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    A partial evaluation of the economic benefits arising from the empower project in Instituto Nacional General Francisco Menéndez in the metropolitan area, San Salvador, El Salvador, year 2015
    (2016-05-06) Callejas Quijano, Diana Vanessa; Quintanilla Navidad, Gabriela María; Navidad Morales, Fidel; Landaverde, Manuel Alexander
    The Empower Project emerged as an initiative from the Foreign Language Department at the University of El Salvador along with the United States Embassy in El Salvador. This project is based on English teaching to students from public high schools inside the metropolitan area in San Salvador. The embassy funded this program with $50,000 and all the work of the teachers who taught classes is valuated at approximately $160,000. This project has chosen 400 high school students who come from 12 different public institutions. At this moment there are 9 public institutions that functions as headquarter. The 400 students are divided in groups of 20 students each and they get English book free of charge. Besides, each institution has received resources such as: Laptops, CD players, Multimedia projector and a mini amplifier for each group of class they have.