The history of education in Latin America
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- Cuba Leads the Way
- By Gustavo Gonzalez, IPS, 9 December 1998. UN study
shows that the quality of primary education is better in
Cuba than in other Latin American nations.
- Public Universities Serve the
- By Nefer Munoz, IPS, 23 March 1999. Far from helping
the poor, the public universities of Latin America
have in fact been subsidising the rich for years.
- Inequity Stands in the Way of
‘Education For All’
- By Gustavo Gonzalez, IPS, 10 March 2000. Access to
education at all levels has grown considerably in Latin
America in recent years, but the UN goal of
‘Education For All’ is still a remote dream
due to social and economic inequity. The goal of Education
For All (EFA) was adopted by UNESCO in 1990 in Jomtien,
Thailand. In 1990s, some privatization by transferring
responsibility to NGOs, parents' associations and