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A few months after the end of the school year, which consisted of online teaching for most of the country’s students, the Minister of Education, Raúl Figueroa, said that his portfolio evaluates starting classes “a little earlier” in 2021.
“We have discussed with various actors that the 2021 school year starts a little earlier, precisely in order to reinforce. These are issues that are being evaluated, “he announced on the program” Zero Tolerance “of CHV Y CNN Chile.
The Secretary of State stressed that according to current regulations, the current school year “could end until January 15” but this date is still a matter of discussion, “because it will depend on how many establishments return” in these last months of 2020.
On the other hand, reiterating that repetition is an exceptional measure, he recalled that the Mineduc has opposed the project that proposes a automatic promotion for all students in Chile this 2020.
“We believe that it is not convenient, because generates the opposite effect of disengaging students from this process, and ignores the effort made by teachers and families during this time. “
In that sense, he called on the schools to decide on repetition “with a medium-term perspective. In other words, this process does not end at the end of the year, but rather inevitably the first third of the next one will be focused on that recovery“.
