Report Card on Education- Nicaragua

Aug 1 2004

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Nicaragüense Eduquemos

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This post is also available in: Español

Education represents a major aspiration for Nicaraguan citizens. In a PNUD 2001 national survey, one in three people said that one of their greatest aspirations is to have access to education for themselves and for their families. This response surpassed the percentage citing landing a job or having a source of income as their greatest aspiration. This results is impressive when considering that almost half of the population (46 per cent) was below the poverty line (383,6 US dollars per day), when the survey was taken.

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