Subject Sittings Pass Fond St.Jacques Primary 78 45 Laborie Girls' Primary 117 43 Grand Riviere Sen. Primary 1437 36 Augier Combined 174 36 Grand Riviere Combined 55 36 Choiseul Primary 148 34 Aux Lyons Combined 14 29 Anse La Raye Primary 86 27 Rock Hall Senior Primary 1520 25 Carmen Renee Memorial 55 22 Soufriere Primary 174 21 Banse La Grace Combined 75 21 Morne Du Don Combined 68 21 Piaye Combined 40 20 Saltibus Combined 149 20 Gros Islet Primary 41 20 Fond Assau Combined 27 19 Canaries Primary 38 18 Plain View Combined 83 18 Ave Maria Girls' Primary 160 18 Anglican Primary 142 18 Les Etang Combined 24 17 Grace Combined 98 16 Delcer Combined 25 16 Laborie Boys' Primary 114 13 Belle Vue Combined 135 12 Methodist Primary 67 12 La Guerre Combined 101 11 Mongouge Combined 44 11 Vieux-Fort Primary 158 11 Ti Rocher Combined (Cas) 57 11 Millet Primary 80 10 Ciceron Combined 89 10 Marchand Combined 104 10 Bocage Combined 48 8 Monchy Combined 45 7 Odsan Combined 149 7 Blanchard Combined 43 7 Derniere Riviere Combined 50 6 RC Boys' Primary 128 6 Desruisseaux Combined 107 5 Ti Rocher Combined (Mic) 43 5 Bexon Combined 53 4 Vide Boutille Combined 112 4 Dennery Primary 32 3 Camille Henry Memorial 72 3 Babboneau Primary 128 2 Roseau Combined 85 2 Micoud Primary 79 1 La Croix Maingot Combined 184 0 Mon Repos Combined 37 0 Balata Combined 30 0 Patience Combined 4 0 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 64 Special Education Table 68 : Student Enrolment and Number of Teachers in Special Education Centre/Schools in St. Lucia, 1994/95 to 1999/00 a : Special Education Centre (Vieux-Fort) Year Type of Disability Number of Pupil/Teacher Learning Disabilities/ Hearing Visually Total Teachers Ratio Mentally Challenged Impaired Impaired 1994/95 26 13 3 42 10 4 1995/96 24 14 2 40 10 4 1996/97 26 14 2 42 10 4 1997/98 30 15 3 48 10 5 1998/99 19 14 1 34 9 4 1999/00 23 13 0 36 7 5 b : School for the Deaf Year Type of Disability Number of Pupil/Teacher Learning Disabilities/ Hearing Visually Total Teachers Ratio Mentally Challenged Impaired Impaired 1994/95 34 34 8 4 1995/96 35 35 9 4 1996/97 35 35 10 4 1997/98 34 34 9 4 1998/99 38 38 10 4 1999/00 9 29 38 7 5 c : Dunnottar School Year Type of Disability Number of Pupil/Teacher Learning Disabilities/ Hearing Visually Total Teachers Ratio Mentally Challenged Impaired Impaired 1994/95 66 1 67 12 6 1995/96 63 1 64 13 5 1996/97 65 1 66 13 5 1997/98 62 1 63 14 5 1998/99 67 1 68 15 5 1999/00 70 70 16 4 d: School for the Blind Year Type of Disability Number of Pupil/Teacher Learning Disabilities/ Hearing Visually Total Teachers Ratio Mentally Challenged Impaired Impaired 1994/95 32 32 5 6 1995/96 28 28 5 6 1996/97 28 28 5 6 1997/98 36 36 5 7 1998/99 30 30 4 8 1999/00 18 18 6 3 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 65 Special Education Table 69: Percentage Share of Females in Special Education Centers in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Center Enrolment Number of Girls % of Girls Vieux-Fort Special Education 36 16 44 School for the Hearing 38 21 55 Dunnotars 70 30 43 Blind Welfare Association 18 4 22 Total 162 71 44 Table 70: Percentage of Trained Teachers in Special Education Centers in St.Lucia, 1999/00 Center Total Number of Total Number of Percentage of Teachers Trained Teachers Trained Teachers Vieux-Fort Special Education 7 4 57 School for the Hearing 7 3 43 Dunnotars 16 4 25 Blind Welfare Association 6 5 83 Total 36 16 44 Table 71: Percentage of Teachers Trained in Various areas of Specialization in Special Education Centers in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Specialization Number in Center Vieux-Fort School of Hearing Dunnotar Blind Welfare % of Total Teachers Deaf Education 1 1 6 Learning Disabilities 1 2 8 Blind Education 1 3 11 Mental Retardation 1 3 11 Physical Handicap 0 Dyslexia 0 Multiple Handicaps 1 3 Speech Therapy 1 3 Rehabilitation of Special Needs 1 3 Total 4 4 4 4 44 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 66 00/ 9 9 99 9/ 18 8 99 9/ 17 7 99 9/ 16 6 99 9/ 15 5 99 9/ 14 4 99 9/ 13 3 99 9/ 12991 Secondary Schools Table 72 : Changes in Average Size, Student/Teacher Ratio, Number of Teachers Per Secondary School and Unit Expenditure per Student in St. Lucia , 1992/93 to 1999/00 Total Average Number of Academic Number of Enrolment Number of Expenditure Size Student/Teacher Teachers Expenditure Per Year Schools Teachers in Million EC$ Per School Ratio Per School Pupil in EC$ 1992/93 14 9169 507 16.5 655 18 36 1800 1993/94 14 9721 572 18.1 694 17 41 1862 1994/95 14 10190 619 19.6 728 16 44 1923 1995/96 15 10314 620 20.6 688 17 41 1997 1996/97 15 11082 632 24.5 739 18 42 2211 1997/98 15 11540 630 26.0 769 18 42 2253 1998/99 16 11847 640 25.6 740 19 40 2161 1999/00 18 12817 645 27.6 712 20 36 2153 Note: Enrolment Totals include Post Secondary department at Vieux-Fort Comprehensive Figure 11 : Growth of Total Enrolment in Secondary Schools in St. Lucia, 1992/93 to 1999/00 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 Year Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 67 E n r o l m e n t Secondary Schools Table 73 : Leavers at Secondary School Level in St. Lucia 1995/96 to 1998/99 Year Enrolment Dropouts Transfers out Others Total Number Percentage of St. Lucia of Leavers Leaver Rate 1995/96 10314 76 53 40 169 1.6 1996/97 11082 37 34 10 81 0.7 1997/98 11540 31 17 - 48 0.4 1998/99 11847 184 88 272 2.3 Table 74 : Male Leavers at Secondary School Level in St. Lucia 1995/96 to 1998/99 Year Enrolment Dropouts Transfers out Others Total Number Percentage of St. Lucia of Leavers Leaver Rate 1995/96 4431 29 32 17 78 1.8 1996/97 4870 15 17 7 39 0.8 1997/98 5050 9 6 - 15 0.3 1998/99 5406 99 27 - 126 2.3 Table 75: Female Leavers at Secondary School Level in St. Lucia 1995/96 to 1998/99 Year Enrolment Dropouts Transfers out Others Total Number Percentage of St. Lucia of Leavers Leaver Rate 1995/96 5883 47 21 23 91 1.5 1996/97 6212 22 17 3 42 0.7 1997/98 6490 22 11 - 33 0.5 1998/99 6441 85 61 - 146 2.3 Table 76 : Percentage Share of Girls in Total Enrolment in Secondary Schools in St. Lucia, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Year Enrolment No. of % of ( Forms 1 to 5) Girls Girls 1994/95 10190 5755 56 1995/96 10314 5883 57 1996/97 11082 6212 56 1997/98 11540 6490 56 1998/99 11847 6441 54 1999/00 12530 7172 57 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 68 Secondary Schools Table 77 : Secondary Schools in St. Lucia Ranked According to Size 1999/00 Secondary School Enrolment Rank Vieux-Fort Comprehensive - Campus B 932 1 Micoud Secondary 845 2 Castries Comprehensive 835 3 Leon Hess Comprehensive 790 4 Soufriere Comprehensive 761 5 Sir Ira Simmons 757 6 Corinth Secondary 753 7 Entrepot Secondary 722 8 George Charles Secondary 707 9 St. Joseph's Convent 702 10 St. Mary's College 644 11 Vide Bouteille Secondary 621 12 Clendon Mason Memorial 615 13 Vieux-Fort Comprehensive - Campus A 614 14 Bocage Secondary 573 15 Choiseul Secondary 560 16 Anse Ger 394 17 Piaye Secondary 394 18 Babonneau 311 19 Average for all Schools 696 Table 78 : Secondary Schools in St. Lucia Ranked according to Excess Capacity, 1999/00 Secondary School Capacity Total Surplus Enrolment Capacity(%) Babonneau 525 311 41 Piaye Secondary 525 394 25 Anse Ger 525 394 25 St. Mary's College 735 644 12 Vide Bouteille Secondary 700 621 11 St. Joseph's Convent 735 702 4 George Charles Secondary 735 707 4 Bocage Secondary 595 573 4 Clendon Mason Memorial 630 615 2 Sir Ira Simmons 770 757 2 Soufriere Comprehensive 770 761 1 Micoud Secondary 875 845 3 Castries Comprehensive 840 835 1 Vieux-Fort Comprehensive - Campus B 910 932 -2 Leon Hess Comprehensive 770 790 -3 Entrepot Secondary 700 722 -3 Vieux-Fort Comprehensive - Campus A 595 614 -3 Choiseul Secondary 525 560 -7 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 69 Secondary Schools Corinth Secondary 700 753 -8 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 69 Secondary Schools Table 79 : Secondary Schools in St.Lucia Ranked According to Percentage Share of Girls, 1999/00 Secondary School Total Percentage Enrolment Girls of Girls St. Joseph's Convent 702 702 100 Castries Comprehensive 835 559 67 Piaye Secondary 394 246 62 Choiseul Secondary 560 342 61 Corinth Secondary 753 441 59 Entrepot Secondary 722 421 58 Vieux-Fort Comprehensive - Campus A 614 357 58 Clendon Mason Memorial 615 356 58 Micoud Secondary 845 487 58 Leon Hess Comprehensive 790 452 57 Anse Ger 394 225 57 Soufriere Comprehensive 761 433 57 Sir Ira Simmons 757 424 56 Vieux-Fort Comprehensive - Campus B 932 524 56 Vide Bouteille Secondary 621 341 55 Bocage Secondary 573 311 54 George Charles