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Education in Guatemala is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education which oversees formulating, implementing and supervising the national educational policy. 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 ...
Vice President of India, Venkaiah Naidu visited Guatemala in its first high level delegation visit to the country since establishing diplomatic relations in 1972. The Vice President visited the historic city of Antigua Guatemala [2] and also discussed about expanding trade ties in the field of culture, wildlife preservation, IT sector and agriculture. [3]
[7] [8] Guatemala is one of a number of Latin American countries (including Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Nicaragua and Mexico) whose governments have implemented intercultural, bilingual education reform. In Guatemala, Spanish and the Mayan languages are tied to ethnic and cultural identity and rooted historically in colonization and nation-building ...
However, there are still 23 million children in the region between the ages of 4 and 17 outside of the formal education system. Estimates indicate that 30% of preschool age children (ages 4 –5) do not attend school, and for the most vulnerable populations – poor, rural, indigenous and afro-descendants – this calculation exceeds 40 percent.
Agriculture is one of the primary sectors in Guatemala (22.2 percent of GDP), producing principal cash crops such as coffee, sugars and bananas. [5] Together with other non-agricultural products, they contribute towards 75 percent of export earnings. [6]
Secondary education participation is around 17%. [3] 30.3% of youth are married by the age of 18. [1] Poverty and inequality affect a youth's access to healthcare. [4] Females experience less access to health care and education than males. [5] The lack of adequate nutrition and health care in Guatemala has
Guatemala has a longstanding claim to a large portion of Belize. The territorial dispute caused problems with the United Kingdom and later with Belize following its 1981 independence from the UK. In December 1989, Guatemala sponsored Belize for permanent observer status in the Organization of American States (OAS). In September 1991 Guatemala ...
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