[2] This exceptionally high literacy rate can be attributed, in part, to free tuition from Kindergarten (Pre-School) to University.
The next major exam of the system which is done in the fifth year of school is CSEC (Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate).
Children with satisfactory grades may opt to continue high school for a further two-year period (6th form), leading to the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE).
Trinidad and Tobago offers free tertiary education to citizens up to the undergraduate level at accredited public and select private institutions.
Both the Government and the private sector also provide financial assistance in the form of academic scholarships to gifted or needy students for study at local, regional or international universities.