it also reproduces inequalities in peoples capacity to exercise citizenship and in access to social networks and the full exercise of rights but most importantly education is an end in itself and should be valued in its own right for its quality and for the enjoyment learning can bring however differences between countries remain sharp the average number of years of education in the adult population ranges from in argentina to in guatemala the information available for the caribbean countries indicates that they tend to be in an intermediate situation relative to latin america where average years of education are concerned the adult population averages years of education in belize in grenada and in trinidad andtobago respectively and in guyana the highest value