World Bank · Education

Jamaica: School enrollment, preprimary

92.36percent · 2011+19.4% since 1995

Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to programs at the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment and to provide a bridge between home and school. Annual figures for Jamaica from 1974 to 2011.