Taken Education Forum, July 23, 2010
Patricia Arregui, a researcher at Group Development Analysis (GRADE) noted that although the government promised to meet the goals established in the National Agreement to increase the education budget to reach 6% in nominal terms but sees growth in absolute terms is very little.
Speaking at Hablaeducación Debate program, produced by Educational Forum, the researcher said that the figures show that Peru invests in education the student achieves only a quarter of what neighboring countries spend.
added that this is due to several factors, including the low spending power installed and the same budget process with a trend towards investment, it ends up being harmful.
"You have to spend more on education, but also control how and where expenditures are made, because there are areas where people are not providing coverage, one-teacher schools that need to be strengthened," he said.
On the other hand recognized that there are important advances in rural schools, public schools, but there is still a huge gap between each other which can only be closed when there is further progress. For
It questioned the lack of a policy that promotes equity in education, a topic that has not been said in the center of the government's concern for reasons of economic policy and its firm conviction that the best policy is equitable economic growth.
Arregui said that progress has been made in education are the result of action footage on the fly to address weaknesses found in the path, following lines of action that at one point could have an impact on the quality and equity of education.
Patricia Arregui, a researcher at Group Development Analysis (GRADE) noted that although the government promised to meet the goals established in the National Agreement to increase the education budget to reach 6% in nominal terms but sees growth in absolute terms is very little.
Speaking at Hablaeducación Debate program, produced by Educational Forum, the researcher said that the figures show that Peru invests in education the student achieves only a quarter of what neighboring countries spend.
added that this is due to several factors, including the low spending power installed and the same budget process with a trend towards investment, it ends up being harmful.
"You have to spend more on education, but also control how and where expenditures are made, because there are areas where people are not providing coverage, one-teacher schools that need to be strengthened," he said.
On the other hand recognized that there are important advances in rural schools, public schools, but there is still a huge gap between each other which can only be closed when there is further progress. For
It questioned the lack of a policy that promotes equity in education, a topic that has not been said in the center of the government's concern for reasons of economic policy and its firm conviction that the best policy is equitable economic growth.
Arregui said that progress has been made in education are the result of action footage on the fly to address weaknesses found in the path, following lines of action that at one point could have an impact on the quality and equity of education.
