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Bahamas (Education (As of 2003, the school attendance rate was 92%, The…
Bahamas
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900-1500 A.D.
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Developed viable political, social and religious systems
1492 Christopher Columbus came and enslaved the 40,000 Lucayen people
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In 1973 the Bahamas became a free and sovereign country, ending 325 years of peaceful British rule
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Education
As of 2003, the school attendance rate was 92%
The government fully operates 158 of the 210 primary and secondary schools in The Bahamas. The other 52 school are privately operated.
Education in the Bahamas is compulsory between ages 5 and 16 and still based on the British system in many ways.
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Tradition
The population of the Bahamas is 95% Christian, of various denominations, primarily Methodist, Baptist, Anglican and Catholic.
Music plays a big part in Bahamian culture. Throughout the islands, you'll hear traces of African rhythms.
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