Education
Guatemala
Capacity Building
- Guatemala is an Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) partner country since 1997- 98. The Government of India has offered 40 ITEC slots to Guatemala for 2019-20. However, due to the overwhelming response from Guatemala, 45 ITEC slots were utilized for 2019-20. Several of Guatemalans have also participated in e-ITEC courses. As of now around 210 Guatemalans have visited India under ITEC scholarships.
- Government of India, in an effort to contribute to capacity building in Guatemala, set up an IT Training Center in San Carlos University in August 2006. Tata Communications Services (TCS) ran this IT Center till July 2008, training about 1,500 Guatemalans, before in was handed over to the Guatemalans.
