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Bahamas Education
Public or Private?
The Bahamas has both public and private schools. The Ministry of Education operates
158 English schools, while private schools account for 52 of the countrys schools.
The government has put tremendous effort into developing its education system,
making it available to all Bahamians at no cost, regardless of their financial means.
In primary grades (the first six), students advance depending on their exam
performance at the end of each academic year.
In secondary grades, students must take their first major external exam, the
National Junior Certificate Examination. In order to graduate, they must pass
the Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE).
Post-secondary Education
After successfully completing secondary school, the Bahamas education system offers
Bahamians the opportunity to pursue post-secondary studies. Numerous schools offer
vocational training for adults.
College Education
Several non-Bahamian colleges offer higher education programs in The Bahamas.
Some American universities, such as the University of Miami and Nova Southeastern
University, hold classes leading to various degrees on weekends and in the evenings in
Nassau.
The Bahamas education system classifies schools into three major categories:
In general, schools in the Family Islands are for students of all ages because of long
distances to residences; in New Providence and Grand Bahama, students are most
often separated according to their age group.
http://www.thebahamasguide.com/facts/language.htm
Most Bahamian's speak English quite well, with some "improvements" (depending on
your point of view) which tend to be looked upon as errors in other English speaking
countries, i.e. "Whay yuh tink use'a goin'? (Translated: Where are you are going?).
Very colorful.
There is no official second language in the Bahamas (which is a good thing), though
everyone is free to speak whatever language they like (unlike those poor French
whose government forces them to speak their language!).
The term Bahamian English refers, like comparable labels elsewhere in the region, to the
continuum of usage from creole to standard. Here, however, although the archipelago is
an independent nation whose head of state is, as with many Anglophone Caribbean
nations, the British monarch, the standard language tilts towards the US. Trade has
always been significant between the two, and the crucial Bahamian tourist industry is
primarily geared to the US market.. In this, the archipelago resembles the British colony
of Bermuda to the north [p. 240]