Section 5: Education - For all persons
17. Type of school/educational institution currently attending
What type of school/educational institution is (N) [the respondent] attending?
[] 01 Early Childhood Care and Education/Nursery School/Kindergarten (ECCE/N/K)
[] 10 Government and Assisted Primary (G/AP)
[] 11 Private Primary (PP)
[] 20 Government and Assisted Secondary (G/AS)
[] 21 Private Secondary (PS)
[] 30 Trade/Vocational/Youth Development and Apprenticeship Centre (T/V/YC)
[] 32 Commercial/Secretarial (C/S)
[] 40 Community College (CC)
[] 41 Adult/Continuing Classes (A/CC)
[] 42 Other Post-Secondary (OPS)
[] 60 Tertiary Education Institutions/Non University (TEI/NU)
[] 61 Tertiary Education Institutions/University (TEI/U)
[] 70 Special School (SS)
[] 71 Home School (HS)
[] 77 Other (O)
[] 99 Not stated (NS)
Section 5 - Education
5.2. School / Educational institution
A school is defined as an institution where teaching and learning activities are organized as a regular and exclusive activity.
Special mention is made of the following schools:
1. Early childhood care and education / nursery school / kindergarten
These schools cater for children in the age group 2 ½ to 5 years of age. It is important to note that children in Day Care Centers are not to be taken up in this category. Remember that a school is a place where teaching and learning activities are organized as a regular and exclusive activity.
2. Special schools
These are schools designed for educating children "with disabilities". For example:
(a) Trinidad and Tobago Association for Retarded Children (Lady Hochoy Home).
(b) Princess Elizabeth Home for Handicapped Children.
(c) School for Deaf Children.
(d) School for the Blind.
3. Home school
This is a type of "school? where students are taught at home but follow a curriculum with a view to writing the national examinations such as SEA and CAPE or internationally equivalent examinations.