What are the schools like in Peru?

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Latina_Rica

The first post is wrong, there are quite large private Catholics schools in Peru and I think he is referring to the ones he has only seen, I don't think he has seen all of the schools in Peru but only the ones he knows, he can't expect to be that way in the whole country.

-I went to a very large private catholic school and this is how it was.

-6 years primary, 5 years secondary
-always wear uniform
-you are late, you stay out for an hour or to the principle's office
-you have to be well groomed and well presented
-you don't rotate classes, the teachers rotate
-each class has a "tutor" who oversees the students performance.
-Students are very friendly and form long lasting friendships with their peers
-Students are usually the same from kindergarden to highschool
-You bring your lunch for private school and they will give you lunch on state funded schools. Same with papers, pens and books.

MSDC

Let's see.
In Peru you have 2 types of schools with very large differences between them.
Public schools in Peru are generally bad. Public education in Peru is free, but the public schools are outdated, badly administered and ran by unmotivated teachers.
Private schools are the other side of the coin. They are very expensive, but they have some of the best education in the world (I should know. I went to a private school in Peru and then went to College in the US. I cruised through the initial courses).
Most families make a big effort to send their kids to private schools to help their childen advance in life.
I'm enclosing the link to the Peru ministry of education, but it is all in spanish

fabi_020404

I live in Peru, and I agree with MSDC and Miss Andey

=)

Andey C

-bring your own lunch
-every morning there would be an assembly
-if your late,you would have to wait an hour, to get in
-pay for your own school fees
-wear an uniform
-guys hair must be very short, and girls hair must be tied
-no makeup, and long nails
-buy the school'd p.e suit
-in catholic schools we would always have to pray together in the morning, and teachers would take us to the church on the last friday of the month
-buy your own books pens paper ect.
-be in school by 7:45

peru teacher

Little thinking outside the box. For more info on schools look at
www.theultimateperulist.blogspot.com

memorex

I'll give you a tip, for future google search. If you look for something in Peru, search: google peru . . . . . . . and you'll open a Google page with the option "PAGINAS DE PERU" this way your search will narrow to information from this country only (not peru New york).

Anyway, here in Peru we have public schools that aren't free, they're suposed to be cheap but they are also so inefficient (lousy infrastructure, poorly prepared teachers and lack of books and utencils) that the only way to compensate the logistic disaster is to charge more money disguised as a PTA fee. So only the poor have their children at public schools because they don't have any other option.

I found an interesting report at this site:

http://www.caretas.com.pe/1406/brecha/brecha.html

here you have a clasification for all kinds of schools, the "Elite" Non-Chatolic schools sponsored by foreign countries for their descendants in Peru, with an average monthly cost of US $ 300 (25 students per classroom). Then You have many private Catholic Schools at US $ 150 per month (38 students per classroom), in these two categories you'll find all the upper class alumni.

but even so, many students that occupy the first places on the admission exam in some Universities are from public schools.

good luck!

Joy

Peru schools are very different from here at lest the one i went to. I really don't remember a lot so is hard to explain but I will try. Ok
-theres no buses
-if you get there late u are not allow to go in until the next day
-when u get there u put ur stuff up and go outside to sing the national athem
-In some cases theres no school like for months because the teachers do a walk asking to get pay more and u miss alot of school days
-when we start school in the usa school in peru are on vacation and when usa schools are on vacation we start school in peru
-U get to participate in a lot of stuff for a holiday or a special reason
- I can't really remember but i think u are not allow to use calculaters when doing work or homework
-In some schools u do ur regular classes then go home eat come back to do ur other classes
And thats all I can remember but some of these things were from the school I was in but the one that said if you get there late u are not allow to go in until the next day thats for all schools i think
Also u have to wear uniforms now thats i thing i can remember

Aureen

In Lima, the majority of the schools I see are fairly small with a tight-knit group of students and teachers. As classes are not very large, many students remain classmates with the same peers throughout their schooling years. For that reason many strong friendships are made.

Education is separated into two compulsory stages: primary and secondary education (inicial is also included but is optional, like a preschool). Primary goes from ages about 6 to 12. At that point the student moves on to Secondary, which lasts until about age 16 or 17.

There is some information on how the school systems work here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Peru

Aside from that you may find this link helpful:
http://countrystudies.us/peru/49.htm

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