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campuses in some of the Guatemalan Evangelical churches. This is significant within the Guatemalan education system which provides a pyramidal type of education. Only 1.34 per cent of the population goes to university. Of the thirteen million inhabitants only approximately 175 thousand students go to university.\u000ATo sum up the educational vision and development of these schools and those of other Evangelical churches are a contribution to the economic development of the country. There are about 250 Protestant schools in Guatemala (L3LDG). According to the statistical data of the SEPAL, there are more literate people among Evangelicals (2003: 11-12). According to the data of Cid/Gallup the Evangelical and Protestant population have the following percentages and levels of education: illiteracy 32.8 per cent (Catholic 51.6 per cent), Primary and Secondary school 30.4 percent (Catholic 51.4 per cent), graduate studies 27.1 per cent (Catholic 56.4 per cent) (CID/GALLUP 2008). Pew Forum stated that Pentecostals, Charismatic\u2019s and Christians in general have a higher grade of education than the rest of the population (Pew Forum 2006a).\u000A2. Leadership training\u000AThe vision of the NPS does not only contemplate the idea of contributing to the education problems but also meets the need of training leaders. Among their objectives is to form leaders who can serve the country. The training that some of these churches offer their members, is not only oriented to service within the local church, but also as a preparation to get involved in society. The associate pastor responsible for the ESH Leadership Institute when asked how this institute trains and stimulates students to participate in the country\u2019s development answered:\u000AWe want our leaders to project themselves in society. The practical part of ministry is not just preaching, counselling, training churches, but also assisting and going to communities with the \u2018Manos de Amor\u2019 ministry where not only will the bible be taught but this will be accompanied by medical teams, work with alcoholics, and hospitals. The idea is that we have with all of this is that the people that we have in the project are agents for change and transformation. We want to awaken in many of them, especially among the professionals, an interest for social and political participation in society. As churches we see the poverty which limits our people, we want our leaders to always carry the message of God\u2019s word to encourage these folk to leave their limitations; and at the same\u000A196\u000A