Editing Belize (section)

===Education===
{{main|Education in Belize}}
A number of kindergartens, secondary, and tertiary schools in Belize provide education for students—mostly funded by the government. Belize has about a dozen [[List of universities in Belize|tertiary level institutions]], the most prominent of which is the [[University of Belize]], which evolved out of the University College of Belize founded in 1986. Before that [[St. John's College, Belize|St. John's College]], founded in 1877, dominated the tertiary education field. The Open Campus of the [[University of the West Indies]] has a site in Belize.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Open Campus in Belize |url=http://www.open.uwi.edu/belize |website=Open Campus |publisher=The University of the West Indies |access-date=16 March 2019 |archive-date=27 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527065326/https://www.open.uwi.edu/belize |url-status=live }}</ref> It also has campuses in [[Barbados]], [[Trinidad]], and [[Jamaica]]. The government of Belize contributes financially to the UWI.

Education in Belize is compulsory between the ages of six and 14 years. {{As of|2010}}, the literacy rate in Belize was estimated to be 79.7%,<ref name="census2010"/> one of the [[List of countries by literacy rate|lowest in the Western Hemisphere]].

The educational policy is currently following the "Education Sector Strategy 2011–2016", which sets three objectives for the years to come: Improving access, quality, and governance of the education system by providing technical and [[vocational education]] and training.<ref>{{cite web|title=TVET Country Profiles|url=http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/worldtvetdatabase1.php?ct=BLZ|access-date=2021-11-23|website=www.unevoc.unesco.org|archive-date=13 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413140950/http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/worldtvetdatabase1.php?ct=BLZ|url-status=live}}</ref>