CAPE Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations
CCSLC Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Competence
CPD Continuous Professional Development
CPEA Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment
CSEC Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate
CVQ Caribbean Vocational Qualification
CXC Caribbean Examinations Council
DR Drop-out Rate
ECCB Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
ECD Early Childhood Development
EDPU Economic Development Policy Unit
EFA Education for All
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GER Gross Enrolment Rate
GIR Gross Intake Rate
GPGR Gross Primary Graduation Ratio
GPI Gender Parity Index
MDG Millennium Development Goals
OECS Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
OEDMU OECS Education Development Management Unit
OESS OECS Education Sector Strategy
NA National Assessment
NER Net Enrolment Rate
NIR Net Intake Rate
MS Member State
NVQ National Vocational Qualifications
RR Repetition Rate
TR Transition Rate
TVET Technical Vocational Education and Training
ToS Test of Standards
UIS UNESCO Institute of Statistics
UKN (Information) Unknown
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
UWI University of the West Indies