National Coalition
Mesa de Educación de la Red de Control Ciudadano

Contact Details

Member Organisations
Defensa de Niñas y Niños-Internacional, DNI, Coordinadora de Organizaciones Sociales para la Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos de las Personas Menores de Edad (COSECODENI), Ministerio de Educación Pública, Educación Internacional, Mesa de Educación de la Red de Control Ciudadano ( organizaciones), UNIPRIN (coalición con 50 organizaciones),

What happened in Action Week 2008?
Around 6,000 students from all over the country took part in the World’s Biggest Lesson. Girls, boys, teachers, parents and human rights organizations united to spread the message of education for all to politicians and society in general.

Teachers lobbied the ministry of education to reduce class sizes and raise salaries and were successful in having salaries increased and limiting the number of students in a class to 25.

A group of teenage students from schools in the city, met the National Senators and gave them a research proposal about the situation of education along with solutions to improve the deficiencies. The list of activities were endless including live broadcasting on radio, rallies, workshops and meetings with teachers, students, parents, and members of the different communities.

What happened in Action Week 2007?

A debate was held on exclusion in education entitled ‘Students of Secondary Education have the Word’. Student committees gathered at the event commented on the impact of the education crisis in Costa Rica and what should be done about it.