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Education in Honduras is free for seven years. [8] In 1999, the gross primary enrollment rate was 97.3 percent and the net primary enrollment rate was 85.7 percent. [ 8 ] Among working children, an estimated 34 percent complete primary school. [ 8 ]
World Bank statistics put the adult literacy rate (% of people ages 15 and above) of Honduras at 83.6%. However, UNESCO statistics reveal a 12% repeater rate, and only an 80% progression and completion rate in primary education. Moreover, only 64.5% enroll for secondary education.
Graciela Bográn Rodríguez was born on 19 October 1896 in San Nicolás, Santa Bárbara, Honduras [1] to Petrona Rodríguez and Marco Antonio Bográn. The eldest of three siblings, she had a sister, Petrona "Elvira" (born 1904) and a brother, Napoleón (born 1907).
Find out the names and locations of various schools in different departments of Honduras. The list includes bilingual, international, and religious schools in major cities such as San Pedro Sula, La Ceiba, and Tegucigalpa.
The majority of Latin American countries have a shorter school year than Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries: while the school year in Japan lasts 240 days, it lasts 180 days in Argentina and only 125 days in Honduras. [14]
Visitación Padilla was born in Talanga, a municipality of the Departamento of Francisco Morazán, in the Republic of Honduras. [1] She graduated and became a teacher in 1909, then in 1913 became a member of the organization named “Ateneo de Honduras” together with writers Rafael Heliodoro Valle y Froilán Turcios, introducing her organizational qualities.
The American School of Tegucigalpa participates in both the AASCA (Association of American Schools of Central America) and ABSH (Association of Bilingual Schools of Honduras) tournaments. AST's campus includes four FIBA approved basketball courts, four professional volleyball courts and one 90m x 68m artificial turf football field.
The government of Honduras decided to invest an additional 18 billion Lempiras (US $933 million) between 2001 and 2015, on social projects in education, health and culture amounting to 35% of the budget for the strategy to reduce poverty.