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EDUCATION

Free Education

Education in Venezuela is free and mandatory from kindergarten up until sixth grade, and remains free through graduate-level degrees at the country’s public universities.

Education Today

For the 2007-2008 school year, enrollment increased by 418,000 children. In this academic period, a total of 7,538,992 children attended elementary, middle and high school through 28,058 educational institutions with 405,895 teachers, 241,652 sections and 213,970 classrooms. Almost 80% of registration and attendance is at public schools, with the remaining 20% being at private institutions.

National School Network

If you want to know about our National School Network and the courses that Venezuelan children study, be sure to visit the website of the Ministry of the Popular Power for Science, Technology and Middle Industries. If you want to know more about Bolivarian schools and classrooms, please view the educational videos of the Ministry of the Popular Power for Education.

Source

National institute of Statistics (INE) "Students registered in preschool education, according to federal company, 1994/1995-2006/2007," (Accessed March 3 2009)
Ministry of the Popular Power for the Science and Technology, National Network (Accessed March 3, 2009).
Ministry of Education of the Popular Power (Accessed February 23, 2009).
Vice-presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, "Government needed that is open to the dialogue without hidden agendas," February 26, 2009, (Accessed February 23, 2009).

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