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Chile to end private education
Apr 18,2014
SANTIAGO, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Chilean Education Minister Nicolas Eyzaguirre Thursday reaffirmed the government's commitment to ending private education.
"The pursuit of profit is not a good objective for educational institutions. It is not a good ally of a good education," Eyzaguirre told a press conference.
The administration of President Michelle Bachelet, who took office in March, has proposed an ambitious overhaul of the education system to provide affordable, quality education, as demanded by a national student movement launched in 2011.
The government's proposed reforms basically call for greater public spending on education, free primary education, and an end to state-subsidies of private schools and to profit-oriented universities.
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http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=213464
(My emphasis.)
Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)Perseverance pays off. Lets hope the leftist elements in the government keep the pressure on, and the process meaningful.
Judi Lynn
(160,219 posts)Chile: Students set to win free higher education
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
By Ray Polglaze
Newly re-elected President Michelle Bachelet has reaffirmed her election promise to introduce free tertiary education in Chile one of the demands of the countrys powerful student movement.
In elections in December, the New Majority coalition of centre-left parties won a majority in both the Chilean Congress and Senate. Bachelet, the New Majority candidate, was elected president.
On March 11, Bachelet began her second term as president, having served as president from 2006-2010. She replaced right-wing president Sebastian Pinera.
Bachelet and her education minister Nicolas Eyzaguirre have moved quickly to reaffirm their stated education commitments, and begun consultations about their implementation. A new law has been announced.
Bachelet has reaffirmed her commitment to granting free higher education for the most vulnerable 70% of Chilean students, or 840 000 students, within four years. Under the plan, all 1.2 million students will be granted free tertiary education within six years.
Chilean students have been paying some of the highest higher education fees in the world 50% higher, on average, than Australian students. They have been paying more than 75% of the costs of their higher education, which is the highest student contribution of any OECD country.
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https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/56187
yurbud
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(39,405 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,219 posts)Judi Lynn
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(39,405 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,219 posts)They would have done it long ago if it hadn't been for Nixon, Kissinger, CIA, Milton Friedman, Pinochet and all the torture and murder any fascist hearts could relish. Just a short 41 year lapse before they could start rebuilding what was violently, brutally, savagely stolen at the cost of so many broken lives and hearts, and so much blood flowing upon the earth, and bodies floating down the Mapocho River.
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And our tax dollars helped!
I looked up the names of the people on the wall of the river:
Michel Nash was assassinated after being drafted into the Army because he refused orders to break down doors and seize Chilean citizens. Rafael Pellegrin and Cecilia Magni were tortured and assassinated, then their bodies were thrown into the river.
People in Santiago, Chile became accustomed to seeing bodies float down the river as they walked on the city sidewalks, or crossed the bridges. There's at least one of these actual photos I've seen on the internet years ago of people walking, and staring at the body of a young man as it sailed by them below in the river. So damned ugly.