Secondary school gender project underway

The Centre for Gender and Developmental Studies at the University of the West Indies (UWI), in collaboration with the regional coordinating unit at UWI’s Mona Campus, has embarked on a regional research project that will study the factors which contribute to male/female educational performance at the secondary and tertiary levels of education systems in the region. Entitled “Gender Differentials at the Secondary and Tertiary Levels of the Educational System in the Anglophone Caribbean,” this is the first comprehensive regional research programme of this magnitude.

Prof Rhoda Reddock, head of the Centre for Gender and Development Studies, recently stated, “Despite the existence of individual country-based research initiatives, (including an ongoing pilot study which focuses on various issues with regard to the impact of gender on education), no extensive regional research programme has been undertaken to provide a regional analysis of the problems which could guide policy formation and optimise education in ways appropriate to both sexes.” For more information on the project, contact Prof Rhoda Reddock at 662-2002 ext 3573 or 3572.