ANEP plans to reach 60 by 2025
The president of the National Administration of Public Education (ANEP), Robert Silva, informed that in the next two years the number of María Espínola centers will increase. This educational proposal, innovative for basic secondary education, enables conditions of equity for the development of young people who are in contexts of vulnerability.
Silva pointed out that one of the main objectives of these establishments is to provide differential care through policies focused on equity. In order for people to be able to build their life project, they must place themselves in “the greatest situation of equality possible,” he declared. Therefore, it is essential to seek conditions of this type from teaching, food, accompaniment, sports practices and technology, he said.
High schools and technical schools that operate under this modality have incorporated new elements, such as project work, an interdisciplinary approach to problems, the permanence of management teams, and the stability of effective teachers for three years. He recalled that they include eight-hour days, three meals a day, pedagogical accompaniment and the delivery of computers to students, as well as teacher training and development.
The hierarch valued the implementation of these centers and highlighted the auspicious results both in the levels of promotion and in the transit of students within the institution.
He also reported that, at the beginning of the government period, ANEP received seven full-time offices. Currently, there are 43 establishments with this particularity, and the idea is to reach 60 in 2025. In this sense, he indicated that the agency has the resources allocated to achieve this objective.
In addition, he pointed out that, without prejudice to the growth and expansion of the María Espínola centers, other models will remain in operation, such as extended-time high schools and associated educational centers.
