Caribbean & Central America - March 2011 (ISSN 1741-4458)

Although the quality of education in Central America is generally lower than in the rest of Latin America, standards of education have improved significantly in recent decades and should continue to rise, albeit at a slow pace. According to the 2011 Unesco Education for All Global Monitoring Report, Costa Rica has the most successful educational system in Central America, but Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador have severe deficiencies in their systems. This is clearly reflected in the level of direct foreign aid for education each country receives: in 2008, Costa Rica received US$10m; El Salvador, US$27m; Guatemala, US$47m; Honduras, US$58m; and Nicaragua, US$63m.

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