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Venezuela: How a socialist education system can serve the needs of all
By Julian Jones
EDUCATION, under the right circumstances, can serve as the greatest corrective mechanism to inequality. It can also serve as a force to accentuate class divisions.
Indeed no other area exposes the inherent fallibilities of neoliberalism than capitalistic education models.
By introducing ever-increasing fees, reducing provisions and imposing arbitrary targets to meet the needs of a flexible and unequal labour market, neoliberal education makes little attempt to serve the needs of all members of society. Much unlike socialist systems.
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