Catholic University
The State will guide and organize the educational system to achieve the fulfilment of the purposes indicated. For his part, in his explanatory statement, the 1980 Education Act says that the quantitative increase has not reciprocated with qualitative advances in education, which continues to be a process of limited productivity. This consideration holds still in force, although with the aggravating circumstance that, proportionally, advance quantitative not only stopped, but that, in some cases, he has reverted, and in others it stagnating dangerously, especially in sectors affected by varying degrees of poverty. The truth, that there is a serious concern by the actions that the present Government has undertaken with regard to education, particularly by the absence not to consult, take into account the views of those who are committed to education, which is supposed to know to fund its scope, what it holds, what is needed and above all, the guarantee of respect for autonomy and all matters concerning the Venezuelan reality. Hence, the reaction was expected, most in a country like Venezuela not accustomed in their history to navigate in socialism, an unknown culture and as noted by Roberto Luckert, Vice President of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference and Archbishop of choir: Cuban inspiration of the new law Organic Education (LOE) in Venezuela academics and leaders of the Catholic Church might become more than 26,000 public and private schools in a scenario of political confrontation, according to the criticism coming from various sectors, including classrooms. Just as it happens in the Cuban educational system, here will be to use the school as an instrument to impose Communist ideology “.” According to Luckert, preschool to university students will be trained according to a political project of the Government which has it copied from Cuba, and hit the Constitution “it is disturbing, for example, as Andres Bello, Luis Ugalde, noted by the educator and rector of the Catholic University is indicated in article 5 of the lawwhich is one of the most controversial, which stated that the State will be able to virtually unlimited intervene and control private educational institutions. Adds, between other sections, that the State shall have the authority to assess the adequacy of natural and legal persons for compliance with the ethical, economic, academic, scientific, requirements of probity, efficiency, legitimacy and source of resources to establish and maintain private educational institutions ‘. ” It is a fact that the rejection of the Cuban inspiration of the LOE has been manifested in the street. Banners with inscriptions of Cubans Go Home and not to the law of Cuban education “interesting information here that provides carlossaavedramartinez.blogspot.com, which according to Leonardo Carvajal, educational expert and President of the non-governmental organization, Assembly of education, that is a true fact that the LOE it was prepared with Cuban counseling and primarily reflects values of Cuban society.”Carvajal said in a forum that took place at the Universidad Catolica Andres Bello (UCAB) in June, as official Deputy Maria de Queipo, who chaired the Commission on education of the National Assembly, which was in charge of the elaboration of the LOE, met with Armando Hart, former Minister of education Cuban, so advise the project.It cannot be that a law on education has been developed in Cuba, wants to implement in Venezuela “, said Carvajal. Similarly can be not implanted models having Cuban values, because this is an attack against the highest interests of the nation “.