November 10, 2016

Education In Nicaragua
Over the years education has become a vital necessity for the upcoming generations of
the world. In todays society, education determines an individuals future by allowing the
working class to see who is qualified and who is capable to succeed for the job. However, this is
not the case is most countries. For this report I would like to focus on the country Nicaragua.
Focusing on the first priority, which is making sure every child attends school. As Said in
the summary millions of children who have started primary school are unable to finish due to
expenses. Nicaragua is currently the poorest country in Latin America and the education is
suffering a great deal because of this. Students in the past were not attending school because they
felt obligated or were forced to work to help their parents support the family. As a result,
Nicaraguan schools comprise of three levels or school shifts, which are primary, lower secondary
and upper secondary schools. At the age seven children become primary students. In Nicaragua
primary school is mandatory and schools do not charge tuition fees for the next 6 years. Lower
secondary schools, which include grades 7 through 9 and secondary schools, which include
grades 10 and 11are also free to attend. Nicaragua is meeting the priority one by allowing
students to attend in shifts. There is a morning, afternoon, and evening shift available to every
student and in the end in benefits both their education and their families because this still slows
them to work.

In the graph below it shows the number of students attending each level of school.

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With priority two: improving the quality of learning, Nicaragua is slowing succeeding at
this mark. The abbreviated schools days combined with the teacher and student poverty as almost
made it impossible for Nicaraguas education to improve. Nicaraguan teachers earn an average of
$266 a month and they also have limited school supplies and facilities for their students. With
this limited money and time, it forces teachers to limit their curriculum. Although the
International Development Association (IDA), as helped Nicaragua increase their enrollment in

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primary schools, education still needs much more funding to improve each students education.

For Nicaraguas part for priority 3: Foster global citizenship, I believe that Nicaragua
students meet this to a certain level. Growing up in a lower class and having to work from a
young age, these kids already know how to care for the world and the people surrounding them.
They grew up helping each other and putting other people before themselves. Although
Nicaragua needs much improvement on enforcing and funding their education, a day-to-day life
of what the Nicaraguan people do is based on the education they know.

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In conclusion Nicaragua barely, if not even meets the correct standards of the UN Global
Initiative priorities due to the poverty of the country. Although Nicaraguas educational board is
trying to fit the accommodations of the students working life with their educational life, the
meets are still not being done. Money seems to be the answer the solve Nicaraguas education
and poverty problem.

Work-Cited

Global citizenship | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

(n.d.). Retrieved November 10, 2016, from http://www.unesco.org/new/en/gefi/priorities/globalcitizenship/

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Education in Nicaragua- The Borgen Project. (2016). Retrieved November 10, 2016,
from http://borgenproject.org/education-nicaragua/

Education Is Improving - Nicaragua Community. (2014). Retrieved November 10, 2016,

from http://www.nicaragua-community.com/education-improving/

Schools in Central America. (n.d.). Retrieved November 10, 2016, from https://pro-essaywriter.com/blog/central-america-schools.html