Editing El Salvador (section)

==Education==
{{Further|Education in El Salvador}}
[[File:Asociación Salvadoreña de Astronomía Observatorio "Dr. Prudencio Llach".jpg|thumb|Dr. Prudencio Llach Observatory]]
The public education system in El Salvador is severely lacking in resources. Class sizes in public schools can be as large as 50 children per classroom. Salvadorans who can afford the cost often choose to send their children to private schools, which are regarded as being better-quality than public schools. Most private schools follow American, European or other advanced systems. Lower-income families are forced to rely on public education.<ref>{{cite web |title=Affordable non-state schools in El Salvador |date=2018 |url=https://www.r4d.org/wp-content/uploads/El-Salvador-Case-Study_Final-Version3_May24_2018-.pdf |website=Results for Development |publisher=[[United States Agency for International Development|USAID]] |access-date=30 April 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731001200/https://www.r4d.org/wp-content/uploads/El-Salvador-Case-Study_Final-Version3_May24_2018-.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Education in El Salvador is free through high school. After nine years of basic education (elementary–middle school), students have the option of a two-year high school or a three-year high school. A two-year high school prepares the student for transfer to a university. A three-year high school allows the student to graduate and enter the workforce in a vocational career, or to transfer to a university to further their education in their chosen field.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.stanford.edu/~hakuta/www/archives/syllabi/E_CLAD/sfusd_cult_03/nancy/new/educ.html|title=What's Education Like in El Salvador|date=2003|author=Nancy|work=Education 377: Culture and Content Instruction|type=undergraduate assignment|publisher=Stanford University|access-date=29 January 2018|archive-date=11 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111203515/https://web.stanford.edu/~hakuta/www/archives/syllabi/E_CLAD/sfusd_cult_03/nancy/new/educ.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[List of universities in El Salvador|Universities in El Salvador]] include a central public institution, the [[Universidad de El Salvador]], and many other specialized private universities. El Salvador was ranked 98th in the [[Global Innovation Index]] in 2024, up from 108th in 2019.<ref>{{Cite book|author=[[World Intellectual Property Organization]] |year= 2024 |title=Global Innovation Index 2024: Unlocking the Promise of Social Entrepreneurship |url=https://www.wipo.int/web-publications/global-innovation-index-2024/en/ |access-date=2024-10-06 |website= www.wipo.int |page=18 |publisher=World Intellectual Property Organization |language=en |doi=10.34667/tind.50062 |isbn=978-92-805-3681-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Global Innovation Index 2019|url= https://www.wipo.int/global_innovation_index/en/2019/index.html|access-date=2 September 2021 |website= www.wipo.int |archive-date=2 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902101818/https://www.wipo.int/global_innovation_index/en/2019/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>