Abstract
This paper looks into Chile's educational system and the recent policy reforms that President Michelle Bachelet seeks to establish. More specifically, this paper explores the "Proyecto de Ley de Fin al Lucro, la Selección y el Copago," which aims to eliminate private for-profit institutions within the public system, admission selectivity, and mandatory copay fees. With this, Bachelet's administration along with Chile's Ministry of Education intend to end the inequality of access to education, which is part of Chile's broader problem of great socioeconomic inequality. This particular policy is part of Bachelet's comprehensive educational system reform, and it brings Chile's voucher system into debate. The voucher system is explored to determine whether Chile is able to improve its situation by maintaining a privatized and decentralized system, or if it should move towards a fully public and centralized system as directed by Bachelet.
Recommended Citation
Zelaya, Vannia J.
(2015)
"Chile’s Educational Reform: The Struggle Between Nationalization and Privatization,"
Pepperdine Policy Review: Vol. 8, Article 7.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/ppr/vol8/iss1/7
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