Chilean Education System Essay

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INTRODUCTION
The schooling system gap between developing and developed countries has been always a matter of concern. While in many developed countries the educational systems involve few hours attending school and high quality results, in developing countries the situation is often the opposite. On the one hand, some developed countries as is the case of Japan, Estonia, Finland and Canada for instance, have obtained remarkable results according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) PISA Global Report (PISA, 2015). The education system of the above countries is worth mentioning and their performance in the area of education is almost impeccable, achieving their goals with an investment of few hours of schooling per year. It is also worth saying some countries such as The United States …show more content…

The implementation of SIMCE during 1988 was the first step for changes in the Chilean educational system. During the following years, education will be considered a priority for the governments to come. In May 21st 1996, President Frei, stated on his speech on the National Congress that for having a good quality education students and teachers have to spend more time at school, so they can have more time to work on pedagogical aspects and benefit those children who do not have a pedagogical time to study at home. The following year, a new law was approved, “Jornada Escolar Completa” or “JEC” (full-time school day), increasing up to a 30% the class hours of Primary and Secondary school, exceeding the average OECD countries have (Martinic S, 2015). The main purpose was to assure that during non-teaching time teachers would distribute time in a way that learning could be more meaningful and students could improve their performance. In addition, by spending more time at school students will learn more, and disadvantaged or low income institutions will be benefited (MINEDUC,

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