Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Public universities in Venezuela: Massification or quality?

Authors:
Luis Alberto López Rafaschieri and José Alberto López Rafaschieri
www.morochos.net

The rector and vice-rector of the Universidad Central de Venezuela recently said they do not share the idea of “expanding university education at the expense of losing quality education”. But we do not share this approach because a declaration like that do not take into account the serious situation facing thousands of students in Venezuela, who cannot access higher education institutions.

If the premise expressed by the rectors of the UCV was true, the same would apply to public elementary and secondary schools, which would mean reduce the student population in order to improve the quality of instruction.

We can't forget that democratic states build public schools and universities with the purpose of providing learning opportunities to as many people as possible, certainly, keeping quality standards. However, the inclusion of students at the Venezuelan university system cannot be restricted by arguing that it would hurt the quality of education, because expressions like this tend to be annoying to the people that demand equal opportunities, especially if who said it is someone payed with public money.


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