Education In El Salvador
Education in El Salvador is regulated by the country's Ministry of EducationMINED. El Salvador consists of the following levels of education: * ''Primary education, Basic Education'' divided into three ''cycles'' of three grades each: ** 1st Cycle: from 1st to 3rd grades ** 2nd Cycle: from 4th to 6th grades ** 3rd Cycle: from 7th to 9th grades; which is a transition to secondary education (e.g. specialized teachers for each assignment). * Secondary school, called ''Bachillerato'': ** Two year ''General High School'' ** Three year ''Technical High School'' (''e.g. Accounting, Secretariat, Electronics and Computer Science, etc.'') * Five years (minimum) of ''Higher education, Higher Education'', consisting of University, university education or other tertiary education. Almost all students, public and private, take the PAES test during their second year of bachillerato. PAES is a learning aptitude test that acts as an indicator of their achievement. Students are tested on mathemati ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bachillerato
The Spanish Baccalaureate (, ) is the post-16 stage of education in Spain, comparable to the A Levels in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Highers in Scotland, the French Baccalaureate in France or the International Baccalaureate. It follows the ESO (compulsory stage of secondary education). After taking the ''Bachillerato'', a student may enter vocational training (Higher-level Training Cycles, ''Ciclos Formativos de Grado Superior'') or take the " ''PAU''" (also commonly known as " ''PEvAU''" or "''Selectividad''") exams in order to be admitted into a public university. There are two parts, a core curriculum with the compulsory subjects (" fase de acceso") and a specialist part (" fase de admisión") with a number of pre-selected branches to choose from. The latter of these is technically optional, however reaching the necessary grade is significantly harder or impossible to achieve. History In Spanish (and Hispano-American) education from the 13th century up to the 17th or ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Crime In El Salvador
Crime in El Salvador was historically high due to the presence of various gangs. In 2011, there were an estimated 25,000 gang members at large in El Salvador; with another 43,500 in prison.Guillermoprieto, Alma"In the New Gangland of El Salvador,"''The New York Review of Books'', 10 November 2011. The best-known gangs, called '' maras'' in colloquial Salvadoran Spanish, are Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and their rivals 18th Street; ''maras'' are hunted by death squads, including '' Sombra Negra''. Newer rivals include the rising ''mara'', The Rebels 13. El Salvador is one of the three countries of the Northern Triangle of Central America, along with neighboring Guatemala and Honduras, which are all afflicted with high levels of violence. The homicide rate in El Salvador has plummeted drastically since 2015. The Salvadoran gang crackdown has led El Salvador to have the highest incarceration rate in the world, at 1,086 people per 100,000 in 2023. In 2023, an estimated 1.6% of El S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pension Reform
Welfare reforms are changes in the operation of a given welfare system aimed at improving the efficiency, equity, and administration of government assistance programs. Reform programs may have a various aims; sometimes the focus is on reducing the number of individuals receiving government assistance and welfare system expenditure, and at other times reforms may aim to ensure greater fairness, effectiveness, and allocation of welfare for those in need. Classical liberals, neoliberals, right-wing libertarians, and conservatives generally argue that welfare and other tax-funded services reduce incentives to work, exacerbate the free-rider problem, and intensify poverty. On the other hand, in their criticism of capitalism, both social democrats and other socialists generally criticize welfare reforms that minimize the public safety net and strengthens the capitalist economic system. Welfare reform is constantly debated because of the varying opinions on a government's need to bala ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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San Salvador
San Salvador () is the Capital city, capital and the largest city of El Salvador and its San Salvador Department, eponymous department. It is the country's largest agglomeration, serving as the country's political, cultural, educational and financial center. The Municipalities of El Salvador, municipality of San Salvador has 525,990 inhabitants (2024). The Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, which comprises the capital itself and 13 of its municipalities, has a population of 2,404,097. The urban area of San Salvador has a population of 1,600,000 inhabitants. The city is home to the ''Consejo de Ministros de El Salvador'' (Council of Ministries of El Salvador), the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, the Supreme Court of El Salvador, and other governmental institutions, as well as the official residence of the president of El Salvador. San Salvador is located in the Salvadoran highlands, surrounded by volcanoes and prone to earthquakes. The city is also home to the Roman Catholic ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Government Of El Salvador
