History of Education in Caribbean

By carla.knight81

  • Pre-emancipation

    No formal Education for slaves; only religious instruction via sunday school and night school

  • Formal Schooling

    Some islands had slave schools (Trinidad, British Guiana) and Grammar schools for less wealthy white boys (Barbados)

  • Emancipation Era

    British Government funds Negro Education Grant in ex-slave colonies. Formal education for all.

  • Education Acts introduced

    Education acts are passed to maintain religious instruction ( committees, boards, etc.)

  • Elementary Education

    Denominational and secular schools available. ( Jamaica)

  • Training Colleges

    Bishop George Westerby established the Spring Gardens Teacher Training College in Antigua. Coutnries that benefited included Montserrat, Dominica, St Kitts and Nevis and Anguilla.

  • Payment by Result System

    Introduced first in Barbados to assist in financing of schools. (Jamaica)
    Pupil-teacher system was an outcome of this system

  • Commissions established

    Establishment of commissions to examine spending on education and effectiveness of Payment By Results system.

  • Education Bill

    The elementary education bill abolished in Jamaica and fees introduced in form of Education Tax

  • Board of Education

    Establishment of first Board of Education in Jamaica

  • British funded Agricultural Programmes

    British Government finances Agricultural Instruction Programmes

  • Govenrment established colleges

    Government run training colleges established in Trinidad and British Guiana.