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Education in Latin America is an important part of social policy. Although huge strides were made in the last decade, a region of disparity between the rich and poor needs to focus on the reduction of inequality of access and provision if it is to hope for qualitative change. Detailed achievements and challenges are presented, with an emphasis on improving school enrolment and a change to curriculum relevant for the future and local community and business involvement. Change will be achieved by a combination of new teachers, new management and leadership, and the involvement of all society.
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Machado, A.L. (2001). Current status and perspectives for education in Latin America. In: Taylor, H., Hogenbirk, P. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies in Education. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 58. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35403-3_1
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