Students protest

The student marches have aroused in the young the desire to be heard by the authorities. The mass demonstrations of thousands of young people clearly show that there are certain points in the Chilean education-both at school and university level- which doesn’t leave happy students and teachers. Clearly, this movement has attracted the attention of authorities in various policy sectors. While some have tried to capitalize on the educational issue to increase its popularity, others have tried to be an educational contribution to this conflict. This is how it passed the creation of a commission of inquiry in education by the House of Representatives, even though it was rejected weeks ago.

I think there are several problems within the Chilean education. First there is the issue of quality of education at school level. Clearly, private schools, with a few local schools have good educational quality. However most of the municipal schools have no educational desired quality. The idea of ​​create municipal schools of excellence is good as a first step, but bigger changes are needed in order to deliver quality education in all sectors. I'm not sure that turning schools into state is the solution.

With regard to university education is the problem of lack of funding in traditional universities. In this sense it has generated a progress of the state. The second problem is the cost of education. Here the generating cheaper credit is an advance, but should be a fund that students do not have to pay interest for study. Another problem is the profit with education. In this sense I find that there should be banned private universities, but whether to regulate their existence. If you generate profits, you must pay taxes and not receive public money. Also, to operate all universities should be accredited, regulating the quality and the amounts charged are not excessive. Finally should control the number of universities and quota for each profession, as the supply of professionals increasingly demand more than generating many doesn´t find job.