Editing Eswatini (section)

===Education===
[[File:School Day (3638222558).jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|A rural primary school in Eswatini]]
[[Education in Eswatini]] begins with pre-school education for infants, primary, secondary and high school education for general education and training, and universities and colleges at the tertiary level. Pre-school education is usually for children 5-years or younger; after that, a student can enroll in a primary school anywhere in the country. Early childhood care and education centres take the form of preschools or neighbourhood care points. In the country 21.6% of preschool age children have access to early childhood education.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.sz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=302&Itemid=415 |title=Early Childhood & Care Education |publisher=Gov.sz |date=22 September 2010 |access-date=16 August 2014}}</ref> Primary education begins at age six. It is a seven-year programme that culminates with an end-of-primary-school examination in grade 7 which is a locally based assessment administered by the Examinations Council through schools.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.sz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=295&Itemid=408 |title=Primary Education |publisher=Gov.sz |access-date=16 August 2014}}</ref>

The secondary and high school education system is a five-year programme divided into three years junior secondary and two years senior secondary. There is an external public examination (Junior Certificate) at the end of the junior secondary that learners must pass to progress to the senior secondary level. The Examinations Council of Swaziland administers this examination. At the end of the senior secondary level, learners sit for a public examination, the Swaziland General Certificate of Secondary Education<!-- Don't change to "Eswatini General Certificate of Secondary Education (EGCSE)" or anything similar. The Examinations Council of Swaziland refers to it as the SGCSE and will be here. --> and International General Certificate of Secondary Education which is accredited by the Cambridge International Examination. A few schools offer the Advanced Studies programme in their curriculum.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.sz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=296&Itemid=409 |title=Secondary Education |publisher=Gov.sz |access-date=16 August 2014}}</ref>

There are 830 public schools including primary, secondary and high schools.<ref name="SZEDSchoolList">{{cite web |last=Ministry of Education|title=School Lists|url=http://www.gov.sz/images/stories/edupolicies/schools%20lists%20by%20pay%20code%202011.pdf|publisher=Swaziland Govt|access-date=7 February 2014}}</ref> There are also 34 recognised private schools with an additional 14 unrecognised private schools. The largest number of schools is in the Hhohho region.<ref name="SZEDSchoolList" /> Education is free at primary level, mainly first through the fourth grade and also free for orphaned and vulnerable children, but not compulsory.<ref name="ilab">{{cite web|url=http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2001/Swaziland.htm |title=2001 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor |publisher=[[Bureau of International Labor Affairs]], [[U.S. Department of Labor]] |year=2002 |access-date=29 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515092523/http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2001/swaziland.htm |archive-date=15 May 2009 }}</ref> In 1996, the net primary school enrollment rate was 90.8%, with gender parity at the primary level.<ref name="ilab" /> In 1998, 80.5% of children reached grade five.<ref name="ilab" />

In 1963, Waterford School, later named [[Waterford Kamhlaba|Waterford Kamhlaba United World College of Southern Africa]], was founded as southern Africa's first multiracial school. In 1981, Waterford Kamhlaba joined the [[United World Colleges]] movement as the first United World College on the African continent, and the only African UWC until 2019, when UWC East Africa in Tanzania joined the movement.<ref>{{Cite web|title=UWC East Africa|url=https://www.uwc.org/schools/uwc-east-africa|access-date=20 June 2020|website=UWC}}</ref>

====Higher education====
The [[University of Eswatini]], Southern African Nazarene University and Eswatini Medical Christian University are the institutions that offer university education in the country. A campus of [[Limkokwing University of Creative Technology]] can be found at Sidvwashini (Sidwashini), a suburb of Mbabane. Ngwane Teacher's College and William Pitcher College are the country's teaching colleges. The Good Shepherd Hospital in [[Siteki]] is home to the College for Nursing Assistants.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbm.org/programmes/Good-Shepherd-Hospital-300030.php |title=Programme: Good Shepherd Hospital, Siteki, Swaziland &#124; CBM International |publisher=Cbm.org |access-date=16 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302113946/http://www.cbm.org/programmes/Good-Shepherd-Hospital-300030.php |archive-date=2 March 2016 }}</ref><ref name=Klopper12>{{cite book|last=Hester Klopper|title=The State of Nursing and Nursing Education in Africa|year=2012|publisher=Sigma Theta Tau|isbn=978-1935476849|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P3kmklrR9zgC&q=good+shepherd+hospital+swaziland+nursing+school&pg=PT388}}</ref> The University of Eswatini is the national university, established in 1982 by act of Parliament, and is headquartered at [[Kwaluseni]] with additional campuses in Mbabane and [[Luyengo]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uniswa.sz/uniswainfo/history |title=History &#124; University of Swaziland |publisher=Uniswa.sz |date=20 October 1975 |access-date=16 August 2014 |archive-date=16 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216111649/http://www.uniswa.sz/uniswainfo/history |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Southern African Nazarene University in Manzini was established in 2010 as a merger of the Nazarene College of Nursing, College of Theology and the Nazarene Teachers College.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.africanazarene.org/africa-south |title=Church of the Nazarene Africa Region &#124; Africa South |publisher=Africanazarene.org |access-date=16 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108164401/http://www.africanazarene.org/africa-south |archive-date=8 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncnnews.com/nphweb/html/ncn/article.jsp?id=10009691 |title=Southern Africa Nazarene University launched in Swaziland – Nazarene Communications Network |publisher=Ncnnews.com |date=28 October 2010 |access-date=16 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216040208/http://www.ncnnews.com/nphweb/html/ncn/article.jsp?id=10009691 |archive-date=16 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Eswatini Medical Christian University,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Founder |url=https://emcu.ac.sz/founder/ |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=EMCU |language=en-US}}</ref> focusing on medical education, was established in 2012 and is Eswatini's newest university.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scusz.ac/about-scu/our-vision-and-mission/ |title=Swaziland Christian University » Our Vision and Mission |publisher=Scusz.ac |access-date=16 August 2014 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707131607/http://www.scusz.ac/about-scu/our-vision-and-mission/ |archive-date=7 July 2014 }}</ref> It is in Mbabane.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scusz.ac/about-scu/contact-us/ |title=Swaziland Christian University » Contact us |publisher=Scusz.ac |access-date=16 August 2014 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707125351/http://www.scusz.ac/about-scu/contact-us/ |archive-date=7 July 2014 }}</ref> The campus of Limkokwing University was opened at Sidvwashini in Mbabane in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rooney |first=Richard |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201211160696.html |title=Swaziland: Limkokwing Reduces Minister to Tears (Page 1 of 2) |publisher=allAfrica.com |date=15 November 2012 |access-date=16 August 2014}}</ref> The main centre for technical training in Eswatini is the [[Eswatini College of Technology]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eswatini College Of Technology – Looking To The Fututre |url=https://www.ecotsz.co.za/ |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=www.ecotsz.co.za |archive-date=5 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405025950/https://www.ecotsz.co.za/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Other technical and vocational institutions include the [[Gwamile Vocational and Commercial Training Institute]] in [[Matsapha]], the Manzini Industrial and Training Centre in Manzini, Nhlangano Agricultural Skills Training Centre, and Siteki Industrial Training Centre.

In addition to these institutions, the kingdom also has the Eswatini Institute of Management and Public Administration (SIMPA)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eswatini Institute of Management and Public Administration SIMPA |url=https://simpamdi.business.site/ |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=simpamdi.business.site |language=en |archive-date=5 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405025948/https://simpamdi.business.site/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Institute of Development Management (IDM). SIMPA is a government-owned management and development institute, and IDM is a regional organisation in Botswana, Lesotho, and Eswatini, providing training, consultancy, and research in management. North Carolina State University's [[Poole College of Management]] is a sister school of SIMPA.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.idmbls.com/content.php?id=23 |title=Welcome To IDM |publisher=Idmbls.com |access-date=16 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109233408/http://idmbls.com/content.php?id=23 |archive-date=9 November 2014 }}</ref> The Mananga Management Centre was established at [[Ezulwini Valley|Ezulwini]] as Mananga Agricultural Management Centre in 1972 as an international management development centre offering training of middle and senior managers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mananga.sz/company-history/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222060630/http://mananga.sz/company-history/ |url-status=dead |title=Company History &#124; Mananga<!--Bot-generated title-->|archive-date=22 February 2014}}</ref>