John XXIII College, Cochabamba

John XXIII College (Spanish: Colegio Juan XXIII) is a Catholic secondary school in Cochabamba, Cercado, Bolivia. It was founded by Fr. Enrique Conraets in 1964, in La Paz and follows a work-study model. In 1969, the school with all the interns moved to Cochabamba and in 1971, the Jesuits took the administration of the school as the founder left for Belgium.

John XXIII College
Colegio Juan XXIII
Location
Cocaraya, Km.27 highway to Oruro

Cochabamba
,
Cercado

Bolivia
Coordinates17°28′31.79″S 66°20′29.55″W
Information
TypeSecondary school
MottoSpanish: Ser libres para ser responsables, ser responsables para ser libres
(Be free to be responsible, be responsible for being free)
Religious affiliation(s)Catholic
Established1964 (1964)[1]
FounderFr. Enrique Conraets
OversightSociety of Jesus
RectorLuis F. Zamora, SJ[2]
Grades1st to 6th secondary
GenderCo-educational
Websitewww.juanchosnet.org

At the beginning, most of its students came from low-income families in mining towns.[3] At the present time, the students still come from low-income families, but since 2007 the internship has been closed and the students come from the area between Cochabamba city and the little towns in the road to Oruro city.

Educational model

Juan XXIII College is administered by the Society of Jesus and covers six years of secondary school and a technical degree in metal mechanics and electricity. It now follows the Fe y Alegría school model which originated in Venezuela in 1955. The Inter-American Development Bank assisted in funding the extension of this model to more schools in Bolivia. John XXIII graduates contributed to this effort.[4]

In 1986, during a Latin American Congress of Fe y Alegría in Cochabamba, John XXIII was named as a Latin American model of education for production. The school along with its utopian vision have been described as "little new Bolivia".[5]

"Colegio Juan XXIII" uses a system of student self-government, with a student prime minister and other ministers, to enable students to experience democracy and to expand their social skills.[6][7]

Simon Education Foundation in 2007 initiated a Pilot Center for Technology Education in Cochabamba at John XIII that has served as a model for six other such centers in Bolivia; their first effort was training electricians.[8]

Facilities include sports facilities, library, audio-visual rooms, informatics rooms and 4 technical formation rooms.[1]

References
  1. 50th anniversary. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  2. News from Colegio Juan XXIII