Pocket statistics: Tertiary Education in Belize
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Overview of the tertiary education system in Belize
The country has a population of approximately 251 000 people with 52% reported to reside in rural areas and 38% of the population between 0 and 14 years of age. Trend analysis figures over the last decade are not available.
Tertiary Gross Enrolment Ratio Statistics
| 1990/91 | 1998/99 | 2000/01 | 2002/03 | VUSSC Average | |
| MF Total | - | - | - | 2% | - |
| Male | - | - | - | 1% | - |
| Female | - | - | - | 3% | - |
There are XX government funded tertiary education institutions in the country providing learning opportunities for XX students. A strategic priority for the Belize tertiary system is ...... Say something about ICT infrastructure and opportunities and challenges for elearning.
Government funded Tertiary Education Institutions
The University of the West Indies (St Augustine Campus)
| Name of Institution | The University of the West Indies (St Augustine Campus) |
| Website | http://www.uwi.tt/ |
| Type of Institution | University
The University of the West Indies has three campuses: Cave Hill Campus (Barbados), Mona Campus (Jamaica) and St Augustine Campus (Trinidad and Tobago) |
| Main mode of delivery | UWI is classed as Dual mode, but the majority of courses are solely Campus-based. |
| Number of students | ?? |
| Learning Management Systems | ?? |
| Overview of e-learning | The Distance Education Centre (UWIDEC) is responsible for DE in all sixteen (16) English-speaking territories of the West Indies that UWI serves. These territories are Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St.Vincent and The Grenadines,Trinidad and Tobago and the Turks and Caicos Islands. UWIDEC uses “blended learning” as the delivery model (viz., a blend of print, online resources and e-tutorials, CD-Roms, audio-conferencing and face-to-face) and Moodle as its Learning Management System.
Some Cave Hill Campus course lecturers are using e-learning to supplement to their face-to-face teaching. Mainly they use WebCT as their Learning Management System. |
Name of institution (City)
| Name of Institution | Enter name here |
| Website | Eg http://www.col.org |
| Type of Institution | Eg. University, Polytechnic, Community College etc |
| Main mode of delivery | Eg. Campus-based, Single mode DE, Mixed Mode etc. |
| Number of students | State number of students and year here, eg 13 547 (2004 fugures) |
| Learning Management System(s) | For example ATutor, Moodle, KewlNextGen, Blackboard, WebCT etc. |
| Overview of e-learning | Enter brief description of e-learning activities at the institution |
Name of institution (City)
| Name of Institution | Enter name here |
| Website | Eg http://www.col.org |
| Type of Institution | Eg. University, Polytechnic, Community College etc |
| Main mode of delivery | Eg. Campus-based, Single mode DE, Mixed Mode etc. |
| Number of students | State number of students and year here, eg 13 547 (2004 fugures) |
| Learning Management System(s) | For example ATutor, Moodle, KewlNextGen, Blackboard, WebCT etc. |
| Overview of e-learning | Enter brief description of e-learning activities at the institution |
