SANTIAGO — Once again, Chilean students have taken to the streets to protest the…
‘Left’ party wins election of Federation of Students at the University of Concepción
CONCEPCIÓN - The Avancemos Party (list G, the combination of the Fuerza Universitaria Rebelde and Corriente de Estudiantes Críticos student parties), led by Recaredo Galvez, has won the second round of elections of the Federation of Students of the University of Concepción (FEC). The student leaders won with 2916 votes, beating the unionists Construye UdeC (list F), headed byIsidora Delpino, who recorded only 2010 votes. In a statement to the press [...]
Chile hosts Edcamp Santiago- An Education “Unconference”
SANTIAGO- While education has been a hot topic on the streets of Santiago for the past year, including the long running student protests, on Saturday January 14th, Santiago was home to the first Edcamp in South America, held at the Manuel Montt campus of Universidad Mayor The Edcamp movement began in the US, using the idea [...]
Camila Vallejo: “The extinction of the student movement is not a possibility”
SANTIAGO – In an interview with Spanish newspaper El País, published yesterday ahead of the official release of her first book today, Camila Vallejo commented on the student movement and the problems facing Chile. The vice president of the Fech stated that the student movement “is the initial stepping stone in a social process for [...]
Premios Nacionales – top awards for best in Chile
SANTIAGO- President Sebastián Piñera presented the “Premios Nacionales” awards yesterday, recognizing the best of Chile in various fields of Science, Humanities, and the Arts. The President was joined by newly appointed Education Minister Harald Beyer and Luciano Cruz-Coke, President of the National Council of Arts and Culture. Minister Beyer said of the awards ceremony, “this award [...]
President of CONFECH: ‘We want to broaden second phase of student mobilization’
SANTIAGO — Noam Titelman, president of the Federation of Students at PUC Chile (FEUC), outlined a number of his future objectives in the first assembly of the year of the Confederation of Chilean Students (CONFECH) that took place on Saturday at the school of Arquitecture and Urban Studies at the University of Chile. At the [...]
Chile to change school curriculum after Pinochet controversy
SANTIAGO — The decision to change references to the military rule of General Augusto Pinochet from “dictatorship” to “military regime” sparked controversy around the world. Alicia Lira, President of the Association of Relatives of Victims of Political Execution, described the move as “a serious offence to victims of state terrorism.” The criticism has forced the new [...]
Pinochet rule to be changed from a ‘dictatorship’ to a ‘regime’ in Chilean textbooks
Political controversy has broken out following a vote to change the way Chilean history textbooks describe Pinochet’s rule, swapping “dictatorship” for “regime.” The move by the center-right government has been strongly criticized by the left-wing opposition. The decision was taken by the National Education Council (CNED) in a meeting on Dec.9 after the proposal was made [...]
Senate moves to stop for-profit education funding in Chile
SANTIAGO — A vote was taken in the Senate yesterday, Jan. 4 on a bill that seeks to bring an end to for-profit educational institutions receiving state funding. The bill was introduced by Senators Juan Pablo Letelier, Carlos Bianchi, Carlos Cantero, Camilo Escalona and Jaime Quintana. The vote was won 22-12. The bill was introduced in [...]
PSU results come out with 155,000 students able to apply for higher education
SANTIAGO — A total of 155,000 students, 67 percent of the 231,000 students who took the University Selection Test (PSU), got over 450 points in the PSU and can apply for university. The first part of the results were announced yesterday, Jan. 3, at noon with the details of 316 students who achieved the maximum [...]
Who is Chile’s new education minister?
Following a year full of national student protests and strikes, many of which turned violent and reverberated around the world, Chile has entered 2012 with many changes in the sphere of education. Both student leaders Camila Vallejo and Giorgio Jackson were last year voted out of office by their respective student unions, whilst in government, [...]