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			''Original [[Re.ViCa]] entry by [[Paul Bacsich]] with desk research by [[Iris Velasquez Noguera]]''

			''For entities in Nicaraguasee [[:Category:Nicaragua]]''


	== Partners situated in Nicaragua ==		== Partners situated in Nicaragua ==

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	The largest denomination, and traditionally the religion of the majority, is Roman Catholic. However, the numbers of practicing Roman Catholics have been declining, while members of evangelical Protestant groups and Mormons have been rapidly growing in numbers since the 1990s. There are also strong Anglican and Moravian communities on the Caribbean coast.		The largest denomination, and traditionally the religion of the majority, is Roman Catholic. However, the numbers of practicing Roman Catholics have been declining, while members of evangelical Protestant groups and Mormons have been rapidly growing in numbers since the 1990s. There are also strong Anglican and Moravian communities on the Caribbean coast.


	== Nicaragua education policy ==		== Nicaragua education policy ==
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	== Nicaragua ~~education system~~ ==		== Schools in Nicaragua ==


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	Nicaragua's higher education system consists of 48 universities, and 113 colleges and technical institutes in the areas of electronics, computer systems and sciences, agroforestry, construction and trade-related services. The educational system includes 1 U.S. accredited English-language university, 3 Bilingual university programs, 5 Bilingual secondary schools and dozens of English Language Institutes. In 2005, almost 400,000 (7%) of Nicaraguans held a university degree. 18% of Nicaragua's total budget is invested in primary, secondary and higher education. University level institutions account for 6% of 18%.		Nicaragua's higher education system consists of 48 universities, and 113 colleges and technical institutes in the areas of electronics, computer systems and sciences, agroforestry, construction and trade-related services. The educational system includes 1 U.S. accredited English-language university, 3 Bilingual university programs, 5 Bilingual secondary schools and dozens of English Language Institutes. In 2005, almost 400,000 (7%) of Nicaraguans held a university degree. 18% of Nicaragua's total budget is invested in primary, secondary and higher education. University level institutions account for 6% of 18%.


	=== Universities in Nicaragua ===		=== Universities in Nicaragua ===
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	For further reading see ''Nicaragua: New Private versus Old Private and Public '' - http://www.wes.org/ewenr/07may/nicaragua.htm		For further reading see ''Nicaragua: New Private versus Old Private and Public '' - http://www.wes.org/ewenr/07may/nicaragua.htm


	=== Polytechnics in Nicaragua ===		=== Polytechnics in Nicaragua ===

	== ~~Higher education~~ reform ==		== Education reform ==

	~~=== The Bologna Process ===~~

	~~Not very relevant.~~



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	== ~~Nicaragua's HEIs in the information~~ society ==		== Information society ==

	=== Towards the information society ===		=== Towards the information society ===
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	== Virtual ~~Campuses in HE~~ ==		== Virtual initiatives ==

	=== Interesting Virtual Campus Initiatives ===		=== Interesting Virtual Campus Initiatives ===
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	''Nicaragua'' - officially the '''Republic of Nicaragua''' (Spanish: '''República de Nicaragua''') - is a representative democratic republic. It is the largest state in [[Central America]] with an area of 130,000 sq km, about the size of the state of New York. The country is bordered by [[Honduras]] to the north and [[Costa Rica]] to the south. The Pacific Ocean lies to the west of the country, the Caribbean Sea to the east. Falling within the tropics, Nicaragua sits 11 degrees north of the Equator, in the Northern Hemisphere. Nicaragua's capital city is Managua.		''Nicaragua'' - officially the '''Republic of Nicaragua''' (Spanish: '''República de Nicaragua''') - is a representative democratic republic. It is the largest state in [[Central America]] with an area of 130,000 sq km, about the size of the state of New York. The country is bordered by [[Honduras]] to the north and [[Costa Rica]] to the south. The Pacific Ocean lies to the west of the country, the Caribbean Sea to the east. Falling within the tropics, Nicaragua sits 11 degrees north of the Equator, in the Northern Hemisphere. Nicaragua's capital city is Managua.

			[[Image:Nicaragua.gif\|right\|thumb\|350px\|Source : http://www.cia.gov]]
	The origin of the name '''Nicaragua''' is unclear; one theory is that it was coined by Spanish colonists based upon the name of the local chief at that time, Nicarao; another is that it may have meant "surrounded by water" in an indigenous language (this could either be a reference to its two large freshwater lakes, Lake Nicaragua and Lake Managua, or to the fact that it bounded on the east and the west by oceans).		The origin of the name '''Nicaragua''' is unclear; one theory is that it was coined by Spanish colonists based upon the name of the local chief at that time, Nicarao; another is that it may have meant "surrounded by water" in an indigenous language (this could either be a reference to its two large freshwater lakes, Lake Nicaragua and Lake Managua, or to the fact that it bounded on the east and the west by oceans).

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	== Nicaragua in a nutshell ==		== Nicaragua in a nutshell ==

	''Nicaragua'' - officially the Republic of Nicaragua (Spanish: República de Nicaragua) - is a representative democratic republic. It is the largest state in [[Central America]] with an area of 130,000 sq km, about the size of the state of New York. The country is bordered by [[Honduras]] to the north and [[Costa Rica]] to the south. The Pacific Ocean lies to the west of the country, the Caribbean Sea to the east. Falling within the tropics, Nicaragua sits 11 degrees north of the Equator, in the Northern Hemisphere. Nicaragua's capital city is Managua.		''Nicaragua'' - officially the '''Republic of Nicaragua''' (Spanish: '''República de Nicaragua''') - is a representative democratic republic. It is the largest state in [[Central America]] with an area of 130,000 sq km, about the size of the state of New York. The country is bordered by [[Honduras]] to the north and [[Costa Rica]] to the south. The Pacific Ocean lies to the west of the country, the Caribbean Sea to the east. Falling within the tropics, Nicaragua sits 11 degrees north of the Equator, in the Northern Hemisphere. Nicaragua's capital city is Managua.

