“We need the best scientists, architects, doctors, biologists,” the president said just 48 hours ago, urging teachers to rise to the challenge and keep themselves updated.
Inaugurating a modern education center near the cities of La Paz and El Alto in the community of Achocalla, La Paz, the dignitary insisted his government provide schools with good chemistry, physics, biology and geography labs to help them achieve excellence to achieve.
In Bolivia, according to Arce, 98 out of 100 students who enroll in a particular level of regular education complete the school year, reducing the dropout rate.
One of the educational policies that helped reduce this indicator is the provision of the Juancito Pinto bonus of 200 bolivianos per year (about $30) at the end of the course.
The purpose of the bond is to reduce school dropout rates, encourage enrollment, retention and completion of the academic year in Bolivia.
According to the head of state, the dropout rate fell from 2.7 percent to 2.1 percentage points between 2019 and 2021.
For his part, the Deputy Minister of Regular Education, Bartolomé Puma, confirmed that this Wednesday the 2023 administration will welcome more than three million students in fiscal, contractual and private educational units of the nine Bolivian departments.
“More than 16,000 units of education, more than 3 million students will be walking the streets and into our units of education happily, happily this Wednesday,” he commented.
After hinting at Arce’s presence in Oruro for the opening of the school year, Puma expected ministers to visit other departments.
The sector portfolio announced that from this year a modernized curriculum will be applied, including teaching robotics, chess, sex education and elements against gender-based violence, among others.
For its preparation, this ministry has been working in coordination with various institutions since 2021, while the current plan is for teacher training to continue during the first quarters of school administration.
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