Seventeen private schools of basic and diversified education of the entity were supervised by the Sundde and the Educational Zone after receiving complaints from parents and representatives about the excessive increase in school enrollment and its payment in foreign currency.
“We came to deliver the portfolio at the end of the year. They gathered us in groups of 20 people and then they told us that we should pay around 11 million bolivars or 40 dollars for registration, registration and a month in advance, without going through the Parent and Representative Commission, "said Carmen Liendo, representative at Colegio San José.
Parents and representatives denounced the increase in school fees ranging from 2 to 10 million bolivars or their payment in foreign currency, as well as one-time payments for infrastructure, school insurance and special contributions.
According to the Sundde report, during the audit the cost structures were evaluated, carried out by the Commission of Parents and Representatives, as well as the approval of the agreement, established in Resolution 114 and 0027 of the Ministry of Education, which were suspended until a new review.
They explain in the report that it is a preventive measure and after the cost structure is verified and it is shown that there are irregularities, they will apply an administrative sanctioning procedure with pecuniary fines.
Officials visited the Los Corales Institute, the Children's Choir of La Guaira (La Escolanía), the Gabriela Mistral Educational Unit, Divina Providencia, Venezuela Heroica, who have the highest number of complaints to the consumer protection body.
Some parents allege that “the increases were not consulted, they were made unilaterally and without consulting the Parent and Representative Commission. I know of schools where the consultation was virtual and even face-to-face for those who lived near the school, "said José Rada, representative at La Escolanía.
He stressed that many representatives withdraw their children from the institution, because they do not have the resources to pay for school and others must have up to three jobs or ways to generate resources to pay the monthly payments and school contributions.
This supervision measure is applied to private schools attached to the Venezuelan Association for Catholic Education, as well as preschool educational institutions with higher or lower enrollment.
