Secondary schools described as "an advance" the increase in weighting of the ranking of grades for university access

07/10/2013
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In a meeting with the vice president of the Council of Rectors, Juan Manuel Zolezzi, student spokesperson Moisés Paredes pointed out that educational policies “cannot be tailored to the most prestigious schools, but must take into account the majority of schools.”.

The rector of the University of Santiago and executive vice president of the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (CRUCH), Juan Manuel Zolezzi, met with representatives of the National Coordinator of Secondary Students (CONES), who valued the decision to increase the weighting of the High School Grade Ranking for admission to higher education.

Student spokespeople, led by Moisés Paredes, described the measure promoted by CRUCH as "progress" and pointed out that "it benefits the most vulnerable establishments," although they specified that the objective of the student coordinator is to eliminate the University Selection Tests (PSU).

Meanwhile, the vice president of the CRUCH executive, Juan Manuel Zolezzi, valued the students' attendance and asserted that the university body "wanted to know the students' opinion after the day of reflection they had this weekend, mainly on topics such as the admission process, the Grade Ranking and the PSU.".

The CONES spokesperson explained that the student organization determined at its assembly last Saturday, “that the implementation of the ranking is an advance as a palliative measure for access to higher education institutions, but we also declare that our objective as a coordinating body is to eradicate, once and for all, the PSU, a test that makes evident the socioeconomic and content differences of establishments throughout the territory.”.

Likewise, the representative of the secondary school students distanced himself from the opinions held by some of the so-called "emblematic" high schools. "The positions of high schools like the Instituto Nacional are legitimate and reflect internal democratic processes; however, (at CONES) we understand that educational policies cannot be tailored to the needs of these 'emblematic' schools, but rather must consider the majority of schools that have been neglected for years and have not been taken into account," Paredes pointed out.