Education in El Salvador

  • Higher earning Why a university degree is worth more in some countries than others

    AFGHANISTAN, 2016/12/11 A university education may expand your mind. It will as well fatten your wallet. Data from the OECD, a club of rich nations, show that graduates can expect far better lifetime earnings than those without a degree. The size of this premium varies. It is greatest in Ireland, which has a high GDP per chief and rising inequality. Since 2000 the unemployment rate for under-35s has swelled to 8% for those with degrees – but to additional than 20% for those without, and nearly 40% for secondary school drop-outs. The country’s wealth presently goes disproportionately to workers with letters next their names.
  • Education beyond schools: Experiences from El Salvador

    EL SALVADOR, 2015/09/18 During 1981, an average of 700 people was killed monthly in El Salvador. Today, 34 years later, El Salvador is not that far from such figures. The month of May ended with 641 people killed, thus becoming the majority violent month since the war ended. Check out Part I of Clara’s Experiences from el Salvador! El Salvador has passed from suffering a civil conflict to suffering a social one. It is a country characterized by legitimated violence, well established in each sphere of the daily life. On my initial day volunteering in San Salvador, I met a 14 year old girl who asked me and my colleague if we had a boyfriend.