education also serves to unify the upper sector of society. religious affiliation formerly largely determined which schools children attended. with the decline of the anglican and methodist school systems, most elite children, regardless of faith, attend two of belize's premier catholic institutions, which provide secondary and post-secondary education. even after the expansion of secondary and postsecondary schooling in the districts, many of the elite district families continue to send their offspring to belize city for higher education.