Teachers without contracts at the commencement of the new school year in Guatemala

It is both scandalous and sad that while the Guatemalan government is indulging in a melodramatic political charade, dissipating public funds in the process, while many schools throughout the country are commencing the new school year without basic budgets available for pupils’ food and teachers’ contracts. I broke my heart to hear the principal’s speech … Read more

School Supplies for the New School Year

As I have mentioned before, bookstores and stationary stores are jam-packed around this time of the year in Guatemala since the new school year is about to begin. Yes, that is right, you read correctly, the Guatemalan school year begins around the mid January and ends sometime in October. Boys and girls are been given … Read more