Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2021
Abstract
Relative to other countries in the world and in Central America, the Guatemalan Constitution and the federal education law include a robust and detailed right to education. However, literacy rates and secondary educational attainment, particularly for Indigenous people and young women living in rural communities, remain low. The COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated disparities. Once children return to schools after the pandemic, the gaps will be even larger. Lawyers can play a critical role in making the strong Constitutional right to education more meaningful.
Publication Citation
25 Auctoritas Prudentium 1 (2021).
Recommended Citation
Ahranjani, Maryam, "The Role of Lawyers in Bridging the Gap between the Robust Federal Rights to Education and Relatively Low Education Outcomes in Guatemala" (2021). Scholarly Works. 1502.
https://scholars.law.unlv.edu/facpub/1502