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Venezuela head warns on schools Venezuela leader's school warning
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has threatened the country's private schools with closure unless they adopt the government's socialist ideology.Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has threatened the country's private schools with closure unless they adopt the government's socialist ideology.
Mr Chavez warned all schools they must introduce a new curriculum this year that he said would help develop values of cooperation and solidarity. Mr Chavez said schools must introduce a new curriculum being introduced this year that he said would help develop values of cooperation and solidarity.
Education had been ignored by past governments, said the president. Education had been ignored by past governments, Mr Chavez said.
But many parents are concerned that the new curriculum will spell indoctrination for their children.But many parents are concerned that the new curriculum will spell indoctrination for their children.
Opening a new school on the first day of the academic year, Mr Chavez outlined a vision for education, based on learning to create, living together, valuing and reflecting. Opening a new school on the first day of the academic year, President Chavez spoke of his vision for the future of education.
He insisted that previous governments had also promoted their own ideology. He said it was based around learning to create, to live together, to value and to reflect.
He said he would make education his top priority and increase funding.
But Mr Chavez said any schools that did not agree to teach what the government wanted would be closed.
"The government as well as parents and society can't accept that the private sector does whatever it feels like doing," he said.
"How can they say that because it's a private school an education inspector can't come in? Of course it can or we will close down the school."
Mr Chavez said previous governments had also promoted their own ideology.
"They taught us to admire Christopher Columbus and Superman," he said."They taught us to admire Christopher Columbus and Superman," he said.
"Education based on capitalist ideology destroyed values." "Education based on capitalist ideology destroyed values".