{"id":588,"date":"2018-11-05T20:50:39","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T20:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/?page_id=588"},"modified":"2018-11-05T21:10:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T21:10:38","slug":"education-in-montserrat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/sociology-of-disasters\/youth-in-montserrat\/education-in-montserrat\/","title":{"rendered":"Education in Montserrat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-588 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/sociology-of-disasters\/youth-in-montserrat\/education-in-montserrat\/classroom\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"422\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/11\/classroom.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Photograph of St. Augustine Classroom\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/11\/classroom.jpg 422w, https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/11\/classroom-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-589'>\n\t\t\t\tSt. Augustine Classroom\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/sociology-of-disasters\/youth-in-montserrat\/education-in-montserrat\/schoolkids2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"416\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/11\/schoolkids2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Photograph of Montserrat School Children\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/11\/schoolkids2.jpg 416w, https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/11\/schoolkids2-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-590'>\n\t\t\t\tMontserrat School Children\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>In Montserrat education is prized and the Montserratians are proud of their high educational standards. Education begins around the age of five when Montserratian children attend primary school. They attend primary school until about the age of 12 when all children take a aptitude test which determines whether they will move to secondary school. Prior to the volcano a couple forms of tertiary education also existed on Montserrat, including the Montserrat Technical College.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/sociology-of-disasters\/youth-in-montserrat\/education-in-montserrat\/effects-of-the-soufriere-hills-volcano-on-education\/\">Effects of Volcano on Education<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/sociology-of-disasters\/youth-in-montserrat\/education-in-montserrat\/statistics\/\">Statistics<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Pictures courtesy of: Doug Derby, http:\/\/mni.ms\/photos\/009\/index.shtml<\/p>\n<p>Return to <a href=\"http:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/sociology-of-disasters\/youth-in-montserrat\/\">Youth in Montserrat<\/a> page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Montserrat education is prized and the Montserratians are proud of their high educational standards. Education begins around the age of five when Montserratian children attend primary school. They attend primary school until about the age of 12 when all children take a aptitude test which determines whether they will move to secondary school. 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