7/28/2019 Situacin en el salvador en los aos 80

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Situation in El Salvador in the 80s

Most of the population in the days before the Civil War lived in great poverty. That

means poor quality education, miserable housing, low wages, chronic unemployment.

The education system, while insufficient and inadequate coverage also grew in theperiod 1950-1980, increasing to some extent the cognitive abilities of the country's

population and critical analysis of the national situation.

According to data from ANDES 21 June, during the war, about 376 teachers were

killed, 106 missing and 500 were imprisoned. Repression was also felt in the university

environment.

In 1981 the director of the University of San Salvador Felix Ulloa is killed and in 1989

suffered the same fate six Jesuit Central American University.

In 1980 the Normal School closed "Alberto Masferrer", School of Social Work and the

National University for 1978 state budget allocation to education category was 23.15%

(which was devoted mainly to higher educational levels and payment wages), with war

education spending fell to 3.6% in 1980. At the end of the war the budget came down

in 1992 to 1.5% 14.

This saving policy was because the government allocated more than 40% of its budget

to the Ministry of Defense and Public Security. Under these conditions the education

system suffered a setback very strong in all aspects. The number of illiterates wasascending by lack of infrastructure and employment. The war of the 1980s also

represented the failure of the traditional education system, teachers were affected,

the perception was very low wages and unstable jobs. Also had no benefits what

"educators were depleted to such an extent that forced them to organize and take to

the streets. Estimated in 1980 that 877 schools were closed. (Either be destroyed or

abandoned), closed in March, 285 classrooms which meant that about 1, 542 teachers

and 107,000 students were affected.