"We are teaching the Bolivarian ideals of self-reliance," he said. "Maybe the Ministry can’t send us paint, but the community can."
The principal, a weary but kind woman named Doña Carmen, had spent most of her budget on chalk and toilet paper. One Tuesday, a notice arrived from the District office: "Due to budget restructuring, maintenance funds are frozen indefinitely." autogestión ministerio de educación venezuela
In a bustling parish of Caracas, surrounded by the humid heat and the sound of barking dogs, stood the "Dr. Francisco de Miranda" High School. For years, the school had been a symbol of neglect. The "Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Educación" had not sent repair supplies in months. The water pumps were broken, the computer lab was a graveyard of old hardware, and the library’s roof leaked so badly that students had to sit under umbrellas during reading hour. "We are teaching the Bolivarian ideals of self-reliance,"
The teachers held an emergency meeting. Frustration boiled over. But a young history teacher, Professor Alejandro, raised his hand. Francisco de Miranda" High School
The committee didn’t wait for orders. They walked through every classroom with a clipboard. Students, parents, and teachers listed everything: broken desks, missing bulbs, a cracked water tank. They color-coded the list: Red (urgent), Yellow (medium), Green (low).
That was the birth of the Comité de Autogestión Miranda .