Education in Suriname

In terms of structure, the education system is now a mixture of school types that were common in the Netherlands before, during and after the Mammoetwet.

The four exceptions to this rule are the International Academy of Suriname, administered by a local Christian foundation, Christian Liberty Academy, administered by the Caribbean Christian Ministries, and the AlphaMax Academy, a private nonsectarian school administered by the AlphaMax Foundation, and since 2011 Suriname International School, which provides k12 online school for high school students.

[1] The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI)[2] finds that Suriname is fulfilling only 61.6% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to education based on the country's level of income.

The number of dropouts was high until 2020, when Suriname announced changes to their education system to combat this issue.

The Eenvoudig Technisch Onderwijs (ETO) is now simply called praktijkonderwijs (lit.

Here one can choose to go to the academic direction (vwo and havo) or the vocational side (mbo).

These studies are: With an mbo, havo or vwo diploma, you can be admitted to a hbo or in English a university for applied sciences.

With a vwo diploma or after a hbo propaedeutic year, students can be admitted to university.