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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] A lack of schools prevents many children in Honduras from receiving an education, as do costs such ...
Graciela Bográn (19 October 1896 – 2000) was a Honduran teacher, writer and women's rights activist, she was the daughter of Chelsea Bogran. Engaged in the fight for women's suffrage, she was involved in both the trade union movement and political protests. She was also well-known as the editor of the feminist journal Alma Latina.
40 varsity teams. Mascot. Pumas. Website. www.unah.edu.hn. The National Autonomous University of Honduras (Spanish: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras) is the national public university of Honduras. Founded in 1847, it has over 140 programs from the Bachelor 's level to the Doctorate, and is the largest and highest ranked university in ...
María Rosa Leggol, O.S.F., (November 21, 1926 – October 16, 2020) was a Franciscan religious sister who has been called the "Mother Teresa of Honduras."In the 1960s, she organized a group of homes to care for the abandoned and deprived children of that nation, which became organized as the Sociedad Amigos de los Niños (SAN).
Archaeology has demonstrated that Honduras has a multi-ethnic prehistory. An important part of that prehistory was the Mayan presence around Copán in western Honduras near the Guatemalan border, a major Mayan city that began to flourish around 150 A.D. but reached its zenith in the Late Classic period (700–850 A.D.).
The National School of Fine Arts (ENBA) was founded in 1940 during the dictatorship of General Tiburcio Carias Andino. A year and a half before, Carias Andino awarded the artists Arturo López Rodezno, Maximiliano Ramírez Euceda, Samuel Salgado, and Salvador Posadas with a government mandate to create a school for the arts.
The Chʼortiʼ people in Honduras are known for their first ruler Yax K'uk' Mo' (pronounced `Yash Kook Mo') who was the founder and first king of the dynasty that ruled the Maya city of Copan (also known as Oxwitik) for nearly 400 years. Known formally by his royal name, K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo ', he reigned for eleven years from 426-437 CE.
The Juan Ramón Molina National Library (in Spanish Biblioteca Nacional Juan Ramón Molina) is the national library of Honduras, containing more than 40,000 volumes. It was founded by Antonio R. Vallejo, [1][2] with the support of Secretary Marco Aurelio Soto and Ramón Rosa. The library was established August 27, 1880, during the ...