Education and immigration in Chile

Education in Chile is highly unequal. It is quite worrying because for a more equitable society and with better people, comprehensive education is needed for everyone. Comprehensive education must provide all students with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to function in life. It includes both educational and training aspects. Intellectual, physical,artistic, social or emotional, among other dimensions, are in charge of encompassing comprehensive education. The question is: Comprehensive education will be enough to break the inequality that currently exists in the educational system in Chile.

Migration is a positive phenomenon for societies because it generates multiculturalism and interculturality. In the last decade, immigration in Chile has reached very high levels compared to other countries in Latin America. This is explained because the country has been economically successful, as evidenced by having the highest per capita income in Latin America and also by the deep crises experienced by some countries, both political and economic, have produced a massive exodus of its inhabitants to Chile. In reality, immigrants have not had a decent life, on the contrary, the majority have been highly precarious in their jobs and have suffered from discrimination from their own cultures, whether religious, linguistic, racial, ethnic or gender. The question is: The state of Chile must adopt a multicultural and intercultural approach so that migrants have a better quality of life, achieving a comprehensive society.