Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1902 — Education In Guatemala. [ARTICLE]

Education In Guatemala.

In Guatemala primary instruction is obligatory for all children of from six to fourteen years of age, and that given by the state is laical and gratuitous. In 1900 instruction was being imparted in 1,419 national schools, distributed thus: 493 for boys, 494 for girls, 384 for both boys and girls, 9 kindergartens and 39 night schools.