Editorial: School Incidents As Bait To Promote Government Control
SANTIAGO – A series of violent incidents at Chilean high schools has politicians debating whether identity control and preventive rucksack checks should be authorized. Earlier...
Category : EDUCATION
Editorial: The Government´s Plans For History, Arts & Gym Classes
In a new proposal, the Ministry of Education in Chile aims to eliminate the mandatory status of History, Geography, Physical Education and Visual Arts for...
“Your Future In Debt” – Students March In Santiago
SANTIAGO -Thousands of students gathered in the streets of Santiago today. The students, organized by the Confederation of Students of Chile (Confech), protested against student...
Special police forces end feminist occupation of Universidad Católica
SANTIAGO – After feminist protesters shortly took over the Oriente Campus of the Universidad Católica in Santiago, special police forces were called in to end...
Instituto Nacional considers opening its doors to female students
SANTIAGO – The Instituto Nacional is considering whether to open its doors to female students. Many other Chilean schools are also studying this option or...
A most feminist year: how female voices were heard in Chile
SANTIAGO – Feminism has established itself as a slogan that reigns in conversations and social debates around the world. Chile, of course, is not the...
158,000 second-graders cannot read at grade level.
SANTIAGO – According to the Minister of Education, 158,000 second-graders are substandard readers. The minister delivered this figure together with a proposed solution. But these...
Emotional education: a reform “for a better society”
SANTIAGO – Emotional education has become an important topic in Chilean education. Now pending with Congress is a proposed law to add it to the...
Free English education for Chilean students [+ VIDEO]
by Anthony Hill
PUNTA ARENAS – About 50 high-school students in Punta Arenas are taking part in a week-long English Summer Camp. The program is called English Opens Doors...
Hundreds of schools in Chile face shut down by 2021
SANTIAGO – The education ministry’s quality watchdog said that nearly 400 schools have been rated “insufficient” since 2016. According to law, such a rating mandates...