University reforms debated at UCV in Venezuela

At the Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV), officials and academics recently debated proposed reforms to the university law. The discussion, held at the Francisco de Miranda hall, included Rector Benjamín Scharifker, acting Rector Víctor Rago, and Ricardo Ríos, the director of the Office of Student Planning and Admission (OPSU), who represented the Ministry of University Education.

During the session, Ríos referenced a university raid that occurred during the first administration of Rafael Caldera nearly sixty years ago. Rector Scharifker provided a perspective on the current challenges facing higher education, while the audience largely expressed skepticism regarding the urgency of the proposed reforms, citing the severe and prolonged crisis currently affecting Venezuelan higher education.