Costa Rica Education
Training Education has played a crucial role in social mobility in Costa Rica. As early as 1869, the right to free and compulsory primary school education was established in the constitution. Subsequently, the education system has expanded greatly; at the turn of the last century, the salaries of the folk teachers were a heavier item in the state budget than those of the army officers. It is especially after the revolution, when the army was abolished, that great efforts have…