Secondary 707 383 54 Babonneau 311 168 54 St. Mary's College 644 0 0 All Schools 12530 7172 57 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 79 Secondary Schools Table 80 : Growth of Total Enrolment in Secondary Schools in St. Lucia by Forms, 1992/93 to 1999/00 Academic Form Year 1 2 3 4 5 Total 1992/93 2063 1993 1948 1713 1452 9169 1993/94 2013 2026 2128 1933 1621 9721 1994/95 2126 2010 2119 2123 1812 10190 1995/96 2191 2008 2137 2022 1956 10314 1996/97 2306 2232 2317 2173 2054 11082 1997/98 2456 2352 2347 2309 2076 11540 1998/99 2370 2445 2617 2285 2130 11847 1999/00 2522 2573 2755 2538 2142 12530 Table 81 : Growth of Boys Enrolment in Secondary Schools in St. Lucia by Forms, 1992/93 to 1999/00 Academic Form Year 1 2 3 4 5 Total 1992/93 914 826 852 700 681 3973 1993/94 873 898 892 837 693 4193 1994/95 925 882 939 902 787 4435 1995/96 998 797 958 877 801 4431 1996/97 974 992 1051 955 898 4870 1997/98 1030 1014 1060 1025 921 5050 1998/99 1033 1020 1135 1017 951 5406 1999/00 1059 1112 1166 1077 944 5358 Table 82 : Growth of Girls Enrolment in Secondary Schools in St. Lucia by Forms, 1992/93 to 1999/00 Academic Form Year 1 2 3 4 5 Total 1992/93 1149 1167 1096 1013 771 5196 1993/94 1140 1128 1236 1096 928 5528 1994/95 1201 1128 1180 1221 1025 5755 1995/96 1193 1211 1179 1145 1155 5883 1996/97 1332 1240 1266 1218 1156 6212 1997/98 1426 1338 1287 1284 1155 6490 1998/99 1337 1425 1482 1268 1179 6441 1999/00 1463 1461 1589 1461 1198 7172 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: EDucation Statistical Digest 71 Secondary Schools Table 83 : Changes in the Percentage Share of Girls in Secondary Schools by Forms, 1992/93 to 1999/00 Academic Form Year 1 2 3 4 5 Total 1992/93 56 59 56 59 53 57 1993/94 57 56 58 57 57 57 1994/95 56 56 56 58 57 56 1995/96 54 60 55 57 59 57 1996/97 58 56 55 56 56 56 1997/98 58 57 55 56 56 56 1998/99 56 58 57 55 55 54 1999/00 58 57 58 58 56 57 Source : Percentages computed on the basis of Tables 80 and 82. Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 72 Secondary Schools Table 84 :Flow Rates for Total Enrolment in Secondary Schools in St. Lucia by Forms, 1992/93 to 1999/00 Form Form Flow Form Form Flow Form Form Flow Form Form Flow Year 1 2 Rate 2 3 Rate 3 4 Rate 4 5 Rate 1992/93 2063 1993 1993 1948 1948 1713 1713 1452 1993/94 2013 2026 98 2026 2128 107 2128 1933 99 1933 1621 95 1994/95 2126 2010 100 2010 2119 105 2119 2123 100 2123 1812 94 1995/96 2191 2008 94 2008 2137 106 2137 2022 95 2022 1956 92 1996/97 2306 2232 102 2232 2317 115 2317 2173 102 2173 2054 102 1997/98 2456 2352 102 2352 2347 105 2347 2309 100 2309 2076 96 1998/99 2370 2445 100 2445 2617 111 2617 2285 97 2285 2130 92 1999/00 2522 2573 109 2573 2755 113 2755 2538 97 2538 2142 94 Table 85 :Flow Rates for Boys Enrolment in Secondary Schools in St. Lucia by Forms, 1992/93 to 1999/00 Form Form Flow Form Form Flow Form Form Flow Form Form Flow Year 1 2 Rate 2 3 Rate 3 4 Rate 4 5 Rate 1992/93 914 826 826 852 852 700 700 681 1993/94 873 898 98 898 892 108 892 837 98 837 693 99 1994/95 925 882 101 882 939 105 939 902 101 902 787 94 1995/96 998 797 86 797 958 109 958 877 93 877 801 89 1996/97 974 992 99 992 1051 132 1051 955 100 955 898 102 1997/98 1030 1014 104 1014 1060 107 1060 1025 98 1025 921 96 1998/99 1033 1020 99 1020 1135 112 1135 1017 96 1017 951 93 1999/00 1059 1112 108 1112 1166 114 1166 1077 95 1077 944 93 Table 86 : Flow Rates for Girls Enrolment in Secondary Schools in St. Lucia by Forms, 1992/93 to 1999/00 Academic Form Form Flow Form Form Flow Form Form Flow Form Form Flow Year 1 2 Rate 2 3 Rate 3 4 Rate 4 5 Rate 1992/93 1149 1167 1167 1096 1096 1013 1013 771 1993/94 1140 1128 98 1128 1236 106 1236 1096 100 1096 928 92 1994/95 1201 1128 99 1128 1180 105 1180 1221 99 1221 1025 94 1995/96 1193 1211 101 1211 1179 105 1179 1145 97 1145 1155 95 1996/97 1332 1240 104 1240 1266 105 1266 1218 103 1218 1156 101 1997/98 1426 1338 100 1338 1287 104 1287 1284 101 1284 1155 95 1998/99 1337 1425 100 1425 1482 111 1482 1268 99 1268 1179 92 1999/00 1463 1461 109 1461 1589 112 1589 1461 99 1461 1198 94 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 73 Secondary Schools Table 87 :Transition Rates For Students who sat CEE and Grade 6 Enrolment to Form 1 of Secondary Schools, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Number who sat Form Transition Grade Form Transition Year for CEE 1 Rate (%) 6 1 Rate (%) 1994/95 4870 4049 1995/96 5088 2191 45 4100 2191 54 1996/97 5102 2306 45 4340 2306 56 1997/98 5113 2456 48 3695 2456 57 1998/99 4883 2370 46 3734 2370 64 1999/00 4798 2522 52 3556 2522 68 Sources : Number of Students who sat Common Entrance Examinations (CEE) : Table 63 Grade 6 Enrolment : Table 34 Form 1 Enrolment : Table 84 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 74 Secondary Schools Table 88 : Projections of Students for Secondary Schools in St. Lucia 1999/00 to 2005/06 Year No. Sitting Transition Intake Enrolment Total CEE Exam Rate (%) Form 1 Form 2 Form 3 Form 4 Form 5 Form 1 to 5 1999/00 4798 68 2522 2573 2755 2538 2142 12530 2000/01 4686 73 3511 2497 2547 2727 2513 13795 2001/02 4384 78 3671 3475 2472 2522 2700 14840 20002/03 4451 84 3661 3634 3441 2447 2497 15679 2003/04 4374 89 3947 3624 3598 3406 2423 16997 2004/05 4131 94 4104 3907 3588 3562 3372 18533 2005/06 4352 99 4090 4063 3868 3552 3526 19099 Note : Table 87 shows that the transition rate from Grade 6 to Form 1 has increased from 54% to 68% during the years 1994/95 to 1999/00. Because of the Government Policy to achieve 99% transition rate by 2005/06, transition rates for 1999/00 to 2004/05 have been linearly interpolated. Enrolment in Forms 1 to 5 for 1999/00 are actuals. Flow Model Technique has been used to project enrolment figures for the remaining years as shown in the Table and a constant flow rate of 99% has been used for all forms. Number sitting exam is the total of grade 6 projections and other eligible grade 7 students which was estimated at an average of 23% over the period 95/96 to 99/00. Figure 12: Projections of Students for Secondary Schools in St. Lucia, 1999/00 to 2005/06 20000 18000 16000 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 0 9/0 0/0 1 /02 /03 /04 /05 /06 99 00 00 1 02 03 04 05 1 2 2 0 0 0 020 2 2 2 Year Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 75 Projections Secondary Schools Table 89 : Actual and Projected Gross Enrolment rates in Secondary Schools in Relation to School Going Population in Age Group 12 to 16,1995/96 to 2005/06 Year Total Population Secondary School Gross Enrolment in Age-Group 12 - 16 Students Rate(Forms 1-5) Actual 1995/96 16940 10314 61 1996/97 17122 11082 65 1997/98 17144 11540 67 1998/99 17018 11847 70 1999/00 16732 12530 75 Projected 2000/01 16359 13795 84 2001/02 16059 14840 92 2002/03 15912 15679 99 2003/04 15897 16997 107 2004/05 16021 18533 116 2005/06 16245 19099 118 Note: Gross enrolment rates greater than 100% includes under and over aged children. Table 90 : Actual and Projected Gross Enrolment rates in Senior Departments of Primary Schools in Relation to School Going Population in Age Group 12 to 16,1995/96 to 2005/06 Year Total Population Senior Primary Gross Enrolment in Age-Group 12 - 16 School Enrolment Rate Actual 1995/96 16940 4816 28 1996/97 17122 4529 26 1997/98 17144 4176 24 1998/99 17018 4050 24 1999/00 16732 3628 22 Projected 2000/01 16359 3151 19 2001/02 16059 2546 16 2002/03 15912 1894 12 2003/04 15897 1266 8 2004/05 16021 709 4 2005/06 16245 247 2 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 76 Secondary Schools Table 91 : Actual and Projected Gross Enrolment rates in Senior Primary and Secondary Schools in Relation to School Going Population in Age Group 12 to 16,1995/96 to 2005/06 Enrolment Gross Year Total Population Senior Primary Secondary School Total Enrolment in Age-Group 12 - 16 School Rate Actual 1995/96 16940 4816 10314 15130 89 1996/97 17122 4529 11082 15611 91 1997/98 17144 4176 11540 15716 92 1998/99 17018 4050 11847 15897 93 1999/00 16732 3628 12530 16158 97 Projected 2000/01 16359 3151 13795 16946 104 2001/02 16059 2546 14840 17386 108 2002/03 15912 1894 15679 17573 110 2003/04 15897 1266 16997 18263 115 2004/05 16021 709 18533 19242 120 2005/06 16245 247 19099 19346 119 Source : Tables 78 , 79 and 120 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 77 Secondary Schools Table 92: Gross Enrolment Ratio by Form in Secondary Schools, in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Form Ages Number in Population Grade Specific Under/Over Age % Form 12 - 16 Gross Enrolment Ratio Under/Over Age 1 10+11+12+13+14+15 2522 3197 79 1302 52 2 11+12+13+14+15+16 2573 3277 79 1454 57 3 12+13+14+15+16+17 