Despite destabilization attempts by the United States, Venezuela remains calm and begins the new 2025-2026 school year, which will reincorporate more than 110,000 children and young people into the education system.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro led the event from the “Urbaneja Achelpohl” Educational Unit in the San Pedro parish of Caracas, a 17,000-square-meter center completely renovated by the Bolivarian government.

The president, who was a student at this institution, highlighted the goal of transforming all the country’s schools into next-generation schools, with extended hours and cultural and artistic activities through the César Rengifo Theater Movement and the National Orchestra System.

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During the meeting, the president urged students to organize themselves into powerful student movements with a critical vision. He asked them not only to consume what they see on social media, but to develop their own judgment and become content creators.

According to the president, this appreciation is key to combating violence and fostering a culture of peace, solidarity, and happiness.

He also emphasized the need to use technology to strengthen pedagogy, mentioning that Venezuela “will soon have its sovereign artificial intelligence.”

At the start of the school year, the president emphasized that “free peoples defeat powerful empires” and quoted Bolívar when he said, “The homeland is America,” while highlighting the joy and happiness of returning to the classroom.

Accompanied by First Lady Cilia Flores and Minister of Education, Héctor Rodríguez, and Minister of Youth, Sergio Lotortaro, the president welcomed the students. The Minister of Communications and Information, Freddy Ñáñez; the president of the Great Venezuela Youth Mission, Génesis Garvett; President Maduro also ordered a census of young people who are not currently enrolled in school to reintegrate them into the education system.

Previously, Rodríguez emphasized that the priority now is to ensure that no student is left out of the system, regardless of the obstacles.

The head of Venezuela’s Ministry of People’s Power for Education urged principals and teachers to eliminate bureaucracy so that the lack of documents or school supplies does not impede enrollment.

He also assured that support will be offered to those who need it to prevent school dropouts. This initiative actively seeks, by going “house to house,” to reintegrate those who have strayed from the classroom.

Regarding the academic calendar, the minister confirmed that the school year will run from this Monday, September 15th to December 12th, and will continue from January 12th to July 31st, 2026. This schedule guarantees 200 days of classes and respects the 60 days of vacation and holidays.

Rodríguez called on educators to strictly adhere to the calendar and strive for the well-being of students. He affirmed that the country has “the strength, organization, and will” to achieve the goal of inclusive education for all.

Elsewhere in the country, as part of the back-to-school program, Vice President Delcy Rodríguez inaugurated the renovated “Francisco Isnardi” Educational Unit in Miranda state, highlighting the addition of high-tech laboratories.

Along these same lines, the vice president expressed: “What we are seeing is truly moving, because it is the spirit of a Venezuela that never gives up, a Venezuela that raises the flags of peace so that our children, the future of our country, can enjoy and have a free, sovereign, independent, and peaceful homeland.”

She also announced that the exhibition “Simón: From Child to Liberator,” which received more than 620,000 visitors in Caracas, arrived this Monday in the states of Aragua, Miranda, and Carabobo. “The Expo begins to fulfill an agenda throughout Venezuela, to bring to life the life of our greatest, most universal, our Liberator Simón Bolívar, for whom today we fight, give our lives, and reinforce our idea of ​​Bolivarianism, of the Great Homeland, of what it means to be independent and dignified,” Delcy Rodríguez stated.

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