En busca de la equidad: El Proyecto Principal de Educación en América Latina y el Caribe

In this article it is analyzed the Major Project of Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, driven by UNESCO. We study its evolution during the two decades of its existence within the political, economic and social context of Latin America. This project was aimed at overcoming the serious educ...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Carreño Rivero, Myriam
Format: article
Publication Date:2015
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repository:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/667448
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/667448
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Proyecto Principal
América Latina
Educación básica
Escolarización universal
Pobreza
Educación
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Summary:In this article it is analyzed the Major Project of Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, driven by UNESCO. We study its evolution during the two decades of its existence within the political, economic and social context of Latin America. This project was aimed at overcoming the serious educational deficiencies that, by then, Latin America suffered. Its main objective was to achieve equality of opportunity. Therefore, it was proposed basic education for all. This idea reappears again at the World Conference on Education for All in Jomtien, 1990. The work was carried out mainly through the study of documents arising from this project meetings in its twenty years of existence. These are contained in the Bulletin of the Major Project, its main disseminator