As it stands right now, the public education system in Honduras is nothing but a joke.
According to a report released by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the education system in Honduras is 100 years behind, compared to other Central American countries, like Panama and Costa Rica.
The United Nations called the Honduran education system the worst in Central American. This is because only 32 out of 100 students finish elementary school, without being held back a grade. And there are 900,000 illiterates in the country, half of which are between 15-24 years old. In the rural areas illiteracy surpasses 90 percent of the population
Retention rates in areas like math and science is only of 46.7 and according to a study by the Iberoamerican Federation of Ombusdman in the last three years the children in the country have only received 100 days of classes, half of what should have been taught.
Honduran Population-6,249,598
Literacy rate: 72.7 percent
Academic year- Februrary-November
Number of Primary schools-8,114
Public Expenditure on Education- 3.6 percent
Enrollment
Primary-1,008,181
Secondary-203,192
Higher-54,106
Teachers
Primary-28,888
Secondary-10,203
Higher- 4,078
***These numbers are according to http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/615/Honduras.html
Hard to know what to make of the raw data without comparisons. 3.6 percent of what? Gross national product? And Costa Rica, in comparison, spends what?
I’m looking forward to how you pin down the reasons for this backwardness.