English, Italian, Portuguese and French are also spoken by a large number of Argentines. In some areas Guarani, Quechua, Aymara and the other native tongues are spoken as well. There is complete religious freedom in Argentina, which was granted by the 1853 Constitution. However The Federal Government supports the Roman Catholic religion. More than 90 per cent of the population is Roman Catholic, while the remaining include people of Jewish, Protestant, Muslim and other religions.
Free education is available at all levels.
The quality of public education in Argentina has been traditionally good and widely recognized. Besides public education, a growing number of private schools and universities offer a large range of alternatives for students to choose from. Responsibility over education was recently transferred from the federal government to the provinces. Health care is free and universally available to all residents in Argentina. There are near 7,000 public hospitals or health institutions with 85,000 beds.