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August 15, 1914 THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA August 15, 1939
A view of Panama City of today. This picture shows only the downtown section of the city. The suburban section, consisting of
several residential areas, is located in the hills and along the beach just outside the main section of the city.
total of $1,496,987 was set aside in the budget
for public instruction. The total expenditure by
the Government in salaries to teachers alone
now aggregates nearly $2,750,000 each two years.
Millions of dollars have been spent on school
buildings and school equipment. A notable
example of the progressive spirit of educational
work was the completion during 1938 of the new
Normal College of Santiago de Veraguas to
which it is planned to add later other specialized
centers of learning and to make it into a "school
city" of the interior. The college is located in
the western part of the Republic and provides
secondary education for hundreds who hitherto
had been unable to bear the expense of higher
education in the schools of Panama City.
The effect of this work on the part of the
Government in furnishing secondary education
facilities of the highest order is illustrated by the
great increase in the number of high school,
normal and college students within the ten-year
period of 1928 to 1938. In 1928 there were
1,924 students receiving secondary instruction,
and in 1938 the number was double, there being
3,871 students in the high schools, normal
schools and colleges.
The progress which has been made by the
Republic in road building, in public education,
and in municipal development, is indicative of
other lines of endeavor. In fact, the political,
social and economic steps of the young nation
have been s6 guided during the short 36 years
of its history that its future is assured.
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