The Salvadoran business sector welcomes with good expectations the announcement of the Bukele administration to implement the "Economic Takeoff Plan", and they assure that they are willing to join efforts.
Raising the quality of education, eliminating excessive paperwork and generating opportunities, not threats, for people to formalize their economic activities are the main demands of the Costa Rican business sector in the run-up to 2020.
Generating more employment and strengthening the business sector while the actions of the Executive, Legislative Assembly and the Judiciary are being implemented are some of the projects outlined for the first quarter of the year, according to the Costa Rican Union of Chambers and Associations of the Private Business Sector (UCCAEP).
Nayib Bukele announced that his administration will implement the "Economic Takeoff Plan", which aims to create the conditions for the economy to grow above 3.5%.
The plan will focus on articulating government efforts in the agricultural sector, telecoms through connectivity and education focused on preparing the new generations in the framework of the fourth industrial revolution.
The latest PISA assessment confirms that Costa Rica, Panama and the Dominican Republic, the only countries in the region to appear in its ranking, are far from the average results obtained by the OECD group of nations.
Although in the last ten years the average expenditure per primary and secondary student increased by about 15% in OECD countries, most of their states do not report significant progress in education.
From January to June 2019, 52 environmental impact studies were presented in Central America to build new education centers and carry out expansion and remodeling work in other institutions.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, includes an up to date list of public and private constructionprojects for which environmental impact studies (EIA) were submitted to the respective institutions of each country.
Because private universities in the South American country have internationalization programs for their educational services, there are opportunities to attract foreign students in specific areas.
The study "Oportunidades de exportación de servicios educativos a Perú", elaborated by Procomer Costa Rica, explains that the areas with greater opportunity for the educational offer of the Costa Rican market are those in which the country is internationally recognized as sustainability as a transversal area to any area of study (architecture, fashion), agribusiness, tourism and peace.
Low educational quality, obsolete teacher hiring processes and lack of universal application of new educational programs are some of the factors that threaten the future of public education in Costa Rica.
"Education is the movement from darkness to light", said American philosopher Allan Bloom. The results of the most recent report prepared by the State of the Nation Program reveal that in terms of public education, Costa Rica seems to be in darkness.
For the business sector, the approval in the second debate of the draft law on dual technical education and training will make it possible to combat the worrying rise in unemployment and ensure the training of a greater number of technicians in strategic areas.
The Legislative Assembly reported on the afternoon of August 12 that with the affirmative vote of 49 deputies, the second debate was given to file N°20.786, Law of dual technical education and training, thus opening the possibility for students to perform work experience in companies and continue their studies in technical training centers.
In Costa Rica, the Legislative Assembly approved in the first debate the education project that seeks to regulate vocational technical education and training in the dual modality.
The law establishes, among other things, that the minimum conditions required in the curriculum applied by companies must be in accordance with the standard of qualification and material resources necessary to provide dual education, informed the Legislative Assembly.
Although Costa Rica invests almost 7% of GDP in education, spending efficiency is some of the worst when compared to other countries globally.
In its 2018 Annual Report, the Comptroller's Office of the Republic of Costa Rica carried out an analysis of the investment made by the State in public education versus the efficiency of spending, which is measured in the development of the skills of the student population.
With financing from CABEI, the Guatemalan state university will finance several construction works, expansion and remodeling of its facilities.
The resources will be allocated for the development of pre-investment, construction, expansion and remodeling of university centers, colleges, among other units benefiting from the program, as well as the provision of machinery, furniture and equipment with state-of-the-art technology, explained the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) in a statement.
In Costa Rica, businessmen and authorities signed a protocol defining concrete actions to implement and promote dual education in the country.
The protocol enables concrete actions to be formalized for the implementation and promotion of Presential-Dual Training among companies associated with the Chamber of Industries of Costa Rica (CICR) and other organizations, as well as to increase training opportunities and job opportunities for social mobility, informed the industrial sector guild.
Despite the location and the fiscal benefits that in some cases the countries of the region offer, the lack of education of the population will be the main barrier to continue attracting large investments.
The lack of guarantee of finding the competent and sustainable human capital necessary for the proper operation of companies is an issue that negatively influences the attraction of important investments in Central America.
In the Central American region, the average unemployment rate for those aged between 15 and 24 is estimated to be around 11%, with lack of work experience being the main barrier to accessing the first job.
According to figures from the Central American Observatory of Social Development, Costa Rica and Panama are the countries in the region with the highest rates of youth unemployment, with 27% and 15%, respectively.
In El Salvador, it was announced that between December and February 2019, a tender will be published for the construction of 27 educational centers, which will require a $30 million investment.
From the statement of FOMILENIO II:
November 16th, 2018. Vice President Óscar Ortiz, authorities from FOMILENIO II and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) met with mayors from the country's paracentral and eastern regions to coordinate efforts and begin construction and rehabilitation of 27 educational centers.
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