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Revision as of 11:20, 30 June 2008
Education in Panama is compulsory for the first six years of primary education.[1] As of the 2004/2005 school year there were about 430,000 students enrolled in grades one through six (95% attendance).[1] The total enrollment in the six secondary grades for the same period was 253,900 (60% attendance).[1] More than 90% of Panamanians are literate.[1]
As of 2004, more than 92,500 Panamanian students attended the University of Panama, the Technological University, and the University of Santa Maria La Antigua, a private Catholic institution.[1] Including smaller colleges, there are 88 institutions of higher education in Panama.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Background Note: Panama". Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State (February 2008). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.