Chile’s Education Crisis: Part 1 of A Country Study
Abstract
This study has been carried out to analyze the current state of the Chilean Education System, focusing on Higher Education. The goal of the analyses is to assess and articulate the strengths and weaknesses of educational models. We are certain that introducing our students to investigation from their earliest years as such is critical to achieve most goals as a country. Students must be able to move from very basic investigation tasks to highly sophisticated applied investigation. In order to meet this condition, they should receive strong constant formal training in different domains. We also address the country’s challenges of unemployment and underemployment. Our study suggests the country should move to advance the state of the art of education in all disciplines so as to produce new technology and job creation capacity in subjects such as entrepreneurship and social business, since the lack of jobs continues to increase. Many people believe that a professional title and/or an academic degree will facilitate success in the proverialbe life-long goal for increased long-term career earnings. This is unfortunately is becoming more of the exception than the rule. Many positions are not filled in the productive sector since a great amount of product can be bought abroad compunded with less demand for labor due to innovations in robotics, artificial intellegence and other advanced techonologies. The job crisis no longer discrimainates between the young and old, for different reasons, the demnand for labor is being squeezed at both ends of the spectrum. Eventually lack of job creation, and unemployment will impact ooverall domestic consumption exaserbating an already depressed economy., especially in the city’s capitall, Santiago which hosts 40% of the population.