Haiti Education
Training The six-year compulsory school is compulsory and free of charge, but due to lack of teachers and schools, only 60% (1990) start school, and most of them do not complete their schooling. Thanks to the investment in educational programs for adults, illiteracy has decreased somewhat during the 1990s. However, illiteracy, which was estimated at 55% in 1995, is still high. There are six teacher colleges, but the number of newly graduated teachers (200–400 annually) is not enough to reduce…