Inventory and report on teacher education materials and programmes in the Commonwealth Caribbean

Abstract

The English-speaking Caribbean countries share a common history of British colonial rule, resulting in similar educational systems with common institutions. They, with other countries, form the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The CARICOM Heads of Government recently agreed on a common human resource development strategy that set targets for achievements for different levels of the regional educational systems (CARICOM Secretariat, 1997). Earlier policy agreements also set in train steps towards the free movement of skills across the region, thus requiring the transferability of qualifications.