Opinion

Mr. Director, Yesterday, in the midst of the cabinet reshuffle, President Boric reiterated the priority that no child or young person should be absent from school, mentioning that "we want them all back in the system". We hope that in his second year, Minister Avila will be able to take concrete actions to reverse the lamentable figures of absenteeism and…

Mr. Director, The Ministry of Education's Educational Reactivation Plan defined three main lines of action for this year: assistance and reintegration; coexistence and mental health; and learning recovery. We know that the educational teams are making great efforts in these three areas and in others as well, but there is a lack of hands to be able to take charge…

A new school year begins these days. A year that we hope will be "normal" after 4 complex years. 2019 went down in history for being a year marked by consecutive class interruptions: about 8 weeks were suspended as a result of the teachers' strike and about 8 more because of the social outbreak. 2020 and 2021 to say the…

Mr. Director, The Minister of Education stated that one of this year's goals will be to improve school attendance, aiming to reach 95%. Without attendance there is no learning, so we are glad that the government has an ambitious and challenging goal to meet the fundamental objective of recovering the damage that the 3 years of pandemic caused in learning.…

Mr. Director, We deeply empathize with those parents and guardians who were willing to stand in long lines and even camp outside the schools in order to get a place for their children in schools of excellence. We know that quality education changes lives. But let's remember that enrollment is not enough; for them to benefit from school, it is…

Mr. Director: The year 2022 is over, but we are left with a big pending issue for the return of the vacations: to ensure that students who remained in the school system not only return in March 2023, but that they attend classes regularly, since only then will they be able to acquire significant experiences in the cognitive, emotional and…