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Nicaraguans Back in School, Free
The 2007 Nicaraguan school year
begins Monday amid great
expectations over the changes
Sandinista authorities plan to
make in the teaching system,
after 16 years of neoliberal
governments.
The first measure the Sandinista
government took after assuming
power on January 10 was to
re-establish the constitutional
principle of free education in
all public schools.
This step will allow
registration of nearly 800,000
children who were out of school
because their parents could not
afford the payments, which were
actually illegal.
Sources from the sector revealed
the school year inaugurated
today by President Daniel Ortega
will welcome at least 1.3
million primary and high school
students.
Increasing quality of teaching
will be another priority of the
education ministry, where
experts are elaborating a new
school program to be presented
to civil society for
consultation.
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