The number of school buildings is 215, besides 29 in process of construction and 50 projected. These 215 buildings are the property of the “Juntas de Educacion.” Besides these, 107 buildings are rented and 6 loaned. There are 92 schools in 48 different localities in the Department of San José. 107 ” 67 ” ” ” Alajuela. 50 ” 27 ” ” ” Cartago. 47 ” 29 ” ” ” Heredia. 21 ” 22 ” ” ” Guanacaste. 9 ” 8 ” ” ” Puntarenas. 1 ” 1 ” ” ” Limon. --- -- 327 schools in 202 different localities. Costa Rica has more teachers than soldiers. The number of the former reaches the figure of 784, of whom 337 are men and 447 women, distributed in the following way: ----------+-----+-------+-------+--------+------------- | | | | Costa | Yearly | Men.| Women.| Total.| Ricans.| Salaries in | | | | | Pesos. ----------+-----+-------+-------+--------+------------- San José | 98 | 149 | 247 | 221 | 128,540 Alajuela | 80 | 102 | 182 | 167 | 79,920 Cartago | 59 | 74 | 133 | 126 | 58,020 Heredia | 63 | 82 | 145 | 137 | 61,260 Guanacaste| 30 | 23 | 53 | 45 | 25,680 Puntarenas| 7 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 11,700 Limon | -- | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2,100 ----------+-----+-------+-------+--------+------------ | 337 | 447 | 784 | 711 | 367,020 ----------+-----+-------+-------+--------+------------ Among the foreign teachers are: 38 Spaniards, 12 Colombians, 9 Nicaraguans, 2 Guatemalans, 2 Salvadorans, 2 Germans, 1 Honduran, 1 Mexican, 1 Venezuelan, 1 Frenchman, 1 Englishman, 1 Italian. The average monthly salary is 45 pesos. There are over 250 “Juntas de Educacion” in the different Departments, Cantones and Districts. The National Government aided them with 95,587.59 pesos, in the following manner: 16,572.99 pesos to the Juntas of the Department of San José. 14,686.10 ” ” ” ” Alajuela. 2,100.00 ” ” ” ” Cartago. 31,768.50 ” ” ” ” Heredia. 30,100.00 ” ” ” ” Guanacaste. 360.00 ” ” ” ” Puntarenas. To aid these Juntas a special school-loan has been made; besides the taxes on slaughtering are turned over to them. Higher education is given in the Liceo de Costa Rica, with 206 enrolled students, and in the Colegio Superior de Señoritas, with 223 students, both in San José; also in the provincial Institutes of Cartago, Alajuela and Heredia.