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According to the Constitution of Guatemala, education is compulsory and free in public schools for the initial, primary and secondary levels. There is a five-tier system of education starting with primary school, followed by secondary school and tertiary education, depending on the level of technical training. [1][2]
Sergio Custodio. Sergio Alfredo Custodio Contreras (January 7, 1947 – July 24, 2020) was a professor, writer and Humanist dedicated to Philosophy in Guatemala. Among his best-known works are textbooks on formal, inductive and analytical Logic, in addition to his books on Epistemology. He has abundant publications for the diffusion of ...
Formed. July 18, 1872; 152 years ago (1872-07-18) Jurisdiction. Guatemala. Ministry executive. Anabella Giracca, Minister. Website. mineduc.gob.gt. The Ministry of Education (Spanish: Ministerio de Educación or MINEDUC) is a government ministry of Guatemala, headquartered in Zone 10 of Guatemala City.
Years active. 1941–1996. Eloísa García Etchegoyhen (1921-1996) was a pioneering Uruguayan educator and disability rights activist. She not only created the first educational facilities in Uruguay to teach those with disabilities, but she developed job placement programs and parent support groups to help children integrate into the larger ...
Website. www.usac.edu.gt. The Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC, University of San Carlos of Guatemala) is the largest and oldest university of Guatemala; it is also the fourth founded in the Americas. Established in the Kingdom of Guatemala during the Spanish colony, it was the only university in Guatemala until 1954, [a] although ...
Rosalina Tuyuc in 2007. Rosalina Tuyuc Velásquez (born San Juan Comalapa, department of Chimaltenango, 1956) [1] is a Guatemalan human rights activist. She was elected as a Congressional deputy in 1995, elected from the national list of the New Guatemala Democratic Front, and served as Vice President of Congress during that period. [2]
According to figures in 2006, 6.6 million people are still living under poverty and a third of this figure, or 2 million people, are struggling with extreme poverty. [1] Moreover, despite a fall in extreme poverty during the 1990s, Guatemala ’s dependency on exports and susceptibility to global price shocks such as the world coffee crisis and ...
The Islamic community in Guatemala is growing, and is projected to include at least 2,000 believers by 2030. [44] There is a mosque in Guatemala City called the Islamic Da'wah Mosque of Guatemala (Spanish: Mezquita de Aldawaa Islámica). The president of the Islamic Community of the country is Jamal Mubarak.