All blogs tagged with Education

This blog refers to the “Thriving in San Marcos” initiative carried out in partnership with Cities Alliance. and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. “Thriving in San Marcos” promotes a skilled, professional workforce among future generations in the MANCUERNA region of Guatemala through our B’etil Diploma, an extracurricular education program with a pre-professional focus in collaboration…Read more +

This is a story of success of the Opportunities for My Community Project, which links remittances, education and savings to promote economic and human development in Guatemala. Education plays a fundamental role in human capital, helping to develop the productive skills and abilities that create economic value for individuals and societies.…Read more +

This is a story of success of the Opportunities for My Community Project, which links remittances, education and savings to promote economic and human development in Guatemala. Education is crucial for economic development. However, according to data from the Guatemalan Ministry of Education, less than half of primary and secondary school…Read more +

This is a story of success of the Opportunities for My Community Project, which links remittances, education and savings to promote economic and human development in Guatemala. Guatemala’s development has been constrained by low economic performance due to a largely informal economy and an unskilled labor force. In turn, low levels…Read more +

This is a story of success of the Opportunities for My Community Project, which links remittances, education and savings to promote economic and human development in Guatemala. In an increasingly globalized and technologically connected world, migrants have a number of ways to stay connected with their home country, both socially and…Read more +

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Data from the recent PISA for Development (PISA-D) survey offer a new window into academic performance and learning environments in lower-income countries in Latin America.Read more +

Una estudiante recibe su diploma

To help Guatemalan youth build pre-professional skills that translate into an added value for their future career, the Opportunities for My Community project is implementing, since 2017, an extracurricular programRead more +

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The business of recruiting young Dominican baseball players is today a high value global industry, but it can also lead to a risky educational gambit for young Dominicans: leaving school to train. Read more +

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En toda la región, la educación secundaria enfrenta graves desafíos: currículos y métodos de enseñanza desactualizados, maestros poco preparados y un número alarmante de alumnos que abandonan la escuela tempranamente. Un programa en Argentina combina las becas y las mentorías para ayudar a que los estudiantes de secundaria tengan éxito en la escuela.Read more +

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Delivered to Congress on September 7th, the US Government Strategy on Basic Education is a five-year guiding document to orient and coordinate the work of ten government departments and agencies. The Strategy represents a significant achievement—the first time that there has been an integrated, government-level plan for improving basic education…Read more +

Graduation Ceremony of the B’etil Diploma in El Palmar

Migrants have a strong potential to transform their families and societies; the challenge is harnessing this potential. The Opportunities for My Community project explores practical ways in which various actors, including diaspora groups and remittance companies, can work effectively to support education in Guatemala.Read more +

Ramón wears a T-shirt bearing the logo of Allied Global, the call center where he used to work. Sarah Stanton / Inter-American Dialogue

Honduras has made significant efforts to position itself as an outsourcing hub, but do young people really have the necessary English skills to succeed?Read more +

Fundación Escuela Nueva - Volvamos a la Gente

There is wide empirical evidence that the Escuela Nueva (EN) model improves educational outcomes. Despite its proven effectiveness, the complete model has only been implemented in a few cases, and almost always for short periods of time. Why is this the case?Read more +

Latin American education systems may not be adequately preparing young people to undertake their roles as citizens.Read more +

Sri Mulyani Indrawati, World Bank MD and COO visits a school project in LeÛn, Nicaragua, that provides education and nutrition to students from poor areas. Robert Valls/World Bank

Despite Escuela Nueva's massive success and proven effectiveness, the model remains largely under-exploited in Latin America. Read more +