As promised, below is the breakdown of the number of students registered at each level of the Venezuelan educational system from pre-school to university. Curiously, the strongest growth since Chavez became President is at the University level. The more things change the more they stay the same, but it makes sense, if you created a Ministry of Higher Education, it somehow follows that the sector will get more resources. There is little that is “revolutionary” about the chart, but as John said: “We all want to change the world”, but it seems easier to make people believe you are actually changing it!
Source: Luis Bravo Jauregui, La Educacion en tiempos de Chavez, Editorial El Nacional, Caracas (2006)
The Devil's Excrement
Observations focused on the problems of an underdeveloped country, Venezuela, with some serendipity about the world (orchids, techs, science, investments, politics) at large. A famous Venezuelan, Juan Pablo Perez Alfonzo, referred to oil as the devil's excrement. For countries, easy wealth appears indeed to be the sure path to failure. Venezuela might be a clear example of that.
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