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Costa Rica - Central America

Education System Information
	Comprehensive Description of Education System (Spanish):
	http://www.campus-oei.org/quipu/costarica/index.html

	Education System:
	http://www.ibe.unesco.org/en/worldwide/unesco-regions/latin-america-an d-the-caribbean/costa-rica/profile-of-education.html

	IESALC Costa Rica Page:
	http://www.ibe.unesco.org/en/access-by-country/latin-america-and-the-c aribbean/costa-rica.html
	Reports on higher education and accreditation in Costa Rica; (Page opens in Spanish, available in English and French; search under “studies by country” on the upper right hand side)
	WENR - Costa Rica Education Profile:
	http://www.wes.org/ewenr/wenrarchive/CS_ProfWin93.pdf


Government Links
	Consejo Nacional de Rectores (Spanish):
	http://www.conare.ac.cr/

	Ministry of Public Education (Spanish):
	http://www.mep.go.cr/
	Provides extensive information, statistics, online resources, databases, and links concerning primary, secondary, vocational/technical, and other aspects of education in Costa Rica
	Sistema Nacional de Acreditación de la Educación Superior (Spanish):
	http://www.sinaes.ac.cr/
	National accrediting organization; includes a list of recognized programs and institutions

Educational Institutions
	Higher Education listings:
	http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/highered/#Costa


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