Education in Panama

Education in Panama

Education in Panama is compulsory for the first six years of primary education. [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2030.htm "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."] As of the 2004/2005 school year there were about 430,000 students enrolled in grades one through six (95% attendance). The total enrollment in the six secondary grades for the same period was 253,900 (60% attendance). More than 90% of Panamanians are literate.

As of 2004, more than 92,500 Panamanian students attended the University of Panama, the Technological University of Panama, and the University of Santa Maria La Antigua, a private Catholic institution. Including smaller colleges, there are 88 institutions of higher education in Panama.

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