The committee didn’t wait for orders. They walked through every classroom with a clipboard. Students, parents, and teachers listed everything: broken desks, missing bulbs, a cracked water tank. They color-coded the list: Red (urgent), Yellow (medium), Green (low).
The Ministry of Education caught wind of the project. Instead of sending money, they sent two facilitators from the Dirección de Participación Comunitaria . They didn’t give solutions—they gave validation. They helped the committee register as an official "Legal Entity" so they could open a small bank account for voluntary contributions. autogestión ministerio de educación venezuela
In a bustling parish of Caracas, surrounded by the humid heat and the sound of barking dogs, stood the "Dr. Francisco de Miranda" High School. For years, the school had been a symbol of neglect. The "Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Educación" had not sent repair supplies in months. The water pumps were broken, the computer lab was a graveyard of old hardware, and the library’s roof leaked so badly that students had to sit under umbrellas during reading hour. The committee didn’t wait for orders
That was the birth of the Comité de Autogestión Miranda . They color-coded the list: Red (urgent), Yellow (medium),
The teachers held an emergency meeting. Frustration boiled over. But a young history teacher, Professor Alejandro, raised his hand.