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Autogestión Ministerio De Educación Venezuela — |verified|

The supervisor smiled. He took out his notebook and wrote a new policy proposal for the District: "Protocol for Community Self-Management in Public Schools."

"We are teaching the Bolivarian ideals of self-reliance," he said. "Maybe the Ministry can’t send us paint, but the community can." autogestión ministerio de educación venezuela

The Ministry of Education caught wind of the project. Instead of sending money, they sent two facilitators from the Dirección de Participación Comunitaria . They didn’t give solutions—they gave validation. They helped the committee register as an official "Legal Entity" so they could open a small bank account for voluntary contributions. The supervisor smiled

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. Instead of sending money, they sent two facilitators

That was the birth of the Comité de Autogestión Miranda .