Tag: students

• Monday, August 8th 2011 - 20:45 UTC

  Chile’s protests for education reform trigger acrimonious political debate

  

  Following one of the most violent marches yet in the citizens’ movement for education reform, Chilean former and current government officials are sounding off against President Sebastián Piñera’s administration and its handling of the ongoing demands for national education reform.

• Friday, August 5th 2011 - 08:01 UTC

  Chaos in Chile’s main cities as police clash with protesting students: 550 arrests

  

  More than 550 people were arrested and 31 wounded in cities across Chile Thursday when police fired water cannons and tear gas to disperse student protesters calling for education reforms.

• Thursday, August 4th 2011 - 19:48 UTC

  Chilean students and teachers defy ban and take to the streets to protest

  

  Protests carried out by students and teachers were suppressed Thursday by the Chilean police as over a dozen of roadblocks were set across Chile’s capital Santiago defying the government’s prohibition. Police suppressed demonstrators with tear gas and water.

• Thursday, August 4th 2011 - 02:00 UTC

  Chile’s government begins to react to disapproval rating of 64%

  

  In the last week, Chile’s conservative government has made two surprisingly liberal announcements, explained in part by the latest public opinion polls. First, President Sebastián Piñera announced Sunday that he was open to making quality education a constitutional right, just two weeks after he called education a “consumer good”.

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2011 - 07:23 UTC

  Following weeks of strikes, Chile government open to discuss education reform

  

  After two months of school takeovers and strikes, marches and more, there may be some light at the end of the Chilean student protests. Chilean President Sebastián Piñera announced on Sunday his willingness and commitment to exploring constitutional change for national education reform—something long demanded by the students.

• Friday, July 15th 2011 - 06:18 UTC

  March for education reform in Santiago de Chile turns violent with 62 arrests

  

  A haze of tear gas floated through the air, blending in with Santiago’s smog as the Chilean flag atop La Moneda sat in solitude with an occasional breeze. Lemon halves littered the streets as flying glass bottles shattered on the concrete.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2011 - 06:18 UTC

  Chile’s Piñera tries to appease student protests: 4 billion USD for higher education

  

  Chile's President Sebastián Piñera, beset by mass student protests over education standards and costs which are threatening his legislative agenda, proposed a 4 billion US dollars fund for higher education.

• Tuesday, May 10th 2011 - 20:46 UTC

  Falklands will receive another group of Chilean exchange students next September

  

  Another group of Chilean students from Punta Arenas will be travelling to the Falkland Islands next September in the framework of the exchange program agreed between city officials and Falklands’ authorities, according to a report in La Prensa Austral.

• Thursday, March 10th 2011 - 06:29 UTC

  Enrolment of foreign students in Chilean universities soars 700% in a decade

  

  The enrolment of foreign students in Chilean universities has grown by 700% this past decade, with North American students leading the pack. Many students are attracted by the opportunity to travel, to learn Spanish and to experience a different culture.

• Wednesday, July 21st 2010 - 06:52 UTC

  Forty million world-wide learning Chinese at Confucius Institutes

  

  Over 40 million people are learning the Chinese language and interest keeps growing as Beijing’s international influence expands world wide according to Xu Lin, Director of the Institute to promote the language overseas and head of the Confucius Institute. ”Achievements are noticeable in the promotion of Chinese language and culture.