World Bank helps to improve secondary education in St. Vincent

WASHINGTON, CMC – The World Bank says it is helping to improve the quality of secondary education in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The Washington-based financial institution said this is being done through a project that trains more teachers and provides more classrooms. The bank said that, since 2004, it has supported the government in constructing and rehabilitating secondary schools creating an additional 750 school places, increasing secondary enrolment by about 30 percentage points, and provide instructional materials.