education

Restavek Girls Don’t Complete their Primary Education

Most Restavek Girls Don’t Complete their Primary Education compared to Boys

Most Child Domestic Workers cannot complete their primary education. To begin with, they have to work and earn for themselves and their families.   The situation is bad for both girls and boys. According to data, 44 percent of girls have only attained incomplete primary education. Likewise, only 30 percent of Haitian boys have attained …

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Restavek Education in Haiti

This is the latest installment of this blog highlighting the conditions of Child Domestic Workers in Haiti. In Haiti, many poor rural families hoping to provide a better future for their children send them to live as domestic servants in the homes of urban / semi-urban families. The majority of these children are girls and are …

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National Academic Achievement

Though the 1987 Constitution of Haiti requires that a public education is offered free to all people, the Haitian government has been unable to fulfill this obligation. 94% of all children do not attend pre-primary programs (Unesco 2012). The illiteracy rate of the Haitian population is estimated at 47%. The graduation rate in primary school is below 30%.  Out of the 67% enrollment rate for elementary school, 70% continue on to …

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