BOLIVARIAN WORKERS

UNIVERSITY

“JESUS RIVERO”

A MODEL OF

SOCIALIST

EDUCATION

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RTranslated from the original Spanish

courtesy of Venezuela Solidarity Campaign

www.venezuelasolidarity.org.uk

13th April 2002.

The people take to the streets

Restoration of the Constitutional Order

BACKGROUND

December 2002:

The oil workers movement, upon taking direct and

democratic control of the industry to defeat the technological

sabotage, recover and stabilize production, become aware of

the need to take on the responsibility which they have as the

working class, aimed at the economic, political and social

transformation of the country.

BACKGROUNDOIL INDUSTRY COUP SHUTDOWN

This initiative is a leap forward in the

policy of democratizing higher education,

in accordance with the following Articles:

3, 102 y 103 of the Constitution

7, 27 108 of the Education Laws

LEGAL JUSTIFICATIONS

Constitution Art. 3: Establishes as one of the essential

objectives of the State: .… “the construction of a just and

peace loving society,” ... “Education and work are the

fundamental processes to reach these goals”

Ed. Law Art. 7: “The education process will be closely

linked to work, with the aim of harmonizing education with

the productive processes necessary for national and

regional development…..”

The Bolivarian Workers University

The Bolivarian Workers University “Jesús

Rivero”, is the organisation of the working

class to generate the knowledge necessary

for the accomplishment of our productive,

political and social practices.

Bringing together into a single process

Education and Work, headed towards the

construction of a socialist society.

How to achieve this?

WHAT ARE WE PROPOSING?

To adopt an integral process of self-training

based on our productive activities, combined

with a humanitarian consciousness for the

generation of scientific and technological

knowledge.

To attain our technological independence asthe essential tool for our national,independent and sovereign development.

With what aim in mind?

VISION

To develop the University as a center of

permanent, integral self-training of all

workers, taking on the management of

Strategic National Industries and propelling

technological sovereignty forward from the

basis of knowledge; to generate the

productive processes necessary for the

economic, social and political transformation

needed for a Socialist Venezuela.

MISSION

To develop and strengthen our revolutionary

awareness as a working class so that, by applying

technological and scientific knowledge, we may

assume direct control of companies and the

production of goods and services necessary to

satisfy the needs of society as a whole; the use of

science and technology to consolidate national

sovereignty and the use of financial resources for

productive investment with the objective of

constructing a productive, just, peace loving society

– in other words a socialist society.

FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINE

The philosophical legacy of universal thinkers and social fighters; Latin American anti-imperialists aiming for independence and socialism

• THE CONSTITUTION OF THE BOLIVARIAN

•THE TREE OF THREE ROOTS:

• OUR LIBERTARIAN HERITAGE

Simón Rodríguez, Simón Bolívar y Ezequiel Zamora.

REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA.

Education in all areas: moral, economic, political, social, over

and above school, in factories and workshops,…(Chavez 10-

01-07)

• THIRD MOTOR “MORALS AND ENLIGHTENMENT”

OBJECTIVES:

To evaluate the level of knowledge and technological

development in Strategic National Industries and

promote research in line with the needs required for the

development of productive forces.

To consolidate the class consciousness of the

Working Class based on the values underpinning the

Bolivarian Socialist Revolution.

To systematize, deepen and disseminate knowledge

and experience generated in productive and social

practices by the workers and the Venezuelan people.

METHODOLOGICAL STRATEGIES

•The Dialogue of knowledge

•Vital learning processes

gained from research

•Participatory Research and

Action

EDUCATIONAL PROPOSALS

LEARING REWARDED BY EXPERIENCE

GENERATED IN SOCIAL AND

PRODUCTIVE PRACTICES (formal and

informal)

PROJECT BASED LEARNING: obtained

in the work place or in the community.

ON THE JOB EDUCATION IN THE

WORK PLACE

FIRST ACADEMIC EVENT OF THE BOLIVARIAN

WORKERS UNIVERSITY “JESUS RIVERO” IN THE

“TERESA CARREÑO” THEATER

17-03-2006

NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION DE

WORKERS REGISTERED April 2007

Workers registered

3898

ZULIA

ANZOATEGUI

CARACAS

MONAGAS

550

1125

85

921

Workers in postgraduate studies

110

OVERALL TOTAL 4008

MONAGAS

ANZOATEGUI

40

70

GUAYANA (CVG)

MARACAY (INVEPAL)

MORÓN (INVEPAL)

800

158

259

AGREEMENTS WHICH SUPPORT THE

DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOLIVARIAN

WORKERS UNIVERSITY

•September 2005. Agreement “El

Plumerillo” between the

Bolivarian Workers University and

the Shipyard ”Rio Santiago” in

Argentina to construct the

Bolivarian Workers University of

Latin America and the Caribbean.

•October 2005. Agreement with

Mission Sucre to consider the

Bolivarian Workers University as

a University Village.

AGREEMENTS WHICH SUPPORT THE

DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOLIVARIAN

WORKERS UNIVERSITY

•December 2005. Agreement with the

Bolivarian University of Venezuela

(UBV) to provide academic and

teacher support as well as Gradute

Porgrams of the UBV.

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May 2006.Agreement between the Bolivarian Workers

University and the Association of State

Workers of the Republic of Argentina (ATE).

January 2007. Strategic Agreement for

Academic Cooperation between the

National Experimental University “Simon

Rodriguez” and the Bolivarian Workers

University.

May 2006.Agreement between the Bolivarian Workers University and the

National Movement for Recuperated Companies of the

Republic of Argentina.

March 2006.

Agreement between the Bolivarian

Workers University and the University of

Rosario (Argentina).

AGREEMENTS WHICH SUPPORT THE

DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOLIVARIAN

WORKERS UNIVERSITY

TRAINING COURSES

UBV

• HYDROCARBONS

• LEGAL STUDIES

• ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

• SOCIAL MANAGEMENT

• SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• TEACHER TRAINING

UNIVERSITY SIMON RODRIGUEZ

• ADMINISTRATION & MANAGEMENT

• SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

• ELECTRICITY

• ELECTRONICS

• MECHANICS

“UNITED, BUILDING

THE POWER OF THE

WORKERS”

“MORALS AND ENLIGHTENMENT

ARE OUR PRIMARY NEEDS” –

SIMON BOLIVAR

MANY THANKS FOR

YOUR ATTENTION

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Spanish courtesy of

Venezuela

Solidarity Campaignwww.venezuelasolidarity.org.uk