First Report Card on Education in Jamaica: Prisms of Possibility

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We are pleased to share the first Education Report Card for Jamaica, prepared by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI), in association with PREAL. Entitled Prisms of Possibility 2012, the report highlights the achievements and challenges of the national education system in nine key areas and offers a series of policy recommendations.

The document points out that although Jamaica invests a large percentage of national income in education and has high levels of enrollment, it is characterized by serious inequality and low levels of learning among poor students, especially boys. The report also notes that the country has a robust student evaluation system and is developing efforts to improve transparency and accountability.  

Like other PREAL report cards, the publication seeks to promote informed debate among diverse actors and help identify policy options to resolve the problems described. The full version of the report in English is attached and a summary of the report is available here. Both documents can also be found online through the Publications tab on PREAL's webpage (www.preal.org).

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