Education in Barbuda

Education in Barbuda is under the responsibility of the Education and Training Committee of the Barbuda Council.

School attendance 
In 2011, of the 1,625 people on Barbuda, 4.76% had no education, 2.76% of the population were in or had their highest level of education be day care, 3.82% had preschool, 2.13% had infant/kindergarten, 6.08% had primary (grades 1–3), 11.97% had primary (grades 4–7), 15.42% had junior secondary, 13.86% had secondary (form 1–3), 22.82% had secondary (form 4–5), 0.19% had sixth form (A'Level) - lower, 0.63% had sixth form (A'Level) - upper, 0.94% had post-secondary, 5.71% had post-secondary/pre-university/college, 0.56% had post-primary vocational/trade, 0.25% had special education, 1.94% had university, 0.94% had another level, and 5.20% didn't know or didn't state their education level. 500 people attended school full time, and 17 people attended school part-time.

Out of the 518 people in schooling, 6.89% attended daycare, 12.60% preschool, 49.41% government or government assisted primary school, 0.79% private primary school, 20.67% secondary school, 1.97% community/state college, 1.97% adult education, 1.38% university, 0.79% other, and 3.54% didn't know what type of school they attended, or didn't state.

Examinations 
67.46% of all people on Barbuda had no examination, 3.26% had a school leaving certificate, 3.07% had a high school certificate, 4.64% had a Cambridge School/CXC, 7.90% had a GCE 'O' level/CXC General, 0.50% had a GCE 'A' Levels, CAPE, 4.01% had a college certificate, 1.63% had an associate degree, 1.38% had a bachelor's degree, 0.13% had a post graduate diploma, 0.38% had a professional certificate, 0.38% had a master's or doctoral degree, and 5.27% didn't know or didn't state their examination level. Of those aged 25–29, 52.71% had no examination, 3.10% had a school leaving certificate, 5.43% had a high school certificate, 7.75% had a Cambridge School/CXC, 14.73% had a GCE 'O' level/CXC General, 0.78% had a GCE 'A' Levels, CAPE, 4.65% had a college certificate, 4.65% had an associate degree, 2.33% had a bachelor's degree, 0.78% had a post graduate diploma, and 3.10% did not know or did not state their examination level. The number of people aged 25–29 with no examination level was the highest in the country by far, with the next highest, St. John's City, having 29.09% of people aged 25–29 with no examination level.

Training 
Out of the 1,162 people asked, 41.81% had training at some point, and 53.55% have not had training. Out of the 486 asked, 70.65% had completed their training, 9.01% were undergoing training, 17.61% attempted training but did not compelete it, and 2.73% didn't know or didn't state their training status. 50.10% of the 486 asked had on the job training, 9.64% had an apprenticeship, 1.89% had a correspondence course, 1.05% had a secondary school training course, 24.32% had a vocational/trade/technical training, 0.21% had a commercial/secretarial training, 2.10% had a business/computer training, 4.19% had a university on campus training, 1.26% had a private study, 3.56% had another type of training, and 1.68% didn't know or didn't state their training method.

Of the 486 people asked, 45.70% got no qualification from their training, 28.72% got a certificate with examination, 8.60% got a certificate without an exam, 5.66% got a diploma or an advanced diploma, 0.63% got an associate degree, 1.89% got a first degree or a post graduate degree, 3.77% got a professional qualification, and 5.03% didn't know or didn't state. 20.96% of the 486 people asked had a training period of under three months, 10.69% had a training period that was 3 months and less than 6 months, 17.82% had a training period that was 6 months and less than 1 year, 9.43% had a training period that was 1 year and less than 1.5 years, 4.19% had a training period that was 1.5 years and less than 2 years, 14.26% had a training period that was 2 years and less than 3 years, 6.71% had a training period that was 3 years and less than 4 years, 10.90% had a training period that was 4 years and over, and 5.03% didn't know or didn't state their training period. Of the 486 people asked, 61.01% had related training and 35.43% did not.

References 

Society of Barbuda