Good educational practices at San Carlos, Río San Juan´s Municipality (A brief historical overview)

Abstract

In the last 14 years Nicaragua has experimented important social cultural and productive changes. Since the Unida Nicaragua Triunfa Alliance headed by FSLN reached the government in 2007, Nicaraguan people recovered collective self-esteem and confidence towards to better future, after 16 years (1990 – 2006) of three neoliberal governments, who were not sensible to the impoverished population´s clamor. The new country that emerges from the implementation of the Human Development Plans endorses the right of all Nicaraguans to participate in development programs and projects with the ultimate goal of fighting poverty. This last variable affirms the universal access to education as essential part in achieving the proposed objectives. The educational experience has a positive balance in terms of access, coverage, quality, and relevance, according to the development model that has been implemented for longer than a decade. This work aims to document local experiences of advancement in education, as is the case in San Carlos, municipality of Río San Juan. Education has been one of the essential engines, for the relevant changes the population of this small town has experienced in the spiritual and material life. Within the social inclusion dynamics, families and the community are the protagonists of these educational programs.