The Development of an Educational System in a Rural Guatemalan Community

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ID14830407
AuthorsOscar H Horst (Western Michigan University, corresponding author), Avril McLelland (Western Michigan University)
Year1968
Volume10
Issue3
Pages474-497
Publication date1968-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Inter-American Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0885-3118 • E-ISSN: 2326-4047
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/165357
OpenAlexW2782561870
LanguageEN
Citations received4

In the United States there is a constant preoccupation with the qualitative aspects of our educational system. This occurs in a nation where over 98 per cent of all children between the ages of seven and fourteen are attending school and where over 95 per cent of all inhabitants are considered literate. Thus, in terms of literacy and level of education, the United States is classified as highly advanced. Not so fortunate are the developing nations of the world. Latin America, as a major world region, is classified as underdeveloped and shares many of the economic and social misfortunes which plague that sector of the world's populace. Within Latin America there is a wide diversity of educational attainment. Although seven nations may be classified as advanced or moderately advanced, these represent less than one quarter of the region's population. The vast majority are less advantaged and among these are the inhabitants of Guatemala. Less than one quarter of its children between the ages of seven and fourteen attend school; less than 30 per cent over ten years of age are considered literate

Developing country · Economic growth · Educational attainment · Geography · Latin Americans · Literacy · Political science · Population · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demography · Education in Rural Contexts · Education Systems and Policy

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