School

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Most of the villages have elementary schools for the childre. Teachers from Panamà are required to instruct for two years on the Islands before they are able to teach in Panamà City.
The children are divided into groups to either attend school in the morning or the afternoon. Very few villages have Junior High Schools, son if a parent wants their child have further education, then they must boat them to the nearest island wint a Junior High. No villages offer High School. It the familiy wants to send their child to High School, then the youth must move to Panamà