Survivors of the experience: the first three years of secondary schooling in Trinidad and Tobago
By: Jules, Vena
Series: EFA in the Caribbean: Assessment 2000Publisher: UNESCO Representative in the Caribbean ; Kingston ; 1999Description: ix, 24 p; tblsISBN: 976-95036-8-1Subject(s): EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH | SEX | STUDENT DROP OUT | STUDENTS | SOCIAL CLASSES | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | SECONDARY EDUCATIONSummary: Student school survival/dropout is considered an important economic and social indicator of the efficiency of a school system. In the first instance; it reveals returns for dollars spent; in the second, the potential wastage in human lives. In Trinidad and Tobago, huge investment have been made in Secondary level education with the aim of providing free schooling, equalizing opportunity, and correcting regional imbalances. As the process of increasing access becomes entrenched, a recurring questions ; "who are the students surviving the experience?" A longitudinal study was designed to trace student survival to the end of the first cycle (third year) of secondary school through a randomly selected representative sample. The sample comprised 2125 students in 64 classroom groups -10% of the students of one entry year. Data gathering by questionnaire, interviews and small scale observation was done during the last five weeks of each school year.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Grey Literature | National Documentation Centre Caribbean Collection | 01276-XI (Browse shelf) | Available | 3844 |
Student school survival/dropout is considered an important economic and social indicator of the efficiency of a school system. In the first instance; it reveals returns for dollars spent; in the second, the potential wastage in human lives. In Trinidad and Tobago, huge investment have been made in Secondary level education with the aim of providing free schooling, equalizing opportunity, and correcting regional imbalances. As the process of increasing access becomes entrenched, a recurring questions ; "who are the students surviving the experience?" A longitudinal study was designed to trace student survival to the end of the first cycle (third year) of secondary school through a randomly selected representative sample. The sample comprised 2125 students in 64 classroom groups -10% of the students of one entry year. Data gathering by questionnaire, interviews and small scale observation was done during the last five weeks of each school year.
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