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The Education Minister, Maria Simon spoke on national television last night and referred to the Education Bill that the executive sent to parliament on this blog and try to discuss tools and feedback we have left behind. Then transcribe the words of the minister:
understand that this communication is our duty, because education in the interest of all citizens and is a hot topic: to discuss and analyze must be informed. Try to refer to the core aspects of education in general and of the proposal.
Education is our commitment to the future, is a core value of national identity and an essential element of culture, progress and social justice. Education is a human right and a public good, ie non-tradable object
In these three years, the government developed policies to promote equity, social justice and improving the lives of all citizens, especially of the poorest. The Plan of Attention to Social Emergency Plan Equity, Health Reform and Tax Reform, are the most important. It must be stressed Ceibal Plan , experience unique in the world to come up with one laptop per child, which as it relates to education and social cohesion. Just tomorrow the President will deliver the 100,000 th computer.
Our present education is very good and very good, but much to improve, to adapt to major changes that have occurred in the world especially in regard to knowledge.
Education Reform will require the participation of all.
who do I mean when I say everyone? I speak to teachers, pupils, students or participants, depending on their age, mothers and fathers, but also quite all citizens interested in education and know that it depends greatly on the country's future. What
proposed this reform?
proposes an integrated system for all, from birth and for life, providing education understood as a human right and tending to a society that is all it a lifelong learning society.
Why educate? Why educate future? What we expect from education? Basically, what we expect for our children or in general for young people: they are good people - caring, respectful of others - to become independent - financially and criterion, ie to defend themselves - and in any as possible to be happy.
What young people want? Basically that education serve them, to prepare them for the future, who feel they have to do with the reality of every day, that motivates and stimulates, the Education Center is a place of coexistence and communication. They want their opinions heard.
We all want that education will generate hope and ability to develop its future in the country.
Another challenge that we consider very fair to the young and not so young is to recognize the knowledge, ie if they change their orientation does not have to start from zero or near zero. Let's take into account their individuality, respecting his personal claim, ie education that suits the learner.
center is taken as values \u200b\u200beducation, which should permeate the whole educational process. For example, health education, including drug prevention, sex education, physical education and recreation, human rights education from the practice - which will then work elements - science education artistic, oral and written communication in your native language or other, environmental education.
for example is not to dictate a few hours on health, but all the action and treatment at the Education Centre was being pursued through health, that be educated from the perspective of prevention, to get healthy and improve the quality of life.
understand essential compatibility between education and work. If this is so, education is free but can only access the highest levels who do not need to work early.
That is why education should provide elements for the job. It is not informally at an early stage but provide elements to function in various tasks.
The biggest challenge ahead is to increase dramatically the number of citizens who arrived without losing quality, increasing. So we must ensure the quality of education. We propose that internal evaluation is complemented with an independent assessment. Besides providing assurance is a form of accountability to society of how resources are used from it.
We care about the coordination of education. I would define coordination in widening circles 3:
First . A coordinated system inside. Our current system has several branches and each one is like a corridor with only one output at the end. The idea is that branch can be changed out and re-enter and to recognize the foreground. Second
. Coordination with culture, science, technology and innovation. We want to be educated, able to create and to appreciate and enjoy the culture, in all its forms, throughout life and innovative individuals with an entrepreneurial spirit, able to take risks and perhaps with less fear of making mistakes. Third
. An education project coordinated with the country. We have to create the formations that the country will need. We must aim not only to develop the right people to a country program, but able to transform it.
to function in an increasingly complex world we propose to increase the number of hours of education and the amount of years of education guaranteed to complete secondary education.
attach great importance to the Education Center, conceived not only as a place where they are taught but as a social and civic center that will deepen and make very strong links between education and society. That is one of the guarantees, along with human rights education, so that these centers are not only more peaceful coexistence but enjoyable, constructive, fun, convener. In this sense, it deepens the allocation of resources to schools and participation councils are created with representation from teachers, pupils or students, parents and citizens general. We received
pose in terms of ensuring the regularity of these meetings and the participation of the various components, especially students, with whom students remember the martyrs on 14 August. We have also received pose about expanding the duties of such boards. All these pose contribute constructively , precisely because the idea is to have the widest possible participation.
This project ensures the tradition of Uruguayan independence of education, understood as independence from partisan politics. Autonomy does not mean
lack of coordination, as has been highlighted ANEP and the University, we all speak of a self-responsible and attentive to society.
We encourage participation and co government at different levels, starting with the Education Center to talk and get to the central bodies with members elected by teachers. It also includes the presence of competent persons proposed by the government to represent all citizens and ensure the coordination of the educational and national project.
also proposed advisory boards of the central organs in which students, staff non-teaching staff, parents or guardians in the case of UTU , workers and employers.
In this case we have also received pose of participation without vote in half a second cycle students, the elderly, is a way to learn to co rule.
is also proposed to create community colleges for the training of specialized technology or even in management, health, tourism, dairy, forestry, machinery or languages.
productive the country indeed needs a lot of these formations that will help combat youth unemployment is one of our main concerns.
In summary approval of a General Education Law is really necessary to order an educational system that has great items but is dispersed. Establish the organization of the system, establish fundamental principles and the importance of the School as a civic center, linking education with work, end the division between those who prepare for intellectual tasks and those preparing for manual work and concern for quality .
I think we all believe that education reform is needed to accompany the changes taking place in the world and anticipate and drive the changes we want in our country. A law is necessary but not sufficient. Only with the participation of all changes take root and grow.
Its purpose is to help develop citizens who are themselves full guarantee of the future of this nation.
Many thanks for your time and good night.
agency will propose building to train educators . 
