Education in Montserrat is compulsory for children between the ages of 5 and 14, and free up to the age of 17.[1] The Government of Montserrat developed an Education in the Country Policy Plan for 1998–2002 in conjunction with the United Kingdom.[1] Under this plan, the government is supporting initiatives in the areas of curriculum development, student assessment and evaluation, professional development for teachers, post-secondary education expansion, and educational infrastructure and information technology.[1]
The educational system is similar to that of England.[2] In 1990 all primary school-aged residents were enrolled in school.[3]
History
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Methodists created two schools, one each in Plymouth and Cavalla Hill. The Sturges family founded the Olveston School.[4]
Despite its small population of about 5,000 residents, Montserrat is home to three offshore medical schools.
Schools
Government daycares include Lookout Daycare, St. John's Daycare, and Salem Daycare. Government nurseries include Brades Nursery, Lookout Nursery, and Salem Nursery. Aunt Madge Child Care, a private institution, has nursery and daycare services.[5] Lookout Nursery opened in 2001, Lookout Daycare opened in 2002, and Salem Nursery opened in 2005. St. John's Nursery closed in 2001.[6]
There are two government primary schools with Kindergarten and grades 1-6:[7]
The Methodist Church built the school in 1966. Further additions and renovation were done by the Montserrat government.[8] In 2009 the school was overpopulated;[9] it had 151 students that year.[8]
Lookout Primary School (Lookout)
It was established after the 1997 Soufrière Hills volcanic eruption,[9] beginning as a secondary institution in 1997. In 2001 it was converted into a primary institution. There are three buildings, with Building 1 at the highest-most point. In 2009 it had 174 students.[7]
There are two private primary schools with Kindergarten and grades 1-6:[2]
St. Augustine Catholic Primary School (Brades)[10]
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In the pre-1997 era, Montserrat had state, private, and church schools. In 1989 the island had two day care centres. Its 12 nursery schools had 460 students in 1988. Its 12 primary schools had 1,403 students in 1988.[15]
Prior to 1928 residents had to go outside Montserrat to get secondary schooling. In 1928, the first secondary institution, Montserrat Boys Grammar School, a government boys-only school, opened. In 1932 a private girls-only secondary school opened. They merged into MSS in 1938.[18]
In the pre-1997 era, Plymouth Junior Secondary School, Salem Junior Secondary School,[19] and the MSS junior section had lower secondary education while MSS senior section had upper secondary education.[20] They were branches of one secondary institution, and together had 1,043 students in 1988.[15]
There was also a technical college, Montserrat Technical College (MTC),[16] with 72 students in 1988.[15]
^Home pageArchived 25 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine. St. Augustine Catholic Primary School. Retrieved on November 24, 2017. "ST. AUGUSTINE CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL Palm Loop, Montserrat P.O. Box 192, Brades MSR 1110"
^ abcThomas, Emel (editor). Education in the Commonwealth Caribbean and Netherlands Antilles. Bloomsbury Publishing, May 8, 2014. ISBN1623563836, 9781623563837. p. 279.
^Miller, Paul. School Leadership in the Caribbean: Perceptions, Practices, Paradigms. Symposium Books Ltd, 6 May 2013. ISBN1873927819, 9781873927816. p. 37.
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