The Pedro Pablo Muñoz School in La Higuera, and the Gabriela Mistral and Técnico Marta Brunet high schools in La Serena, are the establishments that join the Program.

In a pleasant meeting, the official welcome was held to the three new educational establishments in the communes of La Higuera and La Serena, which starting this year will be part of the Support and Effective Access to Higher Education Program (PACE) University of La Serene.

With the presence of the Academic Vice-Rector, Dr. Jorge Catalán, the Director of Teaching, Mg. Laura Vega, part of the institution's PACE Team and representatives of the new educational establishments assigned to the PACE Program, went to the first welcome activity organized by the house of higher education to welcome the Pedro Pablo Muñoz School of La Higuera , and the Gabriela Mistral and Técnico Marta Brunet high schools in La Serena.

For the Executive Coordinator of the PACE ULS Accompaniment Program, Viviana Romero, this is a very pleasant instance: “we are very happy to receive these three educational establishments in our Program, since it is a way to continue strengthening public education and providing support to more students. This year 2018 presents us with new challenges and we have the expectation and hope that this work can contribute to the consolidation of the Program. We extend a cordial welcome to the Gabriela Mistral High School, the Marta Brunet Technical High School and the Pedro Pablo Muñoz School in La Higuera.”

On the other hand, the director of the Pedro Pablo Muñoz School, Alejandra Zúñiga, expressed that “as an educational establishment we are happy to belong to the Program under the auspices of the University of La Serena. We live in a fairly vulnerable commune, where children, in order to study, have to travel, and some getting up so early caused them to drop out. Now we promote secondary education, which has around 60 students (...). It is an opportunity that not everyone has, to have a future and in addition to that, for the entire school community to aim towards the same goal, the education of our students.”

Meanwhile, the director of the Gabriela Mistral High School, Lorena Rodríguez, expressed her gratitude to the University of La Serena and “for this new opportunity that my educational establishment has to provide, through the PACE Program, more tools to my students to be able to enter to higher education, because it is the opportunity for those who do not have many opportunities for a better quality education. We were looking forward to this news and it finally came true. "I have nothing left but to say thank you and start working for and for the students of public education."

Source: Press PACE ULS Program