Public education for children and youth is a very high priority in the Caribbean as a whole and the me mber states of the Commonwealth Caribbean
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All countries have met the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education; a lmost all countries have compulsory education for children ages five to 16, have achieved
universal primary and secondary education, and are making significant progress in universal early childhood education.
While primary and secondary education are offered without fees, early childhood education in many countries is offered in partnership with the private sector for a fee.
Girls and boys both enter the early childhood and primary cycles of education, apparently survive to the end of primary school, and enter the secondary cycle as part of th
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