Education for All

Education for All: Caribbean Perspectives and Imperatives examines basic education programs and policies throughout the Caribbean in the context of worldwide educational priorities. Global statements on basic education presented at the 1990 World Conference on Education for All are interpreted in terms of Caribbean economic and social realities and resources.
Effective primary and secondary education is seen as the cornerstone of the Caribbean's ability to advance and compete in the global community. Education for All, which includes case studies in Haiti, Barbados and Jamaica, looks at promising and innovative educational programs throughout the region.
This book draws on papers, documents and exhibits presented at the World Conference and the Caribbean Consultation, one of several regional meetings that preceded the World Conference. The purpose of the meetings, sponsored chiefly by the United Nations and the World Bank, was to bring together world leaders, government delegations, international organizations and eminent educators to forge a global commitment to provide sound basic education for all children and adults around the world.

Purpose and Methodology	p. 1
Purpose	p. 1
Contribution of the Inter-American Development Bank	p. 2
Methodology	p. 3
Definition of the Caribbean for the World Conference	p. 4
Outline of the Report	p. 5
World Declaration and Framework for Action: Caribbean Perspectives	p. 7
Redefinition of the Term "All"	p. 7
Reconceptualizing Basic Education	p. 8
Main Articles of the World Declaration	p. 9
Principle Elements of the Framework for Action	p. 11
Persistent Concerns	p. 17
Education as Intentional Activity	p. 18
The Economic and Social Context of Caribbean Education	p. 21
Theoretical and Historical Considerations	p. 21
Haiti's Contribution to the Spread of Schooling in the Region	p. 24
Schooling in the Post-Independence Era	p. 26
The Debt Crisis and Caribbean Education	p. 28
Economic Recession and Educational Development in the Caribbean	p. 35
Social Considerations	p. 36
Past Patterns: Future Trends?	p. 38
Basic Education: In School	p. 41
Coverage	p. 41
Internal Efficiency	p. 53
Supporting Infrastructure	p. 58
Effectiveness	p. 60
Costs	p. 73
Problems Faced by Caribbean Educational Systems	p. 76
Concluding Comment	p. 78
Basic Education: Out of School	p. 81
Early Childhood Education	p. 82
Basic Education for Adults	p. 88
Concluding Discussion	p. 116
Basic Education: The Case of Barbados	p. 119
Primary Education	p. 120
Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Primary School System	p. 132
Discussion of the Barbadian Case	p. 138
Basic Education: The Case of Haiti	p. 145
The Primary School System	p. 146
Basic Education Out of School	p. 155
Concluding Discussion	p. 163
Promising Projects in Primary Education	p. 169
The National Assessment Programme, Jamaica	p. 169
UWI/USAID Primary Education Project	p. 181
Academic Upgrading of Unqualified Teachers: Distance Teaching, Windward Islands	p. 188
Thinking Ability Development Project, Korea	p. 192
Austerity, Debt, and Financing Education in the Caribbean	p. 197
Views at the Regional Consultation and World Conference	p. 199
Applicability of Agency Proposals to the Caribbean	p. 200
The "Income Approach" to Educational Policy	p. 203
Toward a New Approach to Financing Basic Education	p. 206
International Funding for Caribbean Education	p. 213
Concluding Discussion	p. 215
Policies to Improve Basic Education in the Caribbean	p. 217
Separate but Interrelated Policies and Programmes (SIPP) Approach	p. 219
Concluding Discussion	p. 243
Basic Education and the Future in the Caribbean	p. 245
A Technical cum Philosophical Vision of the Future Caribbean	p. 246
Concluding Discussion	p. 257
Appendices	p. 259
References	p. 265
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