Education in Haiti

A Haitian Teacher says: I am educating the children of others while I cannot pay for my own child's education

A Haitian school teacher, Paulette Dorsilome, from Verrettes lashed out at Senator Youri Latortue Saturday asking that public school teachers get paid what is due to them by the state (l'Etat Haitien). more »

September 4, 2017 2:49 AM

How Many Public Schools in Haiti?

In Haiti there are about 17,000 schools out there, Only 3,000 of them are public schools... Compare that to the United States where 88% of school-age children attend public schools, 9% attend private schools, and nearly 3% are home-schooled... more »

September 8, 2014 6:39 AM

Haitian Student arrested after cleverly trying to cheat in Bacalaureat Exam

A Haitian student goes into a classroom to take the test for the Bacalaureat (BAC) exams. He looks wounded with a big dressing made out of gauze on the side of his head. BUT it is not a wound. It is a plan to cheat. more »

June 29, 2018 6:56 AM

76-year-old Haitian student just took his State exams in 9eme annee fondamentale!

If you think it is too late to go back to school, think again! 76-year-old Haitian man Jeudy Jean Horel went back to school to finish high school in Haiti. He just took his State exams in 9ème année fondamentale. That's 4eme secondaire for in the old school system. more »

June 13, 2018 1:41 AM

Haiti Education - Teachers with FAKE Diplomas teaching in our public Schools, Education minister says

Can you believe this? The Haitian ministry of education has identified 92 teachers with fake diplomas teaching in our public schools. more »

March 3, 2018 8:48 AM

MIT-Haiti Initiative - Education in Haitian Kreyol

The MIT-Haiti Initiative is a movement to help Haitians learn in the language most of them speak at home, Kreyol... more »

October 29, 2017 2:16 PM

Haiti School Principal complains he's not been nominated in 4 years of running the school, NO "Lettre de Nomination"

One of my neighbors in Haiti, let's call him Pierre, he is a local school principal (directeur de l'école). Imagine my surprise when principal Pierre tells me that, for the past 4 years that he's been managing the school as the principal, he's only been paid the salary of a school teacher. more »

October 16, 2017 6:24 AM

Haiti has a serious human resource problem, a government official once told me

A friend of mine, a high-ranking official in the Haitian government once told me Haiti has a serious human resource problem. He explains... more »

October 13, 2017 11:15 PM

Haiti Education: 90 percent of primary schools in Haiti are non-public

Can you believe this? At least 90 percent of Haiti's primary schools are non-public. in other words, only 10 percent of the primary schools in Haiti are public schools. more »

September 5, 2017 9:05 AM

School opens officially in Haiti today but NOT all students will be going

This Monday is the start of the shool year in Haiti. Ready or not, most parents did what they had to do to send their kids back to school but one parent says she is NOT ready. more »

September 4, 2017 4:55 AM