Chilean students demonstrate during the “Chilean Winter” in Santiago de Chile for free and equal quality education, Aug. 18, 2011. AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo
In Chile, social networks, academia, and the general public have been abuzz with the news that philosophy might be removed from the list of required subjects for high school juniors and seniors.
At first, it was reported that this change would turn philosophy into an optional subject, or even into subject-matter for the civic education class. The Ministry of Education stated however that the proposal, far from limiting student access to philosophy, sought to standardize the curriculum nationwide, so as to make the subject more accessible for the majority of students.
