Editing Sonora (section)

==Education==
[[File:UNISON URC.jpg|left|thumb|Main building at the [[University of Sonora]], in [[Hermosillo]]]]

Public education is offered from preschool to university level studies. Development of the educational system has lowered the rates of illiteracy. The state has 1,475 preschools, 1,847 primary schools, 623 middle schools, 92 technical high schools and 203 high schools.<ref name="infraestructura">{{cite web |url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_sonora |title=Infraestructura social y de comunicaciones |year=2010 |work=Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México Estado de Sonora |publisher=Instituto para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal |location=Mexico |language=es |trans-title=Social and Communications infrastructure |access-date=February 15, 2011 |archive-date=December 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201232501/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_sonora }}</ref> Sonora sponsors a number of scholarships for low income students through the Instituto de Crédito Educativo del Estado de Sonora.<ref name="kuznetsov74">{{cite book |editor1-first= Yevgeny |editor1-last= Kuznetsov |others= Dahlman, Carl J. (Editor). |title= Mexico's Transition to a Knowledge-Based Economy: Challenges and Opportunities |year=2008 |publisher= World Bank Publications |location= Herndon, VA, USA |isbn= 978-0-8213-6922-7 |page=74}}</ref> and it also sponsors scholarships for students in the arts.<ref name="rincones1317"/>

The main public institution of higher education in the state is the [[Universidad de Sonora]], whose main campus is in Hermosillo.<ref name="unison">{{cite web |url= http://www.uson.mx/la_unison/ |title = Historia |year=2006 |publisher=University of Sonora |location=Sonora Mexico |language=es |trans-title= History |access-date=February 15, 2011}}</ref> Founded in 1938 by state decree, the university has grown while retaining its identity. In 1953, students and professors were given more say in operations. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, there were occasional student protests which disrupted operations. In 1973, the institution undertook reorganization in response to the student strikes.<ref name="hisuni">{{cite web |url= http://www.uson.mx/la_unison/sinopsis.htm |title = Sinopsis Histórica de la Universidad de Sonora |year=2006 |publisher=University of Sonora |location=Sonora Mexico |language=es |trans-title= Synapsis of the History of the University of Sonora |access-date=February 15, 2011}}</ref> The instuition offers degrees in over forty specialities through six divisions. Masters and doctorates are mostly offered in science and technology.<ref name="campushermosillo">{{cite web |url= http://www.uson.mx/oferta_educativa/|title = Campus Hermosillo |year=2006 |publisher=University of Sonora |location=Sonora Mexico |language=es |trans-title= Hermosillo Campus |access-date=February 15, 2011}}</ref>

The [[Sonora Institute of Technology|Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora]] (ITSON, Sonora Technology Institute) has about 17,000 students and offers twenty-three bachelor's degrees, eight masters programs, and three doctorate programs among its six campuses.<ref name="acerca">{{cite web |url= http://www.itson.mx/universidad/Paginas/Universidad.aspx |title= Acerca de la Universidad |publisher= Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora |location= Sonora Mexico |language= es |trans-title= About the University |access-date= February 15, 2011 |archive-date= July 22, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110722225902/http://www.itson.mx/universidad/Paginas/Universidad.aspx }}</ref> The institution was formed through the initiative of the Cajemense Society in [[Ciudad Obregón]] in 1955, but received its current name in 1962. Originally it was a technical training school, but it was reorganized as a university in 1973. Today,{{when|date=November 2011}} it is the largest technological institution in the state.<ref name="itsonhis">{{cite web |url= http://www.itson.mx/Universidad/Paginas/Historia.aspx |title= Historia |publisher= Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora |location= Sonora Mexico |language= es |trans-title= History |access-date= February 15, 2011 |archive-date= May 15, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110515200330/http://www.itson.mx/Universidad/Paginas/Historia.aspx }}</ref>