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SCHOOLS - Panama vs Colombia

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nubrain
  5/22/2018 14:09 EST

a Colombiana friend and her young children have been living Panama for several years. Can anyone can tell me how the schools/educational system compare to Colombia. thanks

volcan357
  5/22/2018 16:27 EST

Without knowing any specifics the level of education appears to be higher in Colombia. Of course remember that Colombia has close to 50 million people and Panama has 4 million. In terms of population of Spanish speaking countries Colombia is second to Mexico.

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nubrain
  5/22/2018 17:08 EST

the children ages 6-14 go to a private catholic school. my gut feeling was that
Panama would have a better system - irrespective of population. I could be wrong and that;s why I asked..

fricotin
  5/22/2018 19:16 EST

I would have thought so too. In 2015 the GDP per capita of Panama was int$26 000 vs Colombia int$ 15 000.

PanamAyo
  5/23/2018 11:06 EST

Not a surprise at all. Look at the U.S. Look out at the rest of the world.

volcan357
  5/23/2018 12:58 EST

I have a friend who is a physical therapist. She is Panamanian but studied physical therapy in Colombia. She sent her daughter to dental school in Guadalajara, Mexico. She teaches physical therapy at the public university in David, She claims the level of education in Panama is terrible. Once she had to fail most of her students because they wouldn't study and they all copied from each other. She is an absolutely excellent physical therapist. She helped me recover from Gullien Barre syndrom. I was in the Mae Lewis hospital for 4 months in intensive care. I was completely paralyzed. She got me started walking again. She teaches, works at two hospitals and has private clients.

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volcan357
  5/23/2018 13:00 EST

Sorry I meant patients not clients.

jonoyakker
  5/30/2018 07:05 EST

I can't compare the two but my Colombian friend told me that Colombians with any money won't send the kids to public schools.

But I suspect they are better than Panama schools just judging by the populations.

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