Introduction
The Education Statistical Digest is reflective of data from the 2000-2001 to 2016-2017 Academic Year. Information for the period prior to the 2000-2001,is available in the 2016-2017 Digest online at www.stats.gov.vc under publications at the top or at www.education.gov.vc/education/ under the publications tab. This document is prepared primarily by the Planning and Research Units within the Ministry of Education in St. Vincent and the Grenadines with assistance from the other departments within the Ministry of Education.
The Planning and Research Unit within the Ministry of Education expresses its deepest thanks to the Early Childhood Administrators, Primary Heads and Secondary Principals for their assistance in completing the Annual School Survey which in turn facilitated the production of this document. We acknowledge that without your data submissions this objective would not be achieved and hence we pause again to say thanks. While we cannot identify each person who contributed in one form or another, we wish to express our deepest gratitude to all those who assisted and make special mention of Mr. Anil Sutherland, who has worked tirelessly in providing student performance data and Mrs. Jozene Franklyn and Ms. Tamira Browne, who facilitated the initial collation of the data from the institutions and also the narratives and editing of the publication which followed. Without their support, the preparation of this document would not have been possible.
Finally, we say thanks to the Education Media Unit who graciously supplied photographs for enhancing the appearance of this publication.