Chile draws inspiration from Uruguay’s educational transformation as it debates its own reform

Silva’s presentation comes as Chileans debate how to carry out their own transformation, one of President Gabriel Boric’s priorities.

The trans-Andean country is often cited by Uruguayan politicians and academics as an example in the region for its educational results, particularly in the PISA tests and the increase in the level of high school graduation. Indeed, the Codicen hired in recent months the Chilean expert, Gonzalo Munozto land the educational transformation to guide the Uruguayan centers, as reported The Observer in February.

In Chile, for its part, a woman trained in Uruguay Today it leads the Undersecretary of Education and its objective is to universalize the coverage of education among the youngest in a country whose compulsory nature is only from the age of six.

In addition to speaking about the educational transformation, Silva also signed a bilateral cooperation agreement in education with the Chilean Minister of Education, Antonio Ávila Lavanal, which will seek to “strengthen collaboration in the educational field between both nations” for four years.

In the agreement, both countries recognized the “importance of establishing a legal framework that promotes cooperation and the exchange of experiences,” according to a statement released after the meeting.

In addition, collaboration was agreed in several areas, such as “school management”, “curricular organization”, “promoting reading and writing practices”, “language teaching” and “application of educational technologies”.