Education in Bolivia
What is actually "development"? We talk about developing countries, but what kind of development is it that we here in "the west" or in "the north" figure ought to happen, and what is development according to the people of that country? Are many cellular phones a sign of development or do we count the number of internet-connected computers? Social equality is considered development by some of us. That is equal rights and possibilities to education and health care, not the notion that we all are similar, with similar needs. Bolivia is a very diversed and plural country with many indigenous languages beside the castilliano/spanish-speaking population. Quechua and Aymara are the two largest indigenous languages, but there are several others. One problem for the education sector is that there so far have been few bilingual programmes for children with an indigenous-language as their first language. Also there is a barrier to the flow of information about Bolivia and the education-system, due to the fact that most official information of the country is in castilliano, not in english. More photos from Bolivia here at the Argonautica Photos-blog.
"Orejas" told me and the others in my group that he wanted to study at university. I have searched the web for links to universities in Bolivia to see what possibilities he might have. Today he is in his twenties, and with a little bit of luck he succeeded.
The link below is to a SIDA-report about education in Bolivia.
posted by "Amira" @ 3:12 AM
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