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A 2015 report from the OECD pointed out that Latin American professionals are over-schooled and underpaid, due they don't have access to the right type of education. [24] Since the 1980s and into the 1990s, there have been many attempts to reform education in Latin American in direct response to the increased interested in globalization.
Map of the Latin American countries by Human Development Index in 2021. The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, knowledge, and a decent standard of living. It is a standard means of measuring well-being.
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About 70% of the Latin American population considers itself Catholic. [78] In 2012 Latin America constitutes in absolute terms the second world's largest Christian population, after Europe. [79] According to the detailed Pew multi-country survey in 2014, 69% of the Latin American population is Catholic and 19% is Protestant.
In Latin America as a whole, the most traditional programmes – mainly built around the concepts of equity and quality – exist side by side with those reflecting renewed sensibilities and approaches, through such themes as Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), comprehensive citizenship education, intercultural bilingual education and ICTs, and academic inclusion.
President Domingo F. Sarmiento, father of the Argentine Education System. The education in Argentina known as the Latin American docta has had a convoluted history. [3] There was no effective education plan until President Domingo Sarmiento (1868–1874) placed emphasis on bringing Argentina up-to-date with practices in developed countries.
In most Latin American countries, IBE is under control of the Ministry of Education. [7] In most countries, such bilingual/cultural education does not reach the majority of the indigenous population, who often live outside the major cities, or in more isolated urban communities; in addition, it is applied only in primary education.
The University of the Latin American Educational Center is a for-profit private university based in Rosario, Argentina. Established in 1993, it was the first Methodist -related university in Argentina, and the first independent degree-granting university in Rosario.