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educationUruguayan president and Vice-president publicly clash over education policy
The Uruguayan president and Vice president have again openly clashed this time over education reform. First Lady and Senator Lucia Topolansky described Vice-president Danilo Astori’s comments on the issue as “negative” and praised the attitude of teachers’ unions involved in the reform effort.
International Literacy Day: 793 million adults can neither read nor write
This year’s International Literacy Day, celebrated world-wide on 8 September, will focus on the link between literacy and peace.
One in six Argentine children aged 5-17 forced to work to help their families
An estimated 17.6% of Argentine children between the age of 5 and 17 living in urban areas are forced to work, according to a report from the Argentine Catholic University, UCA, released last week.
Chile will become first develop country in Latam, says world’s richest man
Chile will become the first developed country in Latin America, predicted Mexican communications mogul Carlos Slim, the richest man in the world, in an economic presentation given in Honduras last Thursday.
Since last year Chilean women are a majority in higher education and increasing
Last year was the first time that a majority – 51% - of all higher education students in Chile were women, the Education Ministry reported last week.
Overwhelming Majority of Uruguayan Children access Internet Regularly
An overwhelming majority of Uruguayan children between the ages of 6 to 11 regularly use Internet according to a recent report from consultants Radar. The Seventh Profile on Uruguay’s Internauts shows that 85% of children use the net which represents a 30% increase over 2008 when the rate was 55%.
