The school year begins!
Today is the first start of the school year here. So back into the school uniforms! Note the mandatory white coats in the picture.
How this was brought on TV today see here.
Wikipedia mentions the following about the Argentine School system:
" After independence, Argentina constructed a national public education system in comparison to other nations, placing the country high up in the rankings of global literacy. Today the country has a literacy rate of 97.5%.
School attendance is compulsory between the ages of 5 and 18. The Argentine school system consists of a primary or lower school level lasting six or seven years, and a secondary or high school level of between five to six years. In the 1990s, the system was split into different types of high school instruction, called Educacion Secundaria and the Polimodal. Some provinces adopted the Polimodal while others did not. A project in the Executive to repeal this measure and return to a more traditional secondary level system was approved in 2006. President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento is overwhelmingly credited in pushing and implementing a free, modern education system in Argentina. The 1918 University reform shaped the current tripartite representation of most public universities.
Education is funded by tax payers at all levels except for the majority of graduate studies. There are many private school institutions in the primary, secondary and university levels. Around 11.1 million people were enrolled in formal education of some kind:
- 9,551,728 people attended either kindergarten, primary (lower school), or secondary (high school) establishements
- 494,461 people attended non-university level establishements (such as training or technical schools)
- 1,125,257 people attended colleges or universities
There are thirty-five public universities across the country, as well as several private. The Universities of Buenos Aires (the largest one, has 300.000 students), Córdoba, La Plata, UTN (Technology University), and Cuyo (Mendoza) are among the most important. Public universities faced cutbacks in spending during the 1980s and 1990s, which led to a decline in overall quality.
Two Argentine universities are among the 300 best of the world in 2006 ranking, the first one being is the University of Buenos Aires at number 276."Holidays? That is nice for another post!
