EDUCATION IN PERU

By Ada Juliana Bastos

Country Background Area:

1.28 million sq. km. (496,225 sq. mi.). Peru is the third-largest country in South America and is approximately three times the size of California. Major cities: Lima (capital), Arequipa, Chiclayo, Cuzco, Huancayo, Ica, Trujillo, Ayacucho, Piura, Iquitos, and Chimbote.

Economy GDP (2009): $127.22 billion.Annual growth rate: 9.8% (2008); 0.9% (2009).Per capita GDP (2009): $4,365.Natural resources: Copper, gold, silver, zinc, lead, iron ore, fish, petroleum, natural gas, and forestry.Manufacturing (2009): 14.33% of GDP. Types--food and beverages, textiles and apparel, nonferrous and precious metals, nonmetallic minerals, petroleum refining, paper, chemicals, iron and steel, fishmeal.

Education in Peru

Education in Peru is compulsory for children from the age of 7 years to 16 years. Secondary education in the government institutions in Peru is free of cost. Free secondary education was introduced in 1946. According to an estimate in 2000 the adult literacy rate was 10.1% in Peru.

Primary School

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Gender difference based on location

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The World Bank: Education Clip

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Nutrition and Education

Nutrition plays a crucial role when it comes on Education

Education and Nutrition Linkages “They should combine short-term strategies such

as nutrition advocacy with comprehensive, long-term strategies that include changing household and individual behavior and improving levels of female education and status in society”- Laura Rawlings, Sector Leader for Human Development in the World Bank Country Management

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