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We do not yet have detailed information on Argentine private schools. We have begun to collect some limited information. Perhaps the most interesting aspect is of Argentine private schools is that there is not parochial school system. This situation is deeply rooted in Argentine political and cultural history. The first schools were founded by the Catholic church during the Spanish colonial peiod. Catholocism was the only religion that the Spanish royal goverment permitted in the colonies. As the Royal Government did not found schools, the Church as in Spain itself was responsible for education. This situation was part of the struggle for independence, which pitted conservative Cathplic forces aginst liberal secular forces. Education was not a priority in ghe Agentine Republic after independence (1816). This was a major difference with Prorestant North America where public education was important from the firstyears of settlement. The Church continued to play an important role in education after independence. The Government did not issue an education plan for several decdes. President Domingo Sarmiento (1868-74) took a special interest in education. He attempted to attract trained European educators. Sarmiento also initiated a program to build schools and public libraries. As a result, school enrollment doubled. Teacher's Day (September 11) commemorates his death. These efforts were followed by Law 1420 of Common Education, the central national public eduction act. The administration of President Julio Roca mandated universal, compulsory, free and secular education (1884). This firmly established the secular basis of Argentine public schools. This prevented the development of a parochial system. While Catholic schools were not banned outright, ant such schools were prohibited from issuing official degrees directly, but only through a public university, This put them at a considerable disadvantage. This adversely affected the relations between the Argentine State and the Catholic Church. The local clergy complained and a serious diplomatic problem developed with the Holy See through the Papal Nuncio. We are not sure when the first private schools in the modern sence first appeared in Argetina. British schools seem particularly inflential in th private sector. We note some provate Catholic schools, but not a parochial system. The Argentine Government has a required school curriculum for the public schools and private schools must followed it as well. And the private schools must be accredited.
We do not yet have detailed information on Argentine private schools. We have begun to collect some limited information. Perhaps the most interesting aspect is of Argentine private schools is that there is not parochial school system. This situation is deeply rooted in Argentine political and cultural history. The first schools were founded by the Catholic church during the Spanish colonial peiod. Catholocism was the only religion that the Spanish royal goverment permitted in the colonies. As the Royal Government did not found schools, the Church as in Spain itself was responsible for education.
This situation was part of the struggle for independence, which pitted conservative Cathplic forces aginst liberal secular forces. Education was not a priority in the Agentine Republic after independence (1816). This was a major difference with Prorestant North America where public education was important from the first years of settlement. The Church continued to play an important role in education after independence. The Government did not issue an education plan for several decdes.
President Domingo Sarmiento (1868-74) took a special interest in education. He attempted to attract trained European educators. Sarmiento also initiated a program to build schools and public libraries. As a result, school enrollment doubled. Teacher's Day (September 11) commemorates his death. These efforts were followed by Law 1420 of Common Education, the central national public eduction act. The administration of President Julio Roca mandated universal, compulsory, free and secular education (1884). This firmly established the secular basis of Argentine public schools. This prevented the development of a parochial system. While Catholic schools were not banned outright, ant such schools were prohibited from issuing official degrees directly, but only through a public university, This put them at a considerable disadvantage. This adversely affected the relations between the Argentine State and the Catholic Church. The local clergy complained and a serious diplomatic problem developed with the Holy See through the Papal Nncio.
We are not sure when the first private schools in the modern sence first appeared in Argetina. British schools seem particularly inflential in the private sector. We note some provate Catholic schools, but not a parochial system. The Argentine Government has a required school curriculum for the public schools and private schools must followed it as well. And the private schools must be accredited. Some Argentine private schools are run by or associated with the Catholic Church. We are not sure just how many. Children are mostly sent to private schools because their parents consider that the public schools are inadequate. There are concerns with both discipline and academic seandards. Teachers in both have the same qualifications but the buildings aren't comfortable, there are not enough computers, and the syllabuses are not up-dated. Buenos Aires has the largest network of private schools, but there are also private schools in the provinces. There are private schools which Spanish only curriculum , but quite a few with bilingual programs that accomodating foreign as well as Argentine students.
Bilingual schools normally have a longer day than Spanish only schools. Often the bilingual schools split the day between one language in the morning classes and the other language in the afternoon. The most common seconf langiage is English. Quite a few wealthy Argentines send their children to private bilingual schools so they can learn English or other European language. As a result many schools have mostly ARgentine students while others are more focused on foreign students and it is Spanish that is taught as the second language.
In the past there were only public universities but at present there are also some private universities that have high standards. We note British style uniforms and quite a number of private schools. We do not know, however, just how extensive the British-style uniforms were worn at Argentine private schools.
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