EDUCATION IN EL SALVADOR

Children in the elementary grades are provided with free compulsory education. El Salvador had about 3200 primary and secondary schools which provide education with a total enrollment of about 1,066,700 in the late-1980's. In the same period some 80,018 students were enrolled in institutions of higher education.The University of El SALVADOR (1841), in San Salvador, is the most prominent university in providing education. the University of Central America, a Jesuit institution, also is located in San Salvador which provide education to students.
El Salvador, republic, northeastern Central America, bounded on the north and east by Honduras on the extreme southeast by the Gulf of Fonseca, on the south by the Pacific Ocean, and on the west and northwest by Guatemala. El Salvador, the smallest and most densely populated Central American state, is the only one without a Caribbean coastline. It has a total area of 21,041 sq km (8124 sq mi). San Salvador is the capital and largest city.
With a per capita income estimated at $940 a year in the late 1980's. El Salvador is one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere. Inflation is chronic, and unemployment remains high. The nation's economy is dominated by agriculture and is heavily dependent on coffee. The economic infrastructure, such as roads electric power, and commercial banking facilities is well developed. Since the mid- 1960's the country has  experienced a relatively rapid development of light manufacturing industries. In the late 1980's the estimated annual budget included $518 million in revenues and $642 million in expenditures. During the 1980's the U.S. spent nearly $ 5 billion on civilian and military aid for El Salvador.

List of Univewrsities in El Salvador

1. Universidad Capitian General Gerardo Barrios provide education
2. Universidad Catolica de Occidente provide education
3. Universdidad Centroamericana "Jose Simeon Canas" provide education
4. Universidad Cristiana de las Asanbleas de Dios provide education.
5. Universidad de El Salvador provide education
6. Universidad de Oriente provide education
7. Universidad Don Bosco provide education
8. Universidad Dr. Jose Matias Delgado provide education
9. Universidad Evangelica de El Salvador provide education
10. Universidad franciso Gavidia provide education
11. Universidad Luterana Salvadorena provide education
12. Universidad Nueva San Salvador provide education
13. Universidad Panamerican de San Salvador provide education 
14. Universidad Politecnica de El Salvador provide education
15. Universidad technologica de El Salvador provide education