Opportunities for education and culture in Honduras…

Opportunities for education and culture in Honduras are limited at best.

Mid-nineteenth century records indicate that Honduras had no libraries and no regularly published newspapers.

Two universities were maintained, although their quality was questionable.

By the 1870s, only two hundred and seventy-five schools, having approximately nine thousand pupils, existed in the entire country.

In 1873-74, the government budgeted only the equivalent of US$720 for education, a sum designated for the national university.