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News Guatemala » Education: Evolving opportunities for girls pursuing education in Guatemala

News channel or source: https://highschool.latimes.com/news/evolving-opportunities-for-girls-pursuing-education-in-guatemala/

Published on: Wednesday 17 May 2017

Of the averaged 65 percent of children enrolled in secondary schooling in Guatemala, as low as 59.2 percent complete 9 th grade, and of that group, only 18.3 percent enroll in higher education, ...

News Guatemala » Education: Guatemala’s Garbage Dump Education System

News channel or source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2009/08/05/guatemala-s-garbage-dump-education-system/

Published on: Tuesday 04 August 2009

The Guatemala City garbage dump, situated in a ravine, occupies 40 acres of land in the nation’s capital. Guatemala is the most populated nation in Central America, with more than 13 million residents ...

News Guatemala » Education: Political Risk? In Guatemala Teachers Unions Clash with Police, Fighting to Block Education Reform

News channel or source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanielparishflannery/2012/10/31/political-risk-in-guatemala-teachers-unions-clash-with-police-fighting-to-block-education-reform/

Published on: Wednesday 31 October 2012

In early October, soldiers in Guatemala opened fire on a group of protesters who had blocked a rural highway. CNN reported seven people killed and several dozen wounded. After the incident, ...

News Guatemala » Education: Guatemala: Ex-Minister of Education's Book

News channel or source: https://globalvoices.org/2008/01/29/guatemala-ex-minister-of-educations-book/

Published on: Monday 28 January 2008

Ronald Flores reviews the newest book written by María del Carmen Aceña called “How to be Minister of Education in Guatemala, Implement Reforms and not Perish in the Process: Self-Help Manual.” Flores ...

News Guatemala » Education: Spreading hope for women’s education in Guatemala

News channel or source: https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/spreading-hope-womens-education-guatemala

Published on: Thursday 29 November 2018

In Guatemala, many young women stop studying due to their pregnancy. According to the 2014-2015 Encuesta Nacional de Salud Materno Infantil (National Survey of Maternal and Child Health), about half ...

News Guatemala » Education: The UpBeat: Helping to build a new Guatemala through education, partnerships

News channel or source: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/the-upbeat-helping-to-build-a-new-guatemala-through-education-partnerships

Published on: Monday 01 June 2020

Twenty years ago, Susan and Richard Schmaltz, longtime educators in the Ottawa area, were putting the last of their children through university, looking forward to a relaxed retirement, buying an RV ...

News Guatemala » Education: Protests in Guatemala over budget cuts to health, education

News channel or source: https://www.straitstimes.com/world/protests-in-guatemala-over-budget-cuts-to-health-education

Published on: Sunday 22 November 2020

GUATEMALA CITY • Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Guatemala's capital on Saturday, setting fire to the nation's congressional building in a show of anger over a budget Bill passed this ...

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