Education in Latin America will receive 9% less funding by the end of 2020
According to reported issues by UNESCO and ECLAC, “Spending on education in Latin America and the Caribbean will fall ...
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“Over the past two decades, millions of young people in Latin America became the first in their families to head to college, a historic expansion that promised to propel a generation into the professional class and transform the region,†reports Julie Turkewitz for the Irish Times. However, as a result of the COVID-19 and the failing economies, millions of university students are leaving their studies, according to the Inter-American Development Bank. Enrolment is expected to drop by as much as 25% in Colombia by the end of the year, and experts worry that “is a big step back for a region struggling to escape its centuries-old trap and move toward a knowledge-based economy.â€Amid lockdowns, youth unemployment has spiked, and many students cannot pay tuition, which even at public schools can cost anywhere from one to eight times the monthly minimum wage. Most courses have moved online, but millions do not have internet or even a reliable mobile phone connection.Â
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Millions prevented from attending higher education in Latin America
“Over the past two decades, millions of young people in Latin America became the first in their families to head to college, a historic expansion that promised to propel a generation into the professional class and transform the region,†reports Julie Turkewitz for the Irish Times. However, as a result of the COVID-19 and the failing economies, millions of university students are leaving their studies, according to the Inter-American Development Bank. Enrolment is expected to drop by as much as 25% in Colombia by the end of the year, and experts worry that “is a big step back for a region struggling to escape its centuries-old trap and move toward a knowledge-based economy.â€Amid lockdowns, youth unemployment has spiked, and many students cannot pay tuition, which even at public schools can cost anywhere from one to eight times the monthly minimum wage. Most courses have moved online, but millions do not have internet or even a reliable mobile phone connection.Â
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