Uruguay Education
Training Since the period of military dictatorship until 1985, education has been invested as part of the country’s economic recovery. Uruguay has the highest literacy level in Latin America. The school system, which is essentially state, consists of six-year primary school (starting at age 6) followed by a secondary school in two stages of each three years, the “basic cycle” and “baccalaureate”. The latter stage is divided into a university preparation and a vocational preparation program. In 1996, 91% of…