Arias Concerned Economic
Crisis Will Shoot Up Desertion In Schools
Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, yesterday expressed his concerns
that the financial crisis could affect many students trading the
classrooms for work to help out the family. The president made his
comments during a tour of the Liceo Experimental Bilingüe de Río
Jiménez de Guácimo on the first day of the public school year.
Arias added that he hopes that the 150.000 scholarships under the "Programa
Avancemos" will help families in their efforts to keep their
children in school.
"This year many will feel the temptation to abandon the classroom,
partly due to the subjects that will require effort and partly to
the economic situation of the country, which may be difficult for
many families to overcome", said the president.
Arias stressed that Costa Rica is not alone in this crisis that is
affecting the entire world.
"It does not matter how difficult the coming months will be, the
sacrifices that have to be made, I ask your parents to all to keep
in you in school", Arias told the students.
"We the government are putting in place measures to face the
international crisis, but it is up those in the classrooms who are
in charge of rescuing our economy. I have said it a thousand times,
the failures of today are the failures of tomorrow", said Leonardo
Garnier, the ministro de Educación.
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