Education Seremi, Francisco Varela, and the national director of the foundation, Nataly Rojas, held a positive meeting in which one of the topics discussed was the official recognition process of the different institutions. In Maule, Integra directly manages 111 nursery schools, an early childhood centre, eight mobile vegetable gardens and a regional hospital vegetable garden.
The national director of the Integra Foundation, Nataly Rojas, and the regional ministerial secretary (seremi) of Education, Francisco Varela, agreed to strengthen the joint work of the institutions after holding a short meeting in the premises of the seremi and which was also attended the regional representative director of the Foundation, Angélica Olguín.
Rojas, Olguín and Varela analyzed the rapid progress of MINEDUC’s official recognition processes of Integra’s dependencies and their interest in strengthening the work and relationship that the two institutions currently maintain.
“This visit is part of the challenge we have as an institution to obtain official recognition for our kindergartens and preschools across the region; therefore this dialogue with the local authorities allows us to be able to frame ourselves on that path and also to design a plan that allows us to promote the quality of education that we provide to boys and girls in the Maule region. We are very pleased with this welcome… there are more than 8,400 children receiving a free and quality education from the foundation here in the Maule region, so any conversations we can have and collaborative work together go directly to their benefit ”, highlighted the executive director.
In Maule, the Foundation directly manages 111 nursery schools, an early childhood centre, eight vegetable gardens on wheels and a vegetable garden at the regional hospital. A solid local network, which Varela has defined as fundamental in the field of care and education of the first stages of Maulino’s generations of girls and boys.
Speaking of the meeting and conversation, Seremi Varela highlighted the coincidence of the work done since the arrival of the regional director last September.
“We want to deeply thank the Executive Director of the Integra Foundation, Natalie Rojas, for the visit… We have already done a lot of joint work with the Integra Regional Directorate. It is part of the government’s management that Integra, JUNJI, through the undersecretary of early childhood education, carries out an articulated and joint work and this is our mandate in the Maule region. We deeply appreciate your visit; We have a demanding action which is to involve the educational relationships of early childhood with the children of the 30 municipalities, of the four provinces, and for this we are working. This is the mandate we have received from the Ministry of Education, from Minister Marco Antonio Ávila and, among others, from our President Gabriel Boric; Being present in the territories, working together for the well-being and learning of the children of the Maule”, said the ministerial secretary.
OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The Official Recognition is the certification issued by the Ministry of Education which establishes that a kindergarten and/or nursery has all the technical, educational, legal and infrastructural requirements required by current regulations, thus guaranteeing quality pre-school education. The fact that a particular institution, JUNJI or Integra does not currently have it, does not imply that its educational offer is not of quality or that its facilities are inadequate; however, it must be elaborated as soon as possible to certify the establishment of standards in each area (didactic, pedagogical, infrastructural and legal – housing roles, property, etc.-).
In order for a kindergarten or crèche to receive Official Recognition, it must also have a number of legal requirements, among which, comply with the coefficient of teaching and technical education staff, with its complete and accredited studies, and not be incapacitated at work. with minor children; each institute must have an Institutional Educational Project that guides the learning process and an Internal Coexistence Regulation as well as sufficient and quality teaching material for each boy and girl, together with the respective technological equipment for teachers and administrators.
Currently in Maule, the Integra Foundation registers a total of 74 of its 111 kindergartens and nursery schools, which already have official recognition, serving more than 8,000 boys and girls.
With 32 years of experience, it is the largest network of nursery schools and kindergartens in the country with more than 1,200 free establishments, attended by more than 85,000 boys and girls throughout Chile.