2755 3350 82 1533 56 4 13+14+15+16+17+18+19 2538 3434 74 1459 57 5 14+15+16+17+18+19 2142 3474 62 1150 54 Total 12530 16732 75 6898 55 Table 93: Net Enrolment Ratio by Grade in Secondary Schools, in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Form Coresponding Number Population Net Age in Form Enrolment Ratio 1 12 1220 3197 38 2 13 1119 3277 34 3 14 1222 3350 36 4 15 1079 3434 31 5 16 992 3474 29 Total 5632 16732 34 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 78 Secondary Schools Table 94: Age Specific Enrolment Ratio in Secondary Schools in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Age Forms Number in Population Age Specific Various Forms Enrolment Ratio 10 1 13 3167 0.4 11 1+2 200 3155 6 12 1+2+3 1394 3197 44 13 1+2+3+4 2127 3277 65 14 1+2+3+4+5 2592 3350 77 15 1+2+3+4+6 2441 3434 71 16 2+3+4+5 2245 3474 65 17 3+4+5+6 1101 3443 32 18 4+5 360 3364 11 19 4+6 57 3292 2 Total Form 1 to 5 12530 33153 38 Table 95: Total Enrolment in Primary and Secondary Schools By Age in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Age Primary Secondary Total 4 752 --- 752 5 3312 --- 3312 6 3381 --- 3381 7 3663 --- 3663 8 3411 --- 3411 9 3467 --- 3467 10 3525 13 3538 11 3118 200 3318 12 1932 1394 3326 13 1273 2127 3400 14 1001 2592 3593 15 129 2441 2570 16 11 2245 2256 17 --- 1101 1101 18 --- 360 360 19 --- 57 57 Total 28975 12530 41505 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 79 Secondary Schools Table 96 : Percentage Share of Female Teachers in Relation to the Total Number of Secondary School Teachers, in St. Lucia, 1992/93 to 1999/00 Year Total Number Female Percentage of Teachers Teachers Share of Females 1992/93 507 308 61 1993/94 572 323 56 1994/95 632 340 54 1995/96 620 373 60 1996/97 632 385 61 1997/98 630 375 60 1998/99 640 376 59 1999/00 645 392 61 Table 97 : Percentage Share of Trained Female Teachers in Secondary Schools in St. Lucia, 1992/93 to 1999/00 Year Total Trained Total Trained Percentage Share of Teachers Female Teachers Female Trained Teachers 1992/93 408 238 58 1993/94 451 256 57 1994/95 512 300 59 1995/96 502 300 60 1996/97 517 311 60 1997/98 507 295 58 1998/99 369 239 65 1999/00 345 210 61 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 80 Secondary Schools Table 98 : Percentage of Trained Teachers in Secondary Schools in St. Lucia, 1992/93 to 1999/00 Year Total Number Total Trained Percentage of Teachers Teachers Trained 1992/93 507 408 80 1993/94 572 451 79 1994/95 632 512 81 1995/96 620 502 81 1996/97 632 517 82 1997/98 630 507 80 1998/99 640 369 58 1999/00 645 345 53 Table 99 : Percentage of Male Trained Teachers in Secondary Schools in St. Lucia, 1992/93 to 1999/00 Year Total Number Total Trained Percentage Male of Male Teachers Male Teachers Trained Teachers 1992/93 199 170 85 1993/94 249 195 78 1994/95 292 212 73 1995/96 247 202 82 1996/97 247 206 83 1997/98 255 212 83 1998/99 264 130 49 1999/00 253 135 53 Table 100 : Percentage of Female Trained Teachers in Secondary Schools in St. Lucia, 1992/93 to 1999/00 Year Total Number Total Trained Percentage Female of Female Teachers Female Teachers Trained Teachers 1992/93 308 238 77 1993/94 323 256 79 1994/95 340 300 88 1995/96 373 300 80 1996/97 385 311 81 1997/98 375 295 79 1998/99 376 234 62 1999/00 392 210 54 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 81 Secondary Schools Table 101: Percentage of Graduate Teachers in Secondary Schools in St. Lucia, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Year Total Number Total Number Percentage of Teachers Graduate Teachers Graduates 1994/95 632 316 50 1995/96 620 311 50 1996/97 632 320 51 1997/98 630 318 50 1998/99 640 347 54 1999/00 645 349 54 Table 102 : Percentage of Male Graduate Teachers in Secondary Schools in St. Lucia, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Year Total Number Total Male Percentage of Male Teachers Graduate Teachers Graduates 1994/95 292 133 46 1995/96 247 121 49 1996/97 247 136 55 1997/98 255 126 49 1998/99 264 124 47 1999/00 253 125 49 Table 103 : Percentage of Female Graduate Teachers in Secondary Schools in St. Lucia, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Year Total Number Total Female Percentage of Female Teachers Graduate Teachers Graduates 1994/95 340 183 54 1995/96 373 190 51 1996/97 385 184 48 1997/98 375 192 51 1998/99 376 223 59 1999/00 392 224 57 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 82 Secondary Schools Table 104 : Percentage Share of Untrained Graduate Teachers in Secondary Schools in St.Lucia, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Year All Graduate Teachers Percentage of Untrained Total Trained Untrained Graduate Teachers 1994/95 316 138 178 56 1995/96 311 182 129 41 1996/97 320 141 179 56 1997/98 318 161 157 49 1998/99 347 205 142 41 1999/00 349 186 163 47 Table 105 : Percentage Share of Male Untrained Graduate Teachers in Secondary Schools in St.Lucia, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Year All Male Graduate Teachers Percentage of Total Trained Untrained Untrained Teachers 1994/95 133 49 84 63 1995/96 121 62 59 49 1996/97 136 51 85 63 1997/98 126 58 68 54 1998/99 124 66 58 47 1999/00 125 64 61 49 Table 106 : Percentage Share of Female Untrained Graduate Teachers in Secondary Schools in St.Lucia, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Year All Female Graduate Teachers Percentage of Total Trained Untrained Untrained Teachers 1994/95 183 89 94 51 1995/96 190 120 70 37 1996/97 184 90 94 51 1997/98 192 103 89 46 1998/99 223 139 84 38 1999/00 224 122 102 46 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 83 Secondary Schools Table 107 : Secondary Schools in St. Lucia, Ranked According to Student/Teacher Ratios, 1999/00 Secondary School Number Enrolment Student/Teacher of Teachers Ratio George Charles Secondary 31 707 23 Vieux-Fort Comprehensive - Campus A 27 614 23 Babonneau 14 311 22 Bocage Secondary 26 573 22 Piaye Secondary 18 394 22 Anse Ger 18 394 22 Sir Ira Simmons 35 757 22 Choiseul Secondary 26 560 22 Micoud Secondary 42 845 20 Entrepot Secondary 36 722 20 St. Mary's College 33 644 20 Soufriere Comprehensive 39 761 20 Corinth Secondary 39 753 19 Clendon Mason Memorial 32 615 19 Vieux-Fort Comprehensive - Campus B 64 1219 19 Leon Hess Comprehensive 42 790 19 St. Joseph's Convent 39 702 18 Vide Bouteille Secondary 35 621 18 Castries Comprehensive 49 835 17 Total 645 12817 20 Note: Enrolment Totals include Post Secondary department at Vieux-Fort Comprehensive Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 84 Secondary Schools Table 108: Percentage of Trained and Graduate Teachers in Secondary Schools in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Secondary School Number Number of Number of Percentage of Percentage of of Teachers Non-Graduates Graduates Trained Teachers Graduates Trained Untrained Trained Untrained George Charles Secondary 31 10 2 0 19 32 61 Vieux-Fort Comprehensive - Campus A 27 18 8 1 0 70 4 Babonneau 14 3 3 3 5 43 57 Bocage Secondary 26 8 7 6 5 54 42 Piaye Secondary 18 6 8 4 0 56 22 Anse Ger 18 6 7 4 1 56 28 Sir Ira Simmons 35 15 3 10 7 71 49 Choiseul Secondary 26 5 8 10 3 58 50 Micoud Secondary 42 9 10 8 15 40 55 Entrepot Secondary 36 11 7 12 6 64 50 St. Mary's College 33 2 2 20 9 67 88 Soufriere Comprehensive 39 7 10 15 7 56 56 Corinth Secondary 39 11 8 9 11 51 51 Clendon Mason Memorial 32 9 9 9 5 56 44 Leon Hess Comprehensive 42 7 8 5 22 29 64 Vieux-Fort Comprehensive - Campus B 64 11 18 18 17 45 55 St. Joseph's Convent 39 4 5 17 13 54 77 Vide Bouteille Secondary 35 11 6 13 5 69 51 Castries Comprehensive 49 6 8 22 13 57 71 Total 645 159 137 186 163 53 54 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 85 Secondary Schools Table 109 : Total Number of Teachers on Study Leave in Secondary Schools in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Number on Study Leave Secondary School Total Males Bocage 1 0 Castries Comprehensive 4 1 Choiseul 2 0 Clendon Mason 1 1 Corinth 1 1 George Charles 5 1 Leon Hess Comprehensive 4 2 Micoud 8 3 Piaye 3 1 Sir Ira Simmons 3 0 Soufriere Comprehensive 5 3 St Joseph's Convent 5 0 St Mary's College 3 1 Vieux-Fort Comprehensive - Campus A 1 0 Total 46 14 Table 110 : Percentage of Teachers on Study Leave in Secondary Schools in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Total Teaching Staff Total Teachers on Gross Teacher % Teachers Study Leave Enrolment on Study Leave 645 46 691 7 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 86 Secondary Schools Table 111 : Projections of Number of Teaching Positions in Secondary Schools in St. Lucia, 1999/00 to 2005/06 Enrolment Student/Teacher Teaching Year Form 1 to 5 Ratio Positions 