Education

In 2000, it quickly advanced the reform and the readjustment of the education. Education superior was developed considerably and the reform of the management system obtained forceful progresses. The 1.041 common secondary educations accepted to 2,21 million students and the registered ones reached 5,56 million; the 772 teaching institutions superiors for adults admitted to 1,56 million students and the registered ones increased to 3,54 million. The organizations in charge of preparation of students of posgrado added 738 and accepted to 129.000 petitioners, reason why the number of registered raised 301,000. The education of the secondary schools of the second cycle extended plus its margin and 14.600 of this type of common schools admitted to 4,73 million students, increasing the number of registered to 12,01 million. The average schools of professional and technical formation of diverse modalities accepted to 4,25 million students and the registered ones ascended to 12,95 million. In the same year, the goal was basically materialized to popularize the education obligatory of 9 years and to alphabetize to the young people and illiterate adults. The cover of the population that received this education arrived at 85% and the rate of illiteracy between the young people and adults lowered to 5% more and. The secondary schools of the first cycle admitted to 22,96 million students and the registered ones added 62,56 million, being of 88,6% the rate of matriculation. The primary schools admitted to 19,46 million students, in such a way that the registered ones were of 130,13 million and the rate of matriculation arrived at 99,1% between the children in scholastic age. The rate of scholastic desertion of the secondary and primary school was of 3,21% and 0,55%, respectively. The schools of special education accepted to 53.000 students and the registered ones added 378,000. The children in infantile gardens totalized 22,44 million. The schools of technical qualification for adults gave classes to 96,42 million people. In 2000 about 2,58 million of illiterate were alphabetized.