The Government of El Salvador is a presidential system, presidential representative democracy, representative democratic republic. The seat of the central government is in San Salvador. Executive branch President of El Salvador El Salvador elects its head of state, the President of El Salvador, directly through a fixed-date general election whose winner is decided by absolute majority. If an absolute majority is not achieved by any candidate in the first round of a presidential election, then a run-off election is conducted 30 days later between the two candidates who obtained the most votes in the first round. The presidential period is five years, but as of a 2021 ruling by the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador, re-election is permitted for another 5 consecutive years. The decision came from Supreme Court judges appointed by lawmakers from President Bukele's ruling political party, drawing condemnation from the United States and other foreign countries. Cabinet The ex ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Professional Development
Professional development, also known as professional education, is learning that leads to or emphasizes education in a specific professional career field or builds practical job applicable skills emphasizing Praxis (process), praxis in addition to the transferable skills and Theory, theoretical academic knowledge found in traditional Liberal arts education, liberal arts and Basic research, pure sciences education. It is used to earn or maintain professional credentials such as professional certifications or academic degrees through formal coursework at institutions known as professional schools, or attending conferences and informal learning opportunities to strengthen or gain new skills. Professional education has been described as intensive and collaborative, ideally incorporating an evaluative stage.Speck, M. & Knipe, C. (2005) ''Why can't we get it right? Designing high-quality professional development for standards-based schools''(2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press There i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purposes of economic development. The World Bank is the collective name for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Development Association (IDA), two of five international organizations owned by the World Bank Group. It was established along with the International Monetary Fund at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference. After a slow start, its first loan was to France in 1947. In its early years, it primarily focused on rebuilding Europe. Over time, it focused on providing loans to developing world countries. In the 1970s, the World Bank re-conceptualized its mission of facilitating development as being oriented around poverty reduction. For the last 30 years, it has included NGOs and environmental groups in its loan portfolio. Its loan strategy is influenced by environmental and social sa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Decentralization
Decentralization or decentralisation is the process by which the activities of an organization, particularly those related to planning and decision-making, are distributed or delegated away from a central, authoritative location or group and given to smaller factions within it. Concepts of decentralization have been applied to group dynamics and management science in private businesses and organizations, political science, law and public administration, technology, economics and money. History The word "''centralisation''" came into use in France in 1794 as the post-French Revolution, Revolution French Directory leadership created a new government structure. The word "''décentralisation''" came into usage in the 1820s. "Centralization" entered written English in the first third of the 1800s; mentions of decentralization also first appear during those years. In the mid-1800s Alexis de Tocqueville, Tocqueville would write that the French Revolution began with "a push towards ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ministry Of Education (El Salvador)
The Ministry of Education (, MINED) is a government ministry of El Salvador, headquartered in San Salvador.Contacto ." Ministry of Education. Retrieved on 17 March 2015. "Gobierno de El Salvador Edificios A, Plan Maestro, Centro de Gobierno, Alameda Juan Pablo II y calle Guadalupe El Salvador 503 San Salvador " References External links *Ministry of Education Education in El Salvador Government of El Salvador El S ...
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El Salvador
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. The country's population in 2024 was estimated to be 6 million according to a government census. Among the Mesoamerican nations that historically controlled the region are the Maya peoples, Maya, and then the Cuzcatlan, Cuzcatlecs. Archaeological monuments also suggest an early Olmec presence around the first millennium BC. In the beginning of the 16th century, the Spanish conquest of El Salvador, Spanish Empire conquered the Central American territory, incorporating it into the Viceroyalty of New Spain ruled from Mexico City. However, the Viceroyalty of New Spain had little to no influence in the daily affairs of the isthmus, which was colonized in 1524. In 1609, the area was declared the Captaincy General of Guatemala by the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Universities In El Salvador
This is a list of university, universities and specialized institutions in El Salvador. Universities Public * University of El Salvador, UES Private *José Matías Delgado University, UJMD *Francisco Gavidia University, UFG *José Simeón Cañas Central American University, UCA El Salvador *Universidad Albert Einstein, UAE *Universidad Autónoma de Santa Ana, UNASA *Universidad Católica de El Salvador, UNICAES *Universidad Cristiana de las Asambleas de Dios, UCAD *Universidad de Nueva San Salvador UNSSA *Universidad de Oriente (El Salvador), UNIVO *Universidad de Sonsonate, USO *Universidad Don Bosco, UDB *Universidad Dr. Andrés Bello, UAB *Universidad Evangélica de El Salvador, UEES *Universidad Gerardo Barrios, UGB *Universidad Internacional Nehemias, NIU *Universidad Luterana Salvadoreña, ULS *Universidad Modular Abierta, UMA *Universidad Monseñor Oscar Arnulfo Romero, UMOAR [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |