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Caribbean & Central America - August 2016 (ISSN 1741-4458)
Deficiencies in Central America’s education provision exposed
A report released earlier this month by the Central American institute of fiscal studies (Icefi); the Central American economic integration secretariat (Sieca); and Guatemala’s Universidad Rafael Landívar revealed that close to 60% of Central Americans aged between 15 and 24 (roughly 5.4m people) are currently not in formal education. The report’s authors note that as a result, 36% of this group are currently stuck in low wage, poor quality jobs. The report thus argues that Central American countries have incentives to improve the level of access to and quality of education in the sub-region as a way to promote greater economic and social development.
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