	The origin of the name '''Nicaragua''' is unclear; one theory is that it was coined by Spanish colonists based upon the name of the local chief at that time, Nicarao; another is that it may have meant "surrounded by water" in an indigenous language (this could either be a reference to its two large freshwater lakes, Lake Nicaragua and Lake Managua, or to the fact that it bounded on the east and the west by oceans).		The origin of the name '''Nicaragua''' is unclear; one theory is that it was coined by Spanish colonists based upon the name of the local chief at that time, Nicarao; another is that it may have meant "surrounded by water" in an indigenous language (this could either be a reference to its two large freshwater lakes, Lake Nicaragua and Lake Managua, or to the fact that it bounded on the east and the west by oceans).

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	== Nicaragua in a nutshell ==		== Nicaragua in a nutshell ==

	''Nicaragua'' - officially the Republic of Nicaragua (Spanish: República de Nicaragua?) - is a representative democratic republic. It is the largest state in [[Central America]] with an area of 130,000 sq km, about the size of the state of New York. The country is bordered by [[Honduras]] to the north and [[Costa Rica]] to the south. The Pacific Ocean lies to the west of the country, the Caribbean Sea to the east. Falling within the tropics, Nicaragua sits 11 degrees north of the Equator, in the Northern Hemisphere. Nicaragua's capital city is Managua.		''Nicaragua'' - officially the Republic of Nicaragua (Spanish: República de Nicaragua) - is a representative democratic republic. It is the largest state in [[Central America]] with an area of 130,000 sq km, about the size of the state of New York. The country is bordered by [[Honduras]] to the north and [[Costa Rica]] to the south. The Pacific Ocean lies to the west of the country, the Caribbean Sea to the east. Falling within the tropics, Nicaragua sits 11 degrees north of the Equator, in the Northern Hemisphere. Nicaragua's capital city is Managua.

	The origin of the name '''Nicaragua''' is unclear; one theory is that it was coined by Spanish colonists based upon the name of the local chief at that time, Nicarao; another is that it may have meant "surrounded by water" in an indigenous language (this could either be a reference to its two large freshwater lakes, Lake Nicaragua and Lake Managua, or to the fact that it bounded on the east and the west by oceans).		The origin of the name '''Nicaragua''' is unclear; one theory is that it was coined by Spanish colonists based upon the name of the local chief at that time, Nicarao; another is that it may have meant "surrounded by water" in an indigenous language (this could either be a reference to its two large freshwater lakes, Lake Nicaragua and Lake Managua, or to the fact that it bounded on the east and the west by oceans).
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	The largest denomination, and traditionally the religion of the majority, is Roman Catholic. However, the numbers of practicing Roman Catholics have been declining, while members of evangelical Protestant groups and Mormons have been rapidly growing in numbers since the 1990s. There are also strong Anglican and Moravian communities on the Caribbean coast.		The largest denomination, and traditionally the religion of the majority, is Roman Catholic. However, the numbers of practicing Roman Catholics have been declining, while members of evangelical Protestant groups and Mormons have been rapidly growing in numbers since the 1990s. There are also strong Anglican and Moravian communities on the Caribbean coast.


	== Nicaragua education policy ==		== Nicaragua education policy ==

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	# EASP, Andalusian School of Public Health, Spain		# EASP, Andalusian School of Public Health, Spain
	# ENSP Foundation Oswaldo Cruz FIOCRUZ, Brazil		# ENSP Foundation Oswaldo Cruz FIOCRUZ, Brazil
	# FSP, [[Universidade de Sao Paulo]] , Brazil		# FSP, [[Universidade de Sao Paulo]] (USP) , Brazil
	# FNSP Hector Abad Gómez, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia		# FNSP Hector Abad Gómez, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
	# ESP University of Chile, Chile		# ESP University of Chile, Chile
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	# NUTES, Nucleus of Educational Technology for Health, UFRJ, Brazil		# NUTES, Nucleus of Educational Technology for Health, UFRJ, Brazil
	# ''CIESS, Research Center and Studies of the Health of UNITE, Nicaragua''		# ''CIESS, Research Center and Studies of the Health of UNITE, Nicaragua''


			'''ELAC project'''

			There are some interesting workshops that have been held under the ELAC project (under the EU @LIS programme) at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua and the Universidad Centro Americana in Nicaragua - see the ELAC reports at http://www.ell.aau.dk/AAU-ELAC-Publications.245.0.html

	=== Re.ViCa Case-study ===		=== Re.ViCa Case-study ===

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	# PAHO/WHO, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization		# PAHO/WHO, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization
	# UOC, [[Universitat Oberta ~~of Catalonia~~]], Spain		# [[UOC]], [[Universitat Oberta de Catalunya]], Spain
	# EASP, Andalusian School of Public Health, Spain		# EASP, Andalusian School of Public Health, Spain
	# ENSP Foundation Oswaldo Cruz FIOCRUZ, Brazil		# ENSP Foundation Oswaldo Cruz FIOCRUZ, Brazil
	# FSP, [[Universidade de Sao Paulo]], Brazil		# FSP, [[Universidade de Sao Paulo]] , Brazil
	# FNSP Hector Abad Gómez, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia		# FNSP Hector Abad Gómez, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
	# ESP University of Chile, Chile		# ESP University of Chile, Chile