The Institute of Education Annual is a fully refereed publication of the Institute of Education on the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies and is a vehicle for the dissemination of the department's research and development. This, the fourth issue, appears after an absence of two years and commemorates the establishment of the Institute forty years ago. The title Perspectives on Education in the Caribbean has been selected because the papers discuss situations and developments in several Caribbean states. The first paper, “Challenges facing the OECS Education sector: The case of St. Kitts & Nevis," appears first as a new feature: Viewpoint. It was originally presented to the School of Education, Mona, as a contribution to a panel discussion on "Challenges facing the OECS Education System''.