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EDUCATION IN PANAMA - Coggle Diagram
EDUCATION IN PANAMA
📑 Legal Framework of Education (MEDUCA)
📚 General Regulations
Constitution, Law 47, decrees, and regulations
📝 Regulation
Operation of schools
Disciplinary regime (students and teachers)
Selection of teachers and principals
💰 Programs and Funds
Equity and Quality in Education Fund (FECE)
Educational Insurance
Social programs (Universal Scholarship, Glass of Milk, Telebásica, Tecnoedúcame, Anti-Drug Education)
🤝 Ethics and Educational Community
Teacher’s Code of Ethics
Parents’ participation
Student associations
School and regional educational community
📘 Law 47 of 1946
(Single Text – Organic Law of Education)
🎯 Objectives
Guarantee the right to education
Promote the integral formation of students
Establish the national education system
🌍 Principles
Democratic education
Universal access
Inclusion and equity
🏫 Functions of MEDUCA
Organization of the education service
Regulation of public and private schools
Supervision and quality control
🏛️ Obligations of the State
Ensure free and compulsory education
Provide supplies and resources
Scholarships and financial support
Labor and vocational education
🎓 Educational Institutions
University autonomy
Academic freedom
Special education (inclusion)
Programs for Indigenous peoples
📖 Right to Education
Access without discrimination
Parents’ participation
Freedom of teaching (private schools)
🗽 Educational Freedoms and Rights
Inclusion without discrimination
Integral development (physical, intellectual, moral, aesthetic, civic)
Diversity of educational options
📊 Influence on Policies
Universal access
Equity and inclusion
Labor education linked to national development
⚖️ Constitutional Principles
Universal right to education
Free and compulsory education (basic general level)
Based on science and national culture
Democratic, solidarity-based, and fair