The Role of Lawyers in Bridging the Gap between the Robust Federal Rights to Education and Relatively Low Education Outcomes in Guatemala

Authors

Maryam Ahranjani, University of New Mexico - School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2021

Abstract

Relative to other countries in the world and in Central America, the Guatemalan Constitution and the federal education law include a robust and detailed right to education. However, literacy rates and secondary educational attainment, particularly for Indigenous people and young women living in rural communities, remain low. The COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated disparities. Once children return to schools after the pandemic, the gaps will be even larger. Lawyers can play a critical role in making the strong Constitutional right to education more meaningful.

Publication Title

Auctoritas Prudentium

ISSN

2305-9729

Volume

Año XIII (2021)

Issue

25

Keywords

Education, Constitution, Right to Education, Human Rights, Human Capital, Civil Rights, Children, Literacy

Recommended Citation

Maryam Ahranjani, The Role of Lawyers in Bridging the Gap between the Robust Federal Rights to Education and Relatively Low Education Outcomes in Guatemala, Año XIII (2021) Auctoritas Prudentium (2021).
Available at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/law_facultyscholarship/869