Haiti Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Education=== {{Main|Education in Haiti}} [[File:Universite henrichristophe.jpg|thumb|The Universite Roi Henri Christophe in [[Limonade]]]] The educational system of Haiti is based on the [[Education in France|French system]]. Higher education, under the responsibility of the Ministry of Education,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://menfp.gouv.ht/|title=Ministry of Education|access-date=21 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022224755/http://menfp.gouv.ht/|archive-date=22 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><!---not sure cite should be here. ministry is linked above and cite provided at end of sentence--> is provided by universities and other public and private institutions.<ref>{{cite news |title=Education in Haiti; Primary Education |url=http://www.buildingwithbooks.org/intra/Intl_Programs/profile_Haiti.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323105543/http://www.buildingwithbooks.org/intra/Intl_Programs/profile_Haiti.html |archive-date=23 March 2008 |access-date=15 November 2007}}</ref> More than 80% of primary schools are privately managed by nongovernmental organizations, churches, communities, and for-profit operators, with minimal government oversight.<ref>{{cite news |title=Education: Overview |url=http://www.usaid.gov/Haiti/education |work=United States Agency for International Development |access-date=30 May 2015 |archive-date=12 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912080417/https://www.usaid.gov/haiti/education |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to the 2013 Millennium Development Goals Report, Haiti has steadily boosted net enrollment rate in primary education from 47% in 1993 to 88% in 2011, achieving equal participation of boys and girls in education.<ref>{{cite news |title=Haiti boosts health and education in the past decade, says new UNDP report |url=http://www.latinamerica.undp.org/content/rblac/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2014/06/25/haiti-makes-progress-towards-reducing-poverty-and-boosts-health-and-education-in-the-past-decade-says-new-undp-report.html |work=United Nations Development Programme |access-date=30 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531031932/http://www.latinamerica.undp.org/content/rblac/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2014/06/25/haiti-makes-progress-towards-reducing-poverty-and-boosts-health-and-education-in-the-past-decade-says-new-undp-report.html |archive-date=31 May 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Charity organizations, including [[Food for the Poor]] and [[Haitian Health Foundation]], are building schools for children and providing necessary school supplies. According to the 2015 [[World Factbook]], Haiti's literacy rate is 60.7% . Many reformers have advocated the creation of a free, public and universal education system for all primary school-age students in Haiti. The [[Inter-American Development Bank]] estimates that the government will need at least US$3 billion to create an adequately funded system.<ref>{{cite web |first=Paul |last=Franz |url=http://pulitzercenter.org/blog/untold-stories/improving-access-education-haiti |title=Improving Access to Education in Haiti |publisher=Pulitzercenter.org |date=25 October 2010 |access-date=24 July 2013 |archive-date=14 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914013009/http://pulitzercenter.org/blog/untold-stories/improving-access-education-haiti |url-status=dead }}</ref> Upon successful graduation of secondary school, students may continue into [[higher education]]. The higher education schools in Haiti include the [[University of Haiti]]. There are also [[List of medical schools in the Caribbean|medical schools]] and [[Legal education|law schools]] offered at both the University of Haiti and abroad. [[Brown University]] is cooperating with L'Hôpital Saint-Damien in Haiti to coordinate a [[pediatrics|pediatric health care]] curriculum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://brown.edu/initiatives/global-health/haiti/medical-education-and-leadership-development-project-meld|title=Haiti|access-date=21 October 2014}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page