Editing Barbados (section)

== Education ==

{{Main|Education in Barbados}}
[[File:Christ Church, Barbados 014.jpg|thumb|upright|Schoolchildren in [[Saint Philip, Barbados]]]]
The Barbados [[List of countries by literacy rate|literacy rate]] is ranked close to 100%.<ref name="unesco">{{cite web |url=http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/tableviewer/document.aspx?ReportId=143 |title=Unesco Institute for Statistics: Date Centre |date=14 September 2007| access-date=28 February 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110130085835/http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/tableviewer/document.aspx?ReportId=143| archive-date= 30 January 2011 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Encylopedia Britannica- Barbados"/> The mainstream public education system of Barbados is fashioned after the British model. The government of Barbados spends 6.7% of its GDP on education (2008).<ref name="cia"/>

All young people in the country must attend school until age 16. Barbados has over 70 primary schools and over 20 secondary schools throughout the island. There are a number of private schools, including those offering [[Montessori education|Montessori]] and [[International Baccalaureate]] education. Student enrolment at these schools represents less than 5% of the total enrolment of the public schools.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

Certificate-, diploma- and degree-level education in the country is provided by the [[Barbados Community College]], the [[Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology]], [[Codrington College]], and the [[University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus|Cave Hill campus]] and Open Campus of the [[University of the West Indies]]. Barbados is also home to several overseas medical schools, such as [[Ross University School of Medicine]] and the [[American University of Integrative Sciences|American University of Integrative Sciences, School of Medicine]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}