The State Department's 2023 report on Suriname, where religious organizations operate roughly half of primary and lower secondary schools, records that the Ministry of Education subsidizes teacher and support staff wages at religious schools and funds water but not other utilities, that operational cost support was reduced, and that the fixed supply fee the government allows schools to charge, 75 Surinamese dollars per student, fell far short of the estimated 900 dollar per student real cost, leaving religious organizations to cover the shortfall and absorb late payments.
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AuthorUnited States Department of State, Office of International Religious Freedom
PublisherUS Department of State
URLhttps://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/suriname/
Source TypeGovernment report
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The United States' own State Department annual country report on religious freedom, the strongest available form for a fact about a country's subsidy of religious-run schools, hence the top tier. Connections
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This source names Suriname directly: "The State Department's 2023 report on Suriname, where religious organizations operate roughly half of primary and lower secondary schools, records that the Ministry of Education subsidizes teacher..."
Source US Department of State, 2023 Report on International Religious Freedom: SurinameUnited States Department of State, Office of International Religious Freedom
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Countries, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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