The private schools in Panama are always upgrading- they’re always looking for new teachers. They bring in teachers with a high efficiency rate of teaching and have a lot of new techniques.
The non-private schools are run by the government. The students use their uniforms, are given their books, and the school is much, much cheaper.
The students play a lot of sports in all the schools. They also have a lot of shows in the schools, and art classes. They have a lot of things in the schools to keep the students busy. For example, they have the end-of-the-year-show, the Mother’s Day and the Father’s Day show, and all of the other shows.
My grandkids go to private school, and their schedule is really heavy, because they spend more than 8 hours at school, and then they’re given homework, so they have another 2 hours to study. Then they have plays that they have to practice for. They also have sports, get-togethers on Sundays, and science activities. They’re really busy. They keep them busy and out of trouble.
These kids get into the best schools. For example, I was educated in Panama and I went to Georgia Tech. Lots of them go back to Georgia Tech and Wharton School of Business. They get into the medical schools, and then they take their doctor’s degree in a place with a good reputation.
(Library of the University of Florida campus in near the Panama Canal, Panama, pictured.)
Panama has plenty academic options for their residents to decide. Either if your are looking for international schools or similar culture facilities, you will be able to explore multiple choices according to your budget and residential area.
We have done ministries in the public schools in Panama where the schools have welcomed us in with open arms. We’ve also experienced the non-educational aspects of the public-school systems here in Panama.
I have a lot of friends whose kids who are of school age. There are both public and private schools in Panama, but my knowledge is limited to the private schools because that is where most expats tend to send their children.
We were initially in Santiago, Veraguas, and out there we had a choice of about eight private schools, aside from the public schools. Some of the private schools are international schools that are franchised around the world.
I do not think the quality of the teaching is the same quality as the schools in the US, but it has been a long time since I have been to school, and we know that the quality of education in the US is diminishing quite fast. A lot of the schools here have the internet and the students work on computers. Some of them, although they are not 100% funded, keep their English classes. Each grade is asked to have an English class. The newly-elected president has mandated that all schools must teach Spanish with English.
The schools in Panama are incredibly varied depending where in Panama you choose to live. I grew up in Panama City and attended 3 different schools there. My first school was a Jewish school named Albert Einstein Institute which still offers a highly coveted education and remains one of the best schools in Panama. After one year learning Hebrew, I guess my parents thought it might be better for me to learn English and they sent my little gentile behind to the Episcopalian School of Panama in El Carmen, Panama City. I spent six years there and then my mother moved me to New Orleans, Louisiana. In Panama, I was an average student, but the schools in the US where so easy that I immediately became a top student despite the fact that I was not a native English speaker. After a few years in the US, I came back to Panama and I studied at Curundu Jr. High School in the old canal zone. I was so far behind that I needed tutoring in math to catch up with the kids on my grade.
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