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History of the bolivian education

By Carlos Zarate
  • May 10, 1580

    The Tiwanacota civilization

    The Tiwanacota civilization
    Education was family and community, there was no organized education system. They learned about agriculture, livestock and textiles. The education was based on everyday experience.

  • The Incas

    The Incas
    The amautas were masters of the nobles. The Inca man was instructed to be a warrior, priest, politician, amauta or mitmac. Their moral values ​​were: not to be lazy, not to be a thief, not to be a liar.

  • The colony

    The colony
    Education was only for upper class people. The indigenous people were exploited and had no right to education.

  • The Republic

    The Republic
    Simón Bolívar delegates the responsibility of organizing education in Bolivia to his own teacher Simon Rodriguez.

  • Warisata

    Warisata
    Bolivia still did not have an educational system and the indigenous people still did not have the right to education, so the Warisata school founded by Elizardo, Pérez and Avelino Siñani was created.

  • Bolivian education code

    Bolivian education code
    In the government of President Víctor Paz Estenssoro is approved for the first time in the history of Bolivia the first law that organizes an educational system but it was insufficient

  • Law 1565

    Law 1565
    In the government of President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, the law 1565 of the educational reform is promulgated, it did not reach a structural reform as intended, raised the development of basic learning needs and bilingualism.

  • Law 1565- 2

    Law 1565- 2
    Law 1565 of educational reform has not only been criticized for having stalled at the primary level but also for being apolitical ahistorical individualist psychologist cognitivist

  • Law 070

    Law 070
    In the government of President Evo Morales, the law number 070 of Education is promulgated, it is based on the educational experiences of the indigenous peoples and on the warisata experiences, it is also based on vigotsky's theories and on Paulo Freire's ideas and education liberating.

  • Law 070-2

    Law 070-2
    The Avelino Siñani law, aims to ensure that Bolivian education is community-based that will recover the knowledge of indigenous peoples, that starts from the context in which they live and is fundamentally productive. It is the education of life and for life.