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Home > South America > Education > Guatemala

Guatemala Education

The Guatemala Schools are run by the cooperative and non-profit organizations. Guatemala education system despite all odds is trying to make a come-back. For improving Guatemala Education the important thing which should be done is to improve the professional training of Guatemala Teachers.

The Literacy Rate of Guatemala is 70.6 %.

Some of the Universities of Guatemala are-
  • Universidad Francisco Marroquin
  • Universidad Rafael Landivar
  • Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
  • Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
  • Universidad Mariano Galvez
  • Universidad del Istmo
  • Universidad Rural
  • Universidad Galileo
  • Universidad Panamericana
During the year 2000 the illiteracy rate of adult was 31.3 %. The illiteracy rate of male in 2000 was 23.8% and for female the rate was 38.9 %.

Among Guatemala Education the primary education is mandatory and free for a period of six years. The primary schools in Guatemala had 1,544,709 students in the year 1997. In the same year the secondary schools had 384,729 students.

During the year 1999, 81 % children were recruited in the primary schools and 18 % were recruited in the secondary school of Guatemala.

The important University for higher studies in Guatemala is the Universidad de San Carlos.

80,228 students were recruited combined in all the post secondary institutions of Guatemala in the year 1995.

Among South America Education a lot hard work should be done for the betterment of Guatemala Education.




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