Hi!
The leading sources to find this kind of information are the World
Bank and UNESCO. You have to look for World Development Indicators,
you can check them either online or ordering a CD ROM. You have free
access to some of the indicators, but you have to pay for deeper
information.
About the numbers you are asking for:
Colombia
Internet users 878000
Personal computers (per 1,000 people) 35.44
Primary education enrolment ratios (%) 85
Secondary education enrolment ratios (%) 46
Tertiary education enrolment ratios (%) 16.7
Costa Rica
Internet users 250000
Personal computers (per 1,000 people) 149.14
Primary education enrolment ratios (%) 89
Secondary education enrolment ratios (%) 40
Tertiary education enrolment ratios (%)30.3
Ecuador
Internet users 180000
Personal computers (per 1,000 people) 21.75
Primary education enrolment ratios (%) 122%*
Secondary education enrolment ratios (%) 55%*
Tertiary education enrolment ratios (%)
*There is no oficial information available about ecuatorian education
rates at World Bank and Unesco data bases. I took these rates from
Guia del Mundo, this is a non oficial source.
http://www.eurosur.org/guiadelmundo/paises/ecuador/estadisticas.htm
Mexico
Internet users 2712380
Personal computers (per 1,000 people) 50.57
Primary education enrolment ratios (%) 100
Secondary education enrolment ratios (%) 51
Tertiary education enrolment ratios (%) 16
Panama
Internet users 90000
Personal computers (per 1,000 people) 36.98
Primary education enrolment ratios (%) 91 (statistic from 1996)
Secondary education enrolment ratios (%) Not available**
Tertiary education enrolment ratios (%)31.5
**There is no oficial information about secondary enrolment in Panama,
neither in their oficial statistical site nor in international
organizations ones.
Venezuela
Internet users 950000
Personal computers (per 1,000 people) 45.51
Primary education enrolment ratios (%) 84
Secondary education enrolment ratios (%) 22
Tertiary education enrolment ratios (%)29 (statistic from 1995)
Adittional links:
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
http://www.unesco.org
The World Bank Group is one of the world's largest sources of
development assistance and statistic information.
http://www.worldbank.org
Google list of latin american estadistical deps (very useful, although
you have to understand a spanish written chart). For Ecuador, again,
there are no educational numbers:
http://directory.google.com/Top/World/Espa%C3%B1ol/Ciencia_y_tecnolog%C3%ADa/Ciencias_Sociales/Sociolog%C3%ADa/Ense%C3%B1anza_e_investigaci%C3%B3n/Organismos_estad%C3%ADsticos/
Unesco observatory on the Information Society
A Global watch service on ethical, legal and societal challenges of
the Information Society. You can find papers about penetration of the
internet in emerging markets.
http://webworld.unesco.org/webworld/observatory/index.shtml
Search strategy:
Keywords:
Development Indicators
Indicadores de desarrollo
Educacion primaria, secundaria y terciaria
Acceso a internet
Cuadros comparativos de educacion
I hope you'll find this information interesting.
You should remember that statistical information is offen outdated in
these countries in particular.
Regards!
Runix-ga |
Clarification of Answer by
runix-ga
on
18 Jun 2002 10:46 PDT
Hi!
Here you have the student population in numbers (not rates) about each
of the countries mentioned.
In the case of Colombia, the total student population seems to be
11.493.863, according to an excellent research I found at:
http://www.funrestrepobarco.org.co/Recursos/situacion%20de%20la%20educacion.pdf
When comes to absolut numbers and not rates, it seems to be useful to
check the oficial stadistic deps in each country. International
organizations such as World Bank ( http://wroldbank.org ) have more
elaborated reports, usually using rates.
In some cases (such as Colombia, for instance) I've included two
optional sources, there are no big differences between them.
For Panama, I couldn't reach oficial numbers, so I give you three
optional journalistic sources.
