Bolivia May 2013 Vol 6 | Page 2

Children and Press

Children and Press

Primary school for children 6 to 13 years is free . The problem is school attendance is hard to enforce . Secondary education lasts up to and is not required . The attendance for primary schools are about four fifths and at secondary schools about one forth attend school . Most schools are government supported but there are some private schools . Most private schools are religious schools . Literacy rates have climb in recent years about four fifths of adults are literate . The nation has eight state universities and there are some private universities .
Bolivia has a constitutionally free press but during some dictatorship periods it was censored . Almost all cities have a daily newspaper . Some newspaper is distributed by air so the people in more rural areas can get news too . Some newspapers can be read online now and there are a growing number of internet cafes . Most television and radio is broadcasted in