1999/00 12530 20 645 2000/01 13795 21 673 2001/02 14840 21 707 2002/03 15679 22 729 2003/04 16997 22 773 2004/05 18533 23 824 2005/06 19099 23 830 Note : Pupil/Teacher Ratio has been assumed to increase linearly from 20 (actual) in 1999/00 to 23 in 2005/06 Figure 13 : Projections of Number of Teaching Positions in St. Lucia, 1999/00 to 2005/06 840 810 780 750 720 690 660 630 600 /00 /01 /02 /03 /04 /05 /06 99 9 00 01 02 03 040 0 0 5 1 2 2 20 20 20 20 Year 72 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 87 Teaching Positions Secondary Schools Table 112 : Projections of Shortages and Surpluses of Teachers in Secondary Schools in St. Lucia, 1999/00 to 2005/06 Teaching Annual Shortages(+) Replacement Total Year Positions or Surpluses(-) Needs Requirement 1999/00 645 2000/01 673 28 32 60 2001/02 707 34 34 68 2002/03 729 22 35 57 2003/04 773 44 36 80 2004/05 824 51 39 90 2005/06 830 6 41 47 Note : Replacement needs during a given year on account of retirement, death, dropout or migration etc.are assumed to be equal to 5 % of the number of teaching positions in the previous year. Property of the MInistry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 88 Secondary Schools Table 113 : Projections of Expenditure at Current Prices for Secondary Level Education in St. Lucia, 2000/01 to 2005/06 Enrolment Unit Expenditure Total Expenditure Year Form 1 to 5 Per Pupil EC$ in Million EC$ 2000/01 13795 2059 28.4 2001/02 14840 2203 32.7 2002/03 15679 2357 37.0 2003/04 16997 2522 42.9 2004/05 18533 2699 50.0 2005/06 19099 2887 55.1 Notes : Expenditure per pupil at secondary level has increased at an annual rate of 2.9% during 1992/93 to 1999/00 (see Table 72). However , for projection purposes annual expenditure per pupil has been assumed to increase by an annual rate of 7% to accommodate implementation of quality and diversification of programmes envisaged under the new Education Development Plan. Figure 14 : Projections of Expenditure at Curent Prices for Secondary Education, 2000/01 to 2005/06 60.0 50.0 40.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 /01 /02 /03 /04 /05 /06 00 1 2 3 4 5 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 20 Year Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 89 Total Expenditure Secondary Schools Table 114 : Percentage Distribution of Subject Entries according to Grades at CXC Basic Proficiency Examination Results in St. Lucia, 1996 to 1999 Year Subject Grades Total Pass Entries l ll lll lV V Vl Total Percentage 1996 1905 9.7 32.4 28.9 24.4 4.6 --- 100.0 42.1 1997 1437 6.5 31.0 32.4 26.1 4.0 --- 100.0 37.6 1998 1597 1.9 12.8 25.5 31.6 27.6 0.6 100.0 40.2 1999 1549 1.1 9.9 28.0 32.1 27.2 1.7 100.0 39.0 Table 115 : Percentage Distribution of Subject Entries according to Grades at CXC General and Technical Proficiency Examination Results in St. Lucia, 1996 to 1999 Year Subject Grades Total Pass Entries l ll lll lV V Vl Total Percentage 1996 10450 25.8 38.9 24.2 10.0 1.1 --- 100.0 64.7 1997 11222 15.6 38.6 30.2 13.8 1.8 --- 100.0 54.3 1998 11301 11.2 26.0 30.4 23.4 8.7 0.4 100.0 67.6 1999 12109 6.6 24.2 34.3 23.1 11.3 0.5 100.0 65.1 Notes : Passes are at CXC 1 and 11 from 1992 to 1997 and as of 1998 Passes are at 1, 11 and 111. Source : Evaluation and Examinations Unit ---- No student sat for examination Property of the Ministry of Education Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 90 Secondary Schools Table 116 : Percentage Pass Rates of Public Secondary Schools at the CXC Examinations Basic Proficiency in St. Lucia, 1992 to 1999 Secondary School 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Castries Comprehensive 53 76 86 83 71 54 56 74 Leon Hess Comprehensive 48 71 70 58 50 41 37 69 Entrepot Secondary 41 56 57 45 0 51 63 65 Vieux-Fort Comprehensive - Campus B 61 34 39 50 39 43 53 49 Choiseul Secondary 56 39 52 33 34 29 39 44 Micoud Secondary 47 48 52 65 61 49 47 42 Corinth Secondary 45 40 56 44 37 45 52 41 Soufriere Comprehensive 49 36 49 42 70 34 54 33 Clendon Mason Memorial ---- 47 63 33 35 20 19 32 Bocage Secondary ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 25 31 Sir Ira Simmons ---- ---- 43 39 29 17 29 24 George Charles Secondary ---- ---- ---- 36 31 21 29 22 Vide Bouteille Secondary 30 28 35 35 38 20 28 22 St. Joseph's Convent 81 100 50 ---- ---- ---- 100 ---- St. Mary's College 63 71 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Notes : ---- No student sat for examination : Passes are at CXC 1 and 11 from 1992 to 1997 and as of 1998 Passes are at 1, 11 and 111. Source : Evaluation and Examinations Unit Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 91 Secondary Schools Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 91 Secondary Schools Table 117 : Percentage Pass Rates of Public Secondary Schools at the CXC Examinations General and Technical Proficiency in St. Lucia, 1992 to 1999 Secondary School 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 St. Joseph's Convent 84 85 86 87 90 87 93 92 St. Mary's College 73 76 72 77 79 70 88 78 Castries Comprehensive 60 59 75 72 77 65 77 72 Leon Hess Comprehensive 47 59 62 56 64 53 73 71 Vieux-Fort Comprehensive - Campus B 51 50 45 53 66 54 68 69 Clendon Mason Memorial ---- 47 55 47 60 34 57 62 Corinth Secondary 30 45 47 47 51 40 68 62 Choiseul Secondary 54 71 61 68 67 53 65 60 Entrepot Secondary 42 44 57 52 50 46 60 59 Soufriere Comprehensive 39 50 46 51 64 55 63 57 Micoud Secondary 38 49 46 68 57 55 63 53 Sir Ira Simmons ---- ---- 37 36 4634 41 55 48 Vide Bouteille Secondary 26 18 34 36 43 39 44 46 Bocage Secondary ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 20 44 George Charles Secondary ---- ---- ----- 32 43 28 46 40 NB : Passes are at CXC 1 and 11 from 1992 to 1997 and as of 1998 Passes are at 1, 11 and 111. Source : Evaluation and Examinations Unit Notes : ---- No student sat for examination Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 92 Secondary Schools Table 118 : CXC Examination Subjects (General) Ranked according to Pas Percentages in Public Secondary Schools St. Lucia, 1996 to 1 Subjects 1996 1997 1998 1999 Home Economics/Management 100 100 100 100 Clothing and Textile 97 99 99 97 Mechanical Engineering Tech. 23 73 85 93 Food and Nutrition 93 82 94 92 Woods 79 86 83 91 Building Technology 86 78 85 91 Music ---- ---- ---- 90 Agricultural Science SA 46 90 52 85 Integrated Science SA 88 78 84 84 Art 76 48 75 81 Principles of Business 89 52 66 78 Agricultural Science DA 83 50 75 76 Social Studies 82 75 84 76 Electrical Technology 55 28 95 74 French 59 52 57 73 Office Procedures 52 64 76 72 Spanish 70 59 67 72 Caribbean History 63 63 74 71 Information Technology 41 66 79 70 Geography 63 56 67 70 Technical Drawing 62 49 85 70 Principles of Accounts 67 43 48 59 English B (Literature) 58 63 59 59 Biology 47 40 56 56 Physics 53 39 68 52 English A 60 44 71 51 Chemistry 48 43 59 42 Mathematics 35 28 39 36 Typewriting 37 59 46 34 Craft 80 64 ----- ---- Note : ----- Subject was not offered Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 93 Secondary Schools ss 1998 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 93 Tertiary Education Table 119 : Enrolment by Main Divisions of Specialization at Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in St. Lucia, 1993/94 to 1999/00 Division/Department Total Year Arts and General Technical Education Teacher UWI Health Agriculture Home Continuing Studies and Management Education Sciences Economics Education Studies 1993/94 358 374 190 59 30 12 1850 2873 1994/95 410 400 196 61 61 32 16 1702 2878 1995/96 370 408 199 91 66 25 16 2173 3348 1996/97 359 442 197 126 88 45 15 3277 4549 1997/98 426 451 176 135 86 49 14 3154 4491 1998/99 480 440 188 124 87 34 9 2227 3589 1999/00 520 492 247 78 80 32 9 2422 3880 Table 120 : Male Enrolment by Main Divisions of Specialization at Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in St. Lucia, 1996/97 to 1999/00 Division/Department Total Year Arts and General Technical Education Teacher UWI Health Agriculture Home Studies and Management Education Sciences Economics Studies 1996/97 100 239 41 37 7 31 1 456 1997/98 140 244 37 29 7 24 0 481 1998/99 180 254 38 24 8 22 0 526 1999/00 249 297 52 21 8 16 0 643 Table 121 : Growth of Female Enrolment according to the Main Divisions/Departments of Specialization at Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in St. Lucia, 1996/97 to 1999/00 Division/Department Total Year Arts and General Technical Education Teacher UWI Health Agriculture Home Studies and Management Education Sciences Economics Studies 1996/97 259 203 156 89 81 14 14 816 1997/98 286 207 139 106 79 25 14 856 1998/99 300 186 150 100 79 12 9 836 1999/00 271 195 195 57 72 16 9 815 Note : Enrolment by gender in not available for department of Continuing Education and is not included in Tables 120-121 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 94 Tertiary Education Table 122 : Percentage Share of Females Enrolment in the Main Divisions/Department of Specialization at Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in St. Lucia, 1996/97 to 1999/00 Division/Department Year Arts and General Technical Education Teacher UWI Health Agriculture Home Studies and Management Education Sciences Economics Total Studies 1996/97 72 46 79 71 92 31 93 64 1997/98 67 46 79 79 92 51 100 64 1998/99 63 42 80 81 91 35 100 61 1999/00 52 40 79 73 90 50 100 56 Source : Based on Tables 119 and 121. Table 123 : Percentage Share of Male Enrolment in the Main Divisions/Department of Specialization at Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in St. Lucia, 1996/97 to 1999/00 Division/Department Year Arts and General Technical Education Teacher UWI Health Agriculture Home Studies and Management Education Sciences Economics Total Studies 1996/97 28 54 21 29 8 69 7 36 1997/98 33 54 21 21 8 49 0 36 1998/99 37 58 20 19 9 65 0 39 1999/00 48 60 21 27 10 50 0 44 Source : Based on Tables 119 and 120. Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 95 Tertiary Education Table 124 : Percentage Distribution of Enrolment by Main Divisions/Departments of Specialization at Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in St. Lucia, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Year Arts and General Technical Education Teacher UWI Health Agriculture Home Continuing Total Studies and Management Education Sciences Economics Education Studies 1994/95 14 14 7 2 2 1 1 59 100 1995/96 11 12 6 3 2 1 1 65 100 1996/97 8 10 4 3 2 1 0 72 100 1997/98 10 10 4 3 2 1 0 70 100 1998/99 13 12 5 4 2 1 0 62 100 1999/00 13 13 6 2 2 1 0 62 100 Source : Based on Table 119 Table 125: Dropout at Sir Arthur Lewis Community College by Division/Department, 1994/95 to 1998/99 Division/Department Percentage Year Arts and General Technical Education Teacher Health Agriculture Total Enrolment Dropout Studies and Management Education Sciences Dropouts Rate Studies 1994/95 25 23 3 4 6 61 1115 5.5 1995/96 39 25 3 1 -- 68 1084 6.3 1996/97 31 46 1 1 13 92 1272 7.2 1997/98 43 24 4 2 5 78 1337 5.8 1998/99 45 10 2 1 1 59 1362 4.3 Source: Sir Arthur Lewis Community College Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 96 Tertiary Education Table 126 : Changes in Student/Teacher Ratios at Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in St. Lucia, 1997/98 to 1999/00 Year Total Number of Student/Teacher Enrolment Teachers Ratio 1997/98 1337 176 8 1998/99 1362 151 9 1999/00 1458 133 11 Note : This Table does not include the Department of Continuing Education. Table 127 : Allocations of Expenditure per Student by Ministry of Education for Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in St. Lucia, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Total Total Government Unit Expenditure Year Enrolment Allocations in Million EC$ Allocation per Student EC$ 1994/95 1176 10.6 9014 1995/96 1175 10.6 9021 1996/97 1272 11.5 9041 1997/98 1337 13.5 10097 1998/99 1362 14.3 10499 1999/00 1458 13.8 9465 Source : Total Enrolment, Table 119, does not include department of continuing education Government Expenditure allocations, from annual budgets of the Government Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 97 Tertiary Education Table 128: Total Enrolment by Main Departments of Specialization at Vieux-Fort Comprehensive School - Post Secondary Department, 1996/97 to 1999/00 Year Division/Department A" Level Business Secretarial Total Studies Studies Carpentary/Joinery 1996/97 86 16 15 13 130 1997/98 111 39 15 13 178 1998/99 123 69 23 10 225 1999/00 122 94 47 22 285 Table 129: Male Enrolment by Main Departments of Specialization at Vieux-Fort Comprehensive School - Post Secondary Department, 1996/97 to 1999/00 Year Division/Department A" Level Business Secretarial Studies Studies Carpentary/Joinery Total 1996/97 31 4 0 13 48 1997/98 34 10 0 13 57 1998/99 32 25 0 10 67 1999/00 45 37 0 22 104 Table 130: Female Enrolment by Main Departments of Specialization at Vieux-Fort Comprehensive School - Post Secondary Department, 1996/97 to 1999/00 Year Division/Department A" Level Business Secretarial Carpentary/Joinery TotalStudies Studies 1996/97 55 12 15 0 82 1997/98 77 29 15 0 121 1998/99 91 44 23 0 158 1999/00 77 57 47 0 181 Table 131: Percentage Share of Females Enrolment by Main Department of Specialization at Vieux-Fort Comprehensive School - Post Secondary Department, 1996/97 to 1999/00 Year Division/Department A" Level Business Secretarial Total Studies Studies Carpentary/Joinery 1996/97 64 75 100 0 63 1997/98 69 74 100 0 68 1998/99 74 64 100 0 70 1999/00 63 61 100 0 64 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 98 Tertiary Education Table 132 : GCE A'Level Percentage Pass by Subject Areas at the Division of Arts and General Studies at Sir Arthur Lewis Community College St. Lucia, 1996 to 1999 1996 1997 1998 1999 Number % Pass Number % Pass Number % Pass Number % Pass Subjects Sat A - E Sat A - E Sat A - E Sat A - E French 18 100 16 100 24 96 17 100 Accounting 28 79 22 82 22 100 17 100 English Literature 45 89 18 100 24 100 21 100 Spanish 12 100 5 100 13 100 7 100 Sociology 51 86 56 96 54 100 50 98 Management of Business 60 88 48 79 86 93 67 84 Geography 19 84 17 88 17 88 20 80 Mathematics 63 84 51 82 67 85 68 76 Chemistry 29 83 28 82 38 76 38 66 History 30 90 18 89 22 86 23 65 Biology 21 76 25 64 32 91 36 61 Economics 68 44 62 87 83 64 77 61 Physics 29 76 26 81 34 76 --- --- General Paper * 184 89 150 91 Note : *General Paper is at AO level and passes are from A to C. : ----- No student sat for examination Table 133 : Comparison of Overall GCE A'Level Percentage Pass Between Two Schools in St. Lucia, 1997 to 1999 % Pass School 1997 1998 1999 A - C A - E A - C A - E A - C A - E Sir Arthur Lewis Community College 36.73 85.71 42.64 86.82 37.3 78.1 Vieux-Fort Comprehensive Secondary School 30.99 60.56 33.33 80.18 33.1 78.2 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Deelopoment, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 99 Tertiary Education Table 134 : GCE A'Level Percentage Pass by Subject Areas at Vieux-Fort Comprehensive, A'Level Department, 1999 Subjects Number % Pass % Pass Sat A - C A - E French 4 75 100 Accounting 10 60 100 English Literature 2 50 100 Sociology 30 57 100 History 5 0 100 Management of Business 26 42 92 Biology 9 11 89 Physics 8 25 75 Mathematics 15 20 67 Geography 2 0 50 Chemistry 12 8 42 Economics 18 11 33 Art & Design 1 0 0 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 100 Adult Education Table 135 : Average Number of Learners in Adult Education Centres in St. Lucia, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Year Number of Number of Number of Learners Centres Learners Per Centre 1994/95 13 726 56 1995/96 20 1062 53 1996/97 22 1125 51 1997/98 22 1045 48 1998/99 21 766 36 1999/00 21 662 32 Table 136 : Number of Learners and Facilitators in Adult Education Centres in St. Lucia , 1999/00 Number of Learners Number of Facilitators Centre Male Female Total Male Female Total Learner/Facilitator Ratio ANGLICAN 35 67 102 0 8 8 13 MONGOUGE 11 45 56 0 6 6 9 DELCER 12 37 49 0 5 5 10 BLANCHARD 13 29 42 4 2 6 7 SALTIBUS 11 24 35 2 1 3 12 BELLE VUE 12 22 34 0 8 8 4 ODSAN 14 19 33 0 3 3 11 VIEUX-FORT 5 25 30 0 3 3 10 BANSE 9 18 27 0 6 6 5 TI ROCHER 9 18 27 1 3 4 7 MON REPOS 9 17 26 2 4 6 4 JACMEL 6 20 26 2 2 4 7 BEXON 4 22 26 0 5 5 5 GRACE 10 15 25 1 3 4 6 FOND ASSAU 6 18 24 0 3 3 8 MARCHAND 9 13 22 1 2 3 7 FORESTIERRE 7 14 21 0 3 3 7 GRANDE RIVIERE 5 14 19 0 4 4 5 GROS ISLET 8 7 15 0 2 2 8 MONCHY 3 10 13 0 4 4 3 BOGUIS 1 9 10 0 4 4 3 Total Number 199 463 662 13 81 94 7 Percentage 30 70 100 14 86 100 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 101 Adult Education Table 137 : Adult Education Centres in St. Lucia by Gender and Age Group, 1999/00 Number by Age Group Gender 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60+ Total Male 11 22 25 26 30 41 27 24 206 Female 20 15 48 51 51 91 98 82 456 Total 31 37 73 77 81 132 125 106 662 Percentage 5 6 11 12 12 20 19 16 100 Table 138 : Adult Education Centres in St. Lucia by Gender and Programme, 1999/00 Number by Programme Gender Basic Literacy Post Literacy Skill Upgrading Total Male 194 5 0 199 Female 438 21 4 463 Total 632 26 4 662 Percentage 95 4 1 100 Table 139 : Percentage of Leavers by Gender in Adult Education Centers in St. Lucia, 1998/99 a. Number of All Leavers Enrolment Percentage Graduates Dropouts Others Total 1998/99 All Leavers Total 14 66 16 96 766 13 b. Number of Male Leavers Enrolment Percentage Graduates Dropouts Others Total Male Leavers Male 2 33 7 42 244 17 c. Number of Female Leavers Enrolment Percentage Graduates Dropouts Others Total Female Leavers Female 12 33 9 54 522 10 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 102 Private Schools Table 140 : Pupil/Teacher Ratios in Private Primary Schools in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Primary Enrolment Number of Pupil/Teacher School Teachers Ratio SDA Primary (Labayee) 159 7 23 SDA Primary (Mon Repos) 139 7 20 SDA Primary (Castries) 162 7 23 Bonne Terre Private 96 7 14 Tapion 181 9 20 Total 737 37 20 Table 141 : Percentage Share of Girls in Private Primary Schools in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Primary School Enrolment Number of Girls % of Girls SDA Primary (Labayee) 159 73 46 SDA Primary (Mon Repos) 139 60 43 SDA Primary (Castries) 162 81 50 Bonne Terre Private 96 48 50 Tapion 181 80 44 Total 737 342 46 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 103 Private Schools Table 142 : Student/Teacher Ratios in Private Secondary Schools in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Secondary Enrolment Number of Student/Teacher School Teachers Ratio Charter House 70 5 14 SDA Academy 255 13 20 Girls Vocational 167 11 15 Total 492 29 17 Table 143 : Percentage Share of Females in Private Secondary Schoo in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Secondary School Enrolment Number of Girls % of Girls Charter House 70 35 50 SDA Academy 255 122 48 Girls Vocational 167 167 100 Total 492 324 66 Table 144 : Student/Teacher Ratios in Private Post Secondary Schools in St.Lucia, 1999/00 Post Secondary Enrolment Number of Student/Teacher School Teachers Ratio Island Secretarial 10 1 10 Total 10 1 10 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 104 Private Schools ols Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 104 Enrolment Pyramid Table 145 : Actual and Projected Growth of Enrolment by Levels/Types of Education in St.Lucia, 1999/00 to 2005/06 Actual Projection Levels/Types of Education 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 Day Care (Total) 1325 1325 1325 1325 1325 1325 1325 - Public 785 785 785 785 785 785 785 - Private 540 540 540 540 540 540 540 Pre-School -Private 4288 4694 5137 5567 5985 6396 6804 Primary (Total) 29712 28744 27640 26752 25855 25102 24636 -Public 28975 28007 26903 26015 25118 24365 23899 -Private 737 737 737 737 737 737 737 Special Education -Public 162 162 162 162 162 162 162 Secondary (Total) 13022 14287 15332 16171 17489 19025 19591 -Public 12530 13795 14840 15679 16997 18533 19099 -Private 492 492 492 492 492 492 492 Tertiary (Total) 1753 3144 4534 6055 7586 9263 11878 -Public (SALCC) 1743 3134 4524 6045 7576 9253 11868 -Private 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Adult/Continuing Education 3084 4188 5280 6530 7781 9086 10440 All Levels/Types Public 44195 45883 47214 48686 50638 53098 55813 Private 6067 6473 6916 7346 7764 8175 8583 Total Number 50262 52356 54130 56032 58402 61273 64396 Percentage Private 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 Notes : Enrolment figures have been held constant at 1998/99 level during the projection period with respect to Day Cares, Private Primary,Special Education,Private Secondary Schools and Private Post Secondary levels of Institution. Tertiary Level (Public) enrolment and Adult/Continuing Education has been projected to 15% by 2010 according to the Education Development Plan. Sources: Day Cares, Table 1;Private Pre-School, Table 13; Public Primary,Table 40 ; Special Education, Table 68; Public Secondary Education, Table 88; Public Tertiary, Table 119,123; Private Schools,Tables 140,142, 144; Adult Education, Table 135 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 105 Demand for and Supply of Resources Table 146 : Growth in Gross Domestic Product of St. Lucia at Current and Constant Prices, 1992 to 1999 Gross Domestic Product Index Year Current Prices Constant Prices Current Prices Constant Prices 1992 1130 1022 100 102.2 1993 1137 1033 101 103 1994 1191 1052 106 105 1995 1280 1070 114 107 1996 1299 1085 115 109 1997 1338 1091 119 109 1998 1426 1120 127 112 1999 1497 1159 133 116 Sources: Government Statistics Department, Website www.stats.gov.lc Figure 16: Growth in Gross Domestic Product of St. Lucia at Current and Constant Prices, 1992 to 1999 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 Current Prices 400 Constant Prices 200 0 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Year 1999 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 106 Millions EC$ Demand for and Supply of Resources Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 106 Demand for and Supply of Resources Table 147 : Structural Changes in the Distribution of Gross Domestic Product of St. Lucia Between 1994 and 1999 GDP at Current Prices Economic Activity Amount in Millions EC$ Percentage Distribution 1994 1999 1994 1999 Agriculture 114.99 110.28 9.65 7.37 --Bananas 58.41 48.28 4.90 3.23 --Other Crops 35.84 29 3.01 1.94 --Livestock 7.89 7.2 0.66 0.48 --Fishing 8.70 23.69 0.73 1.58 --Forestry 3.62 2.15 0.30 0.14 Mining and Quarrying 4.46 6.02 0.37 0.40 Manufacturing 76.67 84.88 6.44 5.67 Construction 104.41 130.98 8.77 8.75 Electricity and Water 42.57 66.47 3.57 4.44 --Electricity 34.20 54.67 2.87 3.65 --Water 8.37 11.8 0.70 0.79 Wholesale and Retail Trade 180.25 210.76 15.13 14.08 Hotels and Restaurants 139.88 201.32 11.74 13.45 Transport/Communication 220.12 281.64 18.48 18.82 --Road 82.00 110.81 6.88 7.40 --Air 15.74 25.46 1.32 1.70 --Sea 29.83 40.58 2.50 2.71 Communications 92.55 104.79 7.77 7.00 Financial Intermediation 110.31 139.18 9.26 9.30 --Banking 94.78 112.7 7.96 7.53 --Insurance 15.53 26.48 1.30 1.77 Real Estate and Owner Occupied Dwellings 74.85 89.71 6.28 5.99 Production of Government Services 167.38 220.63 14.05 14.74 Other Services 54.98 73.04 4.62 4.88 Less Imputed Banking Service Charge -99.74 -118.33 -8.37 -7.91 Total 1191.13 1496.58 100.00 100.00 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 107 Demand for and Supply of Resources Source : Government Statistics Department, Website www.stats.gov.lc Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 107 Demand for and Supply of Resources Table 148 : Allocation Pattern of Current Educational Expenditure by Levels of Education and Programs, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Levels of Education/ Amount in Millions EC$ Programs 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 Primary 35.10 3 7.80 3 7.33 3 8.23 37.77 42.13 43.32 Secondary 19.62 2 0.59 2 4.47 2 5.96 25.21 28.53 28.41 Tertiary 10.58 1 0.59 1 1.53 1 3.54 14.31 13.81 13.15 Education Services 6 .59 8 .81 8.40 8 .63 6.6 5.52 5.14 Agency Administration 2 .76 2 .77 3.04 3 .00 7.52 4.51 3.86 Human Resource Development 3.9 3.73 2.21 Special Education 0 .91 0 .91 0.91 1 .13 1.26 1.31 1.45 Sports 0.53 1.19 1.44 Cultural/Library 1 .78 1 .61 1.75 1 .97 1 1.13 1.16 Youth Services 0.84 0.99 0.79 Adult/Continuing Education 0.3 0.65 0.63 School Feeding 0 .60 0 .55 0.57 0 .88 0.6 0.63 0.6 Early Childhood Education 0 .17 0 .14 0.25 0 .38 0.24 0.39 0.36 Unesco 0 .09 0 .05 0.09 0 .10 0.16 0.18 0.15 Labour 0 .80 0 .70 0.77 0 .87 -- -- -- Total 78.99 8 4.52 8 9.73 9 5.10 100.24 104.7 102.67 Sources : Ministry of Education, Annual Budgets Table 149 : Percentage Distribution of Current Educational Expenditure by Levels of Education and Programs, 1994/95 to 1999/00 Levels of Education/ Percentage Distribution Programs 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 Primary 44.4 4 4.7 41.6 4 0.2 37.7 40.2 42.2 Secondary 2 4.8 2 4.4 27.3 2 7.3 25.1 27.2 27.7 Tertiary 1 3.4 1 2.5 12.8 1 4.2 14.3 13.2 12.8 Education Services 8 .3 10.4 9 .4 9 .1 6.6 5.3 5.0 Agency Administration 3 .5 3 .3 3.4 3 .2 7.5 4.3 3.8 Human Resource Management 3.9 3.6 2.2 Special Education 1 .1 1 .1 1.0 1 .2 1.3 1.3 1.4 Cultural/Library 2 .2 1 .9 1.9 2.1 1.0 1.1 1.4 Sports 0.5 1.1 1.1 Youth Services 0.8 0.9 0.8 Adult/Continuing Education 0.3 0.6 0.6 School Feeding 0 .8 0 .7 0.6 0 .9 0.6 0.6 0.6 Early Childhood Education 0 .2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.4 Unesco 0 .1 0 .1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 Labour 1 .0 0.8 0.9 0 .9 -- -- -- Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Source : Table 148 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 108 Demand for and Supply of Resources Table 150 : Allocation to Education Sector in Relation to Current and Capital Budgetary Expenditures in St.Lucia, 2000/01 Expenditure in Millions EC$ Sectors Recurrent Capital Total Percentage Distribution Finance and Economic Affairs 146.0 27.2 173.3 23.86 Education and Human Resource Development 102.7 21.5 124.2 17.09 Development, Planning, Environment and Housing 7.3 66.6 73.9 10.18 Legal Affairs, Home ,Labour,Judiciary and DPP 43.3 27.0 70.3 9.68 Communications,Works,Transport and Public Utilities 21.7 42.2 63.9 8.80 Health, Human Services,Family Affairs and Gender Relation 51.3 11.2 62.5 8.60 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 11.7 35.8 47.5 6.54 Prime Ministers Office 6.7 26.2 32.9 4.53 Tourism and Civil Aviation 1.3 22.5 23.8 3.27 Community Development,Culture,Local Government, Co-operatives and Ecclesiastical Affairs 9.3 6.1 15.4 2.12 Foreign Affairs and International Trade 12.8 0.1 12.9 1.78 Public Services 11.2 0.8 12.0 1.65 Others 6.3 1.6 7.9 1.09 Commerce, Int'l Financial Services and Consumer Affairs 3.5 2.4 5.9 0.81 Total 435.1 291.2 726.3 100.0 Source : Ministry of Finance and Planning, Government of St.Lucia Estimates 2000-2001 page iv Table 151 : Projections of Public Expenditure by Levels of Education and Programs at Current Prices in St.Lucia, 2000/01 to 2005/06 Expenditure in Million EC$ Primary Secondary Other Total Year Education Education Programs 2000/01 43.9 28.4 30.3 102.7 2001/02 44.3 32.7 34.7 111.7 2002/03 45.0 37.0 38.7 120.7 2003/04 45.6 42.9 43.7 132.2 2004/05 46.4 50.0 49.7 146.1 2005/06 47.8 55.1 55.4 158.3 Source : Primary Education, Table 56 and Secondary Education, Table 113 Notes : From Table 149, it is observed that the Expenditure on Primary and Secondary Education put together constituted 69.2 percent of Total Educational Expenditure in 1994/95 and it increased to 69.9 percent in 2000/01. For projection purposes, the share of expenditure on Primary and Secondary Education has been assumed to decline linearly from 69.9% percent in 2000/01 to 65 percent in 2005/06. Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 109 Demand for and Supply of Resources Table 152: Actual and Projected Educational Expenditure at Current Prices in Relation to Gross Domestic Product in St. Lucia, 1994/95 to 2005/06 Educational GDP at Current Educational Expenditure Year Expenditure Prices as a Percentage of GDP Actual 1994/95 78.99 1191 6.6 1995/96 84.52 1280 6.6 1996/97 89.73 1299 6.9 1997/98 95.10 1338 7.1 1998/99 100.2 1426 7.0 1999/00 104.7 1497 7.0 Projected 2000/01 102.7 1542 6.7 2001/02 108.5 1588 6.8 2002/03 114.4 1636 7.0 2003/04 122.4 1685 7.3 2004/05 132.1 1735 7.6 2005/06 143.5 1787 8.0 Source : Educational Expenditure : Tables 148 and 151 GDP : Table 146 for actual figures. For projection purposes the GDP, has been assumed to increase at an annual rate of 3 percent Figure 17 : Actual and Projected Percentage Share of Educational Expenditure at Current Prices in Relation to Gross Domestic Product in St. Lucia, 1994/95 to 2005/06 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 /95 /964 5 6/9 7 /987 8/9 9 9/0 0 /01 /02 /03 /04 /05 /06 99 99 99 99 99 99 00 0 1 00 00 2 00 3 00 4 00 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 Year Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 110 Percentage Share Demand for and Supply of Resources Table 153 : Actual and Projected Educational Expenditure in Relation to Total Government Recurrent Expenditure, 1994/95 to 2005/06 Government Percentage share Percentage share Educational GDP at Current Recurrent of Government of Education in Total Year Expenditure Prices Expenditure Expenditure of GDP Government Expenditure Actual 1994/95 78.99 1191 288 24.2 27.4 1995/96 84.52 1280 328 25.6 25.8 1996/97 89.73 1299 386 29.7 23.2 1997/98 95.10 1338 388 29.0 24.5 1998/99 100.2 1426 391 27.4 25.6 1999/00 104.7 1497 414 27.7 25.3 Projected 2000/01 102.7 1542 426 27.7 24.1 2001/02 108.5 1588 439 27.7 24.7 2002/03 114.4 1636 452 27.7 25.3 2003/04 122.4 1685 466 27.7 26.3 2004/05 132.1 1735 480 27.7 27.5 2005/06 143.5 1787 494 27.7 29.0 Sources : Recurrent Educational Expenditure and GDP , Table 152 Total Government Recurrent Expenditure for 1994/95 to 1999/00 from Government Annual Budget Estimates. Notes: Total Government Recurrent Expenditure for 2000/01 to 2005/06 has been projected by applying 3 percent annual growth rate, same as applied to GDP projections. Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 111 Library Services Table 154: Total Books/Materials in Stock and Circulation in Public Libraries in St. Lucia, 1999 Library Registered Circulation of Books Books in Reference Material Vertical Readers Children Adult Stock Reference Books Periodicals Cassettes Files Central Library 2011 9691 18947 170000 8466 5454 0 1397 Anse La Raye 64 2850 4790 1500 471 0 0 0 Canaries 60 361 1576 1420 329 0 0 0 Mongouge 29 1337 870 2067 310 130 0 30 Soufriere 231 1088 4782 9505 1260 0 36 164 Roblot 70 245 1350 2998 500 0 0 0 Choiseul 86 464 2851 2895 220 10 0 0 Laborie 75 120 139 2123 450 0 0 0 Vieux-Fort 173 1523 4299 9654 1564 0 0 0 Desruisseaux 95 4707 8803 3560 1133 139 0 238 Micoud 129 518 3441 3357 150 555 0 0 Ti-Rocher (Micoud) 226 80 120 3000 1003 0 0 0 Dennery 112 1001 3006 4000 1014 0 0 0 Marchand 126 316 1936 2849 217 29 0 0 Babonneau 171 3605 11634 5660 652 0 0 0 Monchy 60 NA NA 3002 800 0 0 0 Gros Islet 50 649 879 2802 765 6 0 0 Source: Central Library NA: No data is available Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 112 Library Services Table 155: Total Books/Materials in Stock and Circulation at Hunter Francois Library 1998 and 1999 Year 1998 1999 Books in Circulation 23718 16574 - General Studies 6128 3725 - Science & Technology 6260 3354 - Arts 3856 2910 - Audio Visual 198 161 - Individual Studies 5293 3156 - Teaching Aids 1983 3268 Books in Stock 23211 25270 Books Discarded 1088 1240 Reference Services 20820 17932 - Reserve Books 5078 3522 - Periodicals 7292 7006 - Vertical Files 5839 6024 - Search Enquiry 1190 826 - Internet Searches 1421 554 Registered Readers 602 762 Users in the Library 56337 50738 Source: Hunter Francois Library Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 113 Library Services Table 156: Government Libraries and Documentation Centers in St. Lucia, 1999 Library/Documentation Location Total Staff Center Audit Library Audit Department, Ministry of Finance 1 Bureau of Health Education Library Ministry of Health 0 Division of Women's Affairs Library Division of Women's Affairs 0 Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal Library Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal 1 Forestry Library Forestry Division, Ministry of Agriculture 0 Government Information Service Library Government Information Sevice 1 Pre-School Services Library Ministry of Education, Pre-School Unit 0 Commercial Information Center Ministry of Commerce and Industry 2 Hunter J. Francois Library Sir Arthur Lewis Community College 11 Law Library of the Supreme Court of St.Lucia Supreme Court 1 Ministry of Agriculture-Main Library Ministry of Agriculture 2 Government Information and Documentation Department of Information Services Resource Center Office of the Prime Minister 1 Resource Center, AIDS Programme Ministry of Health 1 St.Lucia National Commission for UNESCO St.Lucia National Commision for Resource Center UNESCO 1 Table 157: Other Specialized Information Centers/Libraries Library/Documentation Location Total Staff Center CANARI Library Caribbean Natural Resources Institute 1 Caribbean Environmental Health Library Caribbean Environmental Health Institute 1 Folk Research Center Library Folk Research Center 1 IICA Library Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture 1 NRDF Library National Research and Development Foundation 1 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 114 Human Resource Development Table 158: Recipients of Scholarships/Economic Cost in St. Lucia, 1999/00 Number of Recepients Percentage Type of Scholarship Total Male Female Males Economic Cost Awards 31 10 21 32 Cuban-St.Lucia Bilateral 26 17 9 65 Caricom-Cuba 23 8 15 35 Special Scholarships (including Grants/Financial Assistance 10 7 3 70 Midwestern State Universtiy - Caribbean Tuition Assistance Schorlaship Program 7 0 7 0 St. George's University 5 3 2 60 SALCC-DTEMS 4 2 2 50 Basic Education Reform Project 4 3 1 75 EDF Multi-Annual Training 4 2 2 50 OAS and SPECAF 3 2 1 67 SALCC-DTEEA 3 0 3 0 Cameron University 3 2 1 67 Mico College 3 0 3 0 British Commonwealth and Fellowship Plan 2 1 1 50 Morehouse College 2 2 0 100 Island Scholarships 2 0 2 0 Canada Commonwealth and Fellowship Plan 1 0 1 0 Francophonie - Government of Quebec 1 0 1 0 Morgan State University 1 1 0 100 USA Coast Guard 1 0 1 0 Trinidad & Tobago Commonwealth 1 1 0 100 SubTotal 137 61 76 45 National Insurance Scholarships (NIS) - Secondary Schools 91 28 63 31 Total 228 89 139 39 Table 159: Recipients of National Insurance Scholarships in Secondary Schools in St. Lucia, 1999/00 School Number of Recepients Percentage Total Male Female Males St. Joseph's Convent 16 0 16 0 Castries Comprehensive 12 3 9 25 St. Mary's College 12 12 0 100 Choiseul 10 2 8 20 Vieux-Fort Comprehensive - Campus B 9 4 5 44 Entrepot 6 1 5 17 Micoud 6 1 5 17 Leon Hess 4 0 4 0 Clendon Mason 4 2 2 50 Corinth 3 0 3 0 Vieux-Fort Comprehensive - Campus A 3 1 2 33 Soufriere Comprehensive 2 1 1 50 Sir Ira Simmons 1 0 1 0 Vide Bouteille 1 0 1 0 George Charles 1 1 0 100 Piaye 1 0 1 0 Total 91 28 63 31 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 115 Human Resource Development Table 160: Areas of Study by Recipients of Scholarships for Undergraduate, Graduate an Post Graduate Programmes, 1999/00 Area of Study Total Area of Study Total Accounting 9 Forestry 3 Agriculture 1 History 1 Agriculture Engineering 1 Human Medicine 18 Agronomy 2 Humanities 1 Architecture 7 Information Technology 1 Art 2 Law 4 Auditing 1 Management Information Systems 4 Bio Chemistry 4 Management Studies 2 Business Administration 5 Mass Communications 2 Civil Engineering 10 Mechanical Engineering 3 Commerce 1 Medical Demography 1 Computer & Civil Engineering 2 Medical Technology 2 Computer Aided Transcription 2 Micro Biology 2 Dentistry 2 Music 1 Development Studies 1 Natural Sciences 1 Economic Planning 1 Pharmacy 4 Economics 3 Psychology 1 Educational Administration 2 Public Health 1 Electrical Engineering 1 Social Work 4 Environmental Studies 1 Special Education 3 Fisheries Biology 1 Telecommunications 3 Food Science and Technology 1 Testing & Measurement 1 Forensic Science 1 Tourism & Hospitality Management 3 Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 116 Projection of Population Table 161 : Projection of School Going Total Population of St. Lucia by Specific Age-Groups ,1995 to 2005 Age-Group 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Pre-School Age-Group, 3 and 4 3 3279 3390 3510 3606 3593 3584 3596 3598 3593 3583 3576 4 3216 3290 3390 3490 3553 3546 3571 3585 3589 3590 3586 Total 3 and 4 6495 6680 6900 7096 7146 7130 7167 7183 7182 7173 7162 Primary School Age-Group, 5 to 11 5 3188 3230 3303 3391 3469 3501 3534 3559 3572 3581 3587 6 3191 3197 3244 3314 3391 3449 3490 3521 3546 3561 3572 7 3217 3185 3205 3258 3327 3392 3440 3479 3509 3534 3550 8 3262 3201 3179 3213 3272 3338 3386 3432 3468 3496 3521 9 3315 3246 3185 3173 3221 3286 3333 3381 3424 3457 3484 10 3381 3306 3229 3173 3167 3230 3279 3326 3374 3416 3446 11 3464 3374 3296 3214 3155 3161 3223 3272 3321 3369 3407 Total 5 to 11 23018 22739 22641 22736 23002 23357 23685 23970 24214 24414 24567 Secondary and Senior Primary School Age-Group, 12 to 16 12 3505 3457 3366 3287 3197 3139 3155 3215 3265 3314 3363 13 3472 3498 3450 3358 3277 3182 3132 3148 3208 3258 3309 14 3394 3465 3490 3441 3350 3268 3175 3126 3142 3200 3251 15 3324 3387 3458 3482 3434 3343 3261 3169 3120 3135 3193 16 3245 3315 3380 3450 3474 3427 3336 3254 3162 3114 3129 Total 12 to 16 16940 17122 17144 17018 16732 16359 16059 15912 15897 16021 16245 Tertiary Education Age-Group, 17 to 20 17 3176 3237 3308 3371 3443 3467 3419 3329 3245 3156 3107 18 3124 3167 3229 3299 3364 3436 3458 3411 3321 3238 3149 19 3067 3116 3159 3221 3292 3357 3427 3450 3403 3314 3231 20 3039 3078 3107 3151 3213 3283 3348 3418 3442 3395 3307 Total 17 to 20 12406 12598 12803 13042 13312 13543 13652 13608 13411 13103 12794 Total School Going Population Total 3 to 20 58859 59139 59488 59892 60192 60389 60563 60673 60704 60711 60768 Total Population of St. Lucia Total All Ages 145437 147047 149621 152432 154812 157181 158443 161735 164060 166422 168825 School Going Population as a Percentage of Total Population % 40 40 40 39 39 38 38 38 37 36 36 Source: Compiled from population projections by single years prepared by Department of Statistics, St.Lucia. Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 117 Projection of Population Table 162 : Projection of School Going Male Population of St. Lucia by Specific Age-Groups, 1995 to 2005 Age-Group 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Pre-School Age-Group, 3 and 4 3 1640 1710 1786 1845 1836 1829 1831 1826 1820 1818 1820 4 1597 1647 1711 1774 1813 1809 1820 1824 1822 1821 1822 Total 3 and 4 3237 3357 3497 3619 3649 3638 3651 3650 3642 3639 3642 Primary School Age-Group, 5 to 11 5 1576 1606 1655 1712 1762 1782 1801 1812 1816 1818 1822 6 1574 1582 1615 1662 1713 1750 1775 1792 1803 1809 1814 7 1585 1571 1587 1624 1670 1714 1745 1768 1784 1795 1802 8 1609 1576 1568 1593 1633 1677 1711 1740 1760 1775 1786 9 1639 1600 1567 1564 1598 1642 1675 1709 1736 1753 1767 10 1676 1634 1590 1558 1561 1604 1638 1672 1706 1731 1746 11 1722 1672 1628 1581 1550 1558 1600 1635 1670 1704 1726 Total 5 to 11 11381 11241 11210 11294 11487 11727 11945 12128 12275 12385 12463 Secondary/Senior Primary School Age-Group, 12 to 16 12 1749 1718 1667 1623 1572 1541 1555 1596 1631 1667 1701 13 1737 1745 1714 1663 1617 1563 1537 1551 1592 1628 1665 14 1701 1733 1740 1709 1658 1612 1559 1534 1548 1588 1624 15 1670 1697 1729 1736 1705 1654 1608 1556 1530 1544 1584 16 1636 1665 1693 1724 1731 1701 1650 1604 1552 1527 1541 Total 12 to 16 8493 8558 8543 8455 8283 8071 7909 7841 7853 7954 8115 Tertiary Education Age-Group, 17 to 20 17 1602 1631 1661 1688 1720 1727 1696 1646 1599 1549 1523 18 1570 1596 1626 1656 1684 1716 1722 1692 1642 1595 1545 19 1521 1565 1592 1622 1652 1680 1711 1717 1687 1638 1591 20 1508 1536 1560 1587 1617 1647 1675 1706 1713 1683 1634 Total 17 to 20 6201 6328 6439 6553 6673 6770 6804 6761 6641 6465 6293 Total School Going Male Population in Age-Group 3 to 20 Total 3 - 20 29312 29484 29689 29921 30092 30206 30309 30380 30411 30443 30513 Total Male Population in St. Lucia Total All Ages 70725 71755 73094 74195 75387 76560 76713 78868 80046 81248 82473 Percentage of School Going Male Population in relation to Total Male Population in St.Lucia % 41 41 41 40 40 39 40 39 38 37 37 Source: Compiled from population projections by single years prepared by Department of Statistics, St.Lucia. Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 118 Projection of Population Property of the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports: Education Statistical Digest 118 Projection of Population Table 163 : Projection of School Going Female Population of St. Lucia by Specific Age-Groups, 1995 to 2005 Age- Group 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Pre-School Age-Group, 3 and 4 3 1639 1680 1724 1761 1757 1755 1765 1772 1773 1765 1756 4 1619 1643 1679 1716 1740 1737 1751 1761 1767 1769 1764 Total 3 and 4 3258 3323 3403 3477 3497 3492 3516 3533 3540 3534 3520 Primary School Age-Group, 5 to 11 5 1612 1624 1648 1679 1707 1719 1733 1747 1756 1763 1765 6 1617 1615 1629 1652 1678 1699 1715 1729 1743 1752 1758 7 1632 1614 1618 1634 1657 1678 1695 1711 1725 1739 1748 8 1653 1625 1611 1620 1639 1661 1675 1692 1708 1721 1735 9 1676 1646 1618 1609 1623 1644 1658 1672 1688 1704 1717 10 1705 1672 1639 1615 1606 1626 1641 1654 1668 1685 1700 11 1742 1702 1668 1633 1605 1603 1623 1637 1651 1665 1681 Total 5 to 11 11637 11498 11431 11442 11515 11630 11740 11842 11939 12029 12104 Secondary/Senior Primary School Age-Group, 12 to 16 12 1756 1739 1699 1664 1625 1598 1600 1619 1634 1647 1662 13 1735 1753 1736 1695 1660 1619 1595 1597 1616 1630 1644 14 1693 1732 1750 1732 1692 1656 1616 1592 1594 1612 1627 15 1654 1690 1729 1746 1729 1689 1653 1613 1590 1591 1609 16 1609 1650 1687 1726 1743 1726 1686 1650 1610 1587 1588 Total 12 to 16 8447 8564 8601 8563 8449 8288 8150 8071 8044 8067 8130 Tertiary Education Age-Group, 17 to 20 17 1574 1606 1647 1683 1723 1740 1723 1683 1646 1607 1584 18 1554 1571 1603 1643 1680 1720 1736 1719 1679 1643 1604 19 1546 1551 1567 1599 1640 1677 1716 1733 1716 1676 1640 20 1531 1542 1547 1564 1596 1636 1673 1712 1729 1712 1673 Total 17 to 20 6205 6270 6364 6489 6639 6773 6848 6847 6770 6638 6501 Total School Going Female Population Total 3 to 20 29547 29655 29799 29971 30100 30183 30254 30293 30293 30268 30255 Total Female Population in St. Lucia Total All Ages 74712 75292 76527 78237 79425 80601 81730 82887 84014 85174 85352 School Going Female Population as a Percentage of Total Female Female Population % 40 39 39 38 38 37 37 37 36 36 35 Source: Compiled from population projections by single years prepared by Department of Statistics, St.Lucia. 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