Here is the complete report:
Student Population
Ecuador
People between 6 and 9 years going to primary school: 865234
People between 10 and 14 going to high school: 287831
People between 15 and 19 going to high school: 252445
People between 19 and 24 going to Terciary and University courses:
185984
Total: 1.591.494
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo (Ecuador)
http://www.inec.gov.ec/
Colombia
1)
Total of pupils at preeschool: 899.707
Total of pupils at primary school: 5.088.295
Total of pupils at high school: 4.272.012
Total of pupils at Universities and other superior levels: 1.233.848
Total student population: 11.493.863
Source: “Situación de la educación básica, media y superior en
Colombia”, by Corpoeducación, written by Alfredo Sarmiento Gómez, Luz
Perla Tovar and Carmen Alam (2001). (great source!)
http://www.funrestrepobarco.org.co/Recursos/situacion%20de%20la%20educacion.pdf
2)
Total of pupils at primary school: 5.162.260
Total of pupils at high school: 3.594.083
Source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica
http://www.dane.gov.co/Informacion_Estadistica/informacion_estadistica.html
México
Total of pupils at primary school: 14 792 528
*Total of pupils at high school (secundaria): 5 349 659
*Total of pupils at high school (bachillerato): 2 594 242
*Total of pupils at high school (profesional técnico): 361 541
*Total of pupils at high school (normal): 200 931
Total of pupils at University: 1 718 017
Total: 25.016.918
*Note: There are diffrent kinds of High School, with different
academic orientations.
Source: SEP. Estadística Básica del Sistema Educativo Nacional.
Inicio de Cursos, 2000/2001.
http://www.inegi.gob.mx/estadistica/espanol/sociodem/educacion.html
Venezuela
1)
Total of pupils at primary school (1 to 9nth grade): 4,299,671
Total of pupils at high school (educación media): 400,794
Total of pupils at Universities: 486.735
Total : 5.187.180
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Venezuela
http://www.ocei.gov.ve/ine/condiciones/educacion.asp
2)
Pupils at preschool (Preescolar): 716.529
Pupils at primary school (Educación Básica): 4.249.389
Pupils at high school (Educación Media): 333.704
Pupils at superior levels (Educación Diversificada): 563.258
Total: 5.862.880
Pupils studying at universities (included befote at “superior
levels”): 486.735
Source: Oficina Central de Estadística e Informática.
http://www.gobiernoenlinea.ve/gobierno/portal/?MIval=educacion
Costa Rica
People between 6 and 12 going to school: 386.069
People between 13 and 18 going to high school: 237174
People between 19 and 25 studying (at university or other levels):
228.439
Total: 851.682
Source: Censos Nacionales de Vivienda y Población de Panamá 2000
http://censos.ccp.ucr.ac.cr/cgi-bin/proceso#expresion
Panamá (couldn’t find oficial numbers, I find some academic and
journalistic researchs)
1) People studying at superior levels: 102.158 (1998)
Source: “Privilegio y discriminación a la orden del día en la
educación superior hondureña”, by Faustino Ordóñez Baca:
http://www.laprensahn.com/natarc/0102/n03006.htm
2)
“La población estudiantil es de aproximadamente (…) 100.000 en Panamá”
(Student population in Panama is about 100.000). Refering to superior
levels of education, by 2001.
Source: “La educación superior en Centroamérica y Republica
Dominicana”, by World Bank and the Goberment from Guatemala, 2001:
Http://www.ufg.edu.sv/theorethikos/art3.doc
3) People studying at universities: 68 465 (1993)
Source: Estadísticas Universitarias. Contraloría General de la
República de Panamá. des: Demanda de Educación Universitaria, at “La
demanda de educación superior en panamá de 1980 a 1993 una
aproximación cuantitativa”, by María de Jesús Freire Seoane and
Gersán A. Joseph Garzón:
http://www.cesu.unam.mx/iresie/revistas/perfiles/perfiles/85-86-html/85-05.htm
Good luck!
Runix-ga
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