During the inauguration of a school in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, accompanied by Education Minister Hector Rodriguez and the state governor, Alejandro Teran, the president noted that more than six million children “are enrolled in school in the country.”

Rodriguezz commented on the progress of the school infrastructure recovery process through the Military Community Brigades for Education and Health, and pointed out that 11 more schools were added to the 1,725 ​​already recovered on Monday.

The Education Minister informed that Venezuela has reached just over 97 percent school enrollment and noted that the remaining percentage is associated with families facing greater difficulties due to extreme poverty, addiction, or illness.

She stated that in the case of the Communal Circuits and Communes, the challenge was to ensure that no child is left out of the school system.

She also highlighted that about two million children profit from the School Feeding Program, which has seen a 36 percent increase nationwide.

The acting president emphasized that, despite being a country under blockade, two million children receive meals in schools every day, and added that thse are figures that must be known because “the falsehood that attempts to justify intervention in Venezuela is completely unacceptable.”

She insisted that there is a government in power, an acting president, and “a president held hostage in the United States.”

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