Jamaica Snapshot
Population: 2.8M; 16% below poverty line; 34% below age 18
Murder rate: 6th highest in the world Unemployment rate: as high as 40% for youth ages 15-24 depending on gender and education Functional Illiteracy: Literacy criteria - over age 15 and has ever attended school |
Educational Issues
High school education: 28% of population, or 784,000 people, have not completed high school
High School is not free and the cost of public and preparatory high schools can be prohibitive even for the best students' families Average annual income - $2500 Average cost of one year of High School - $1500 |
why jamaicans remain poorAdrian Stokes, Scotiabank
YouTube August 2011 View this brief video explaining the importance of education and training to improvng opportunities for Jamaicans. |
Improving the Quality of Education in JamaicaThe Caribbean Policy Research Institute
YouTube February 2009 Listen to the Principal of the UWI, Mona, discuss sobering statistics on the state of the education system in Jamaica. |
You can empower a child to build a better life through education.