Ecuador Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Education=== {{main|Education in Ecuador}} [[File:2022-05-20 Universidad de las Artes Guayaquil 01.jpg|thumb|University of the Arts in [[Guayaquil]]]] The Ecuadorian Constitution requires that all children attend school until they achieve a "basic level of education", which is estimated at nine school years.<ref name=ilab>{{cite web|title=Ecuador|url=http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2001/ecuador.htm|work=The Department of Labor's 2001 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor|publisher=[[Bureau of International Labor Affairs]], U.S. Department of Labor |year=2002|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503214040/http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/media/reports/iclp/tda2001/ecuador.htm|archive-date=3 May 2010}}</ref> In 1996, the net primary enrollment rate was 96.9%, and 71.8% of children stayed in school until the fifth grade / age 10.<ref name=ilab/> The cost of primary and secondary education is borne by the government, but families often face significant additional expenses such as fees and transportation costs.<ref name=ilab/> Provision of public schools falls far below the levels needed, and class sizes are often very large, and families of limited means often find it necessary to pay for education.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The debate over private and public provisions of education {{!}} Capacity4dev|url=https://europa.eu/capacity4dev/articles/debate-over-private-and-public-provisions-education|access-date=23 September 2020|website=europa.eu|archive-date=15 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215141622/https://europa.eu/capacity4dev/articles/debate-over-private-and-public-provisions-education|url-status=live}}</ref> In rural areas, only 10% of the children go on to high school.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ricardo|first=Gomez|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJkjMBI7BKYC&q=ecuador+In+rural+areas%2C+only+10%25+of+the+children+go+on+to+high+school.%5B&pg=PA202|title=Libraries, Telecentres, Cybercafes and Public Access to ICT: International Comparisons: International Comparisons|date=31 July 2011|publisher=IGI Global|isbn=978-1-60960-772-2|language=en|access-date=31 October 2020|archive-date=29 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129021941/https://books.google.com/books?id=bJkjMBI7BKYC&q=ecuador+In+rural+areas%2C+only+10%25+of+the+children+go+on+to+high+school.%5B&pg=PA202#v=snippet&q=ecuador%20In%20rural%20areas%2C%20only%2010%25%20of%20the%20children%20go%20on%20to%20high%20school.%5B&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> In a 2015 report, The Ministry of Education states that in 2014 the mean number of school years completed in rural areas is 7.39 as compared to 10.86 in urban areas.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ministerio de Educación del Ecuador |title=Estadística Educativa, Reporte de indicadores |date=March 2015 |volume=1 |issue=1 |url=https://educacion.gob.ec/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2017/06/PUB_EstadisticaEducativaVol1_mar2015.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720135411/https://educacion.gob.ec/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2017/06/PUB_EstadisticaEducativaVol1_mar2015.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 July 2020 |access-date=23 October 2021 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page