More than 30 years of lag in educational infrastructure give an expensive invoice to the learning of Costa Rican students.
The Directorate of Infrastructure and Educational Equipment (Diee) of the Ministry of Public Education (MEP) recognizes that although efforts have been made to address this problem, much remains to be done.
Recently, the Sixth Report on the State of Education revealed a significant deterioration in the structure of classrooms and furniture, as well as adverse environmental conditions for the teaching and learning processes.
The data collected by the report indicated problems of high noise, poor light and inadequate temperatures inside the classrooms of the public centers which create environments not conducive to learning and concentration problems in students.
Sonia Marta Mora, agrees that a suitable infrastructure directly influences the quality of education and interactions from classrooms, hence the importance of meeting the needs of schools.
According to Walter Muñoz, Director of Diee, one of the main efforts is the new management model for the Boards of Education that would begin to be implemented starting next year.
This model will seek to provide a permanent accompaniment to the boards to advise them with the works, as they often lack the knowledge to perform these functions.