Reform of the school system in Peru. The principle of job oriented secondary school reform in Peru. The system of Escuelas Superiores de Educacion Profesional (ESEP)
Fanger, U.
Anuario Jahrbuch fur Bildung, Gesellschaft und Politik in Lateinamerika 5: 277-304
1980
Document Number: 384406
The educational reform introduced by the Military Government in Peru from 1972 onwards was based on the reform and extension of rural primary education and the transformation of secondary education towards vocationally oriented curricula (ESEP schools). The 22 subjects intended to be offered in these vocational courses included agriculture, livestock keeping, forestry, tourism promotion, as well as building, accounting, motor mechanics etc but up to 1977 only ten of the courses had been instituted. Shortages of staff and money have prevented the introduction of the courses on agriculture and building as well as some seven other vocational subjects. Shortage of money greatly curtailed the programme and by the end of 1979 only 32 ESEP centres had been set up of the 175 planned. Although most of these were in urban areas the aim was to increase the number in rural areas particularly in 1980/81 with the help of World Bank funds.