6. Peru
No. of high education students per 100,000 people: 4100
Peru has gone through massive education reforms in the nineties which enabled free compulsory education for all in a duration of 11 years (between 5 and 16), and there are four educational levels: primary, secondary, vocational and technical, and the university as tertiary education. What makes Peru among the most educated countries in Central and South America is the high number of universities, having 51 public and 89 private universities. But there is a concern of the quality of Peruvian private universities, and because of that government is in the process of quality control, after which it is possible that many of these universities will lose the license.
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