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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.

Education in Haiti
Education in Haiti

Compare that to the United States where about 87% of school-age children attend public schools.

What about the neighboring Dominican Republic? Over 80% of children in the Dominican Republic attend public schools according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

According to The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), most schools in Haiti are managed by communities, religious organizations and NGOs.

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Eunice Tassone says...

Our organization, Haiti Plunge Inc. has built and supports five schools in the nine mountain villages we serve. The government does not invest more »

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