Hello, here are some introductions for education in Belize which we discussed about in our reading forum. Enjoy!!!

1. Education in Belize Vicky Hung

2. Educational system British Honduras->British Education Not Compulsory Education Public School / Private School / Church & Government semi-public? └─ Mainly ─┘

3. Cataloged by Levels 3 Semesters in 1 year pre-kindergarten(3) kindergarten(4-5) Infant 1、Infant 2 (6-7) Standard (8-13)->P.S.E. High(14-17)

4. Compare to Taiwan

5. Tuition FEE Determined by schools respectively, not unified Public School : US$10~US$25(per year, textbook excluded) Private School : at least NT$40,000(per year, textbook excluded, auditorium fee, registering fee included) Usually, the primary schools will charge Security Deposit.(every household as a unit, refundable when finish study)

6. Conservative? Skirts : Over the knees (from standard to high schools) Hairdos : Free, but 80% boys have Crew Cut When students wear uniforms on the streets, he/she cannot tease, cannot speak freely, cannot put arms around friends, cannot philandering!

7. Heuristic ! The way they lecture Form a Group -> Teamwork ->Dissolve ->Regroup -> Teamwork -> … More interactive with peers, heuristic education!

8. Features Fundamental education is more strict compared to the USA. Emphasize the living behaviors / rules. (Drugs Prohibited, Uniforms, School Rules, similar to Taiwan) Schools can withdrawal students right to learning.

9. news 超過萬名兒童未上學， 貝里斯教育大威脅 2010/05/15 根據教育部的資料顯示，全國仍有超過11000名兒童應該在學校接受基礎教育的，但因某些原因沒有進入學校，成為貝里斯教育系統內的最大問題。 以兒童的就學率而言，貝里斯全國為83%，但在7，8年前，這個比率高達90%，根據聯合國兒童基金會(UNICEF)對貝里斯所做的調查，在2003年到2008年間，兒童的就學率高達97%，為何在短短二年的紅黨執政期間，整個就學率就往下大幅滑落？這真的讓教育部不能坐視不管。而貝斯的千禧年計劃是在2015年前，達成全國兒童就學率100%的目標，但在僅剩5年的時間之內，要讓高達11000個兒童入學，可說是難度極高。 在此同時，有6500名國小的畢業生參加了今年的國小會考(PSE)，來決定未來的高中就讀學校。當大部份的國家已經將義務教育提升到中學階段，貝里斯的義務教育仍然停留在小學，造成人力資源無法有效提升，這也是貝里斯最大的挑戰。 (節錄自貝里斯中文報)

10. Thank you  Education Empowers A Nation. ---Motto of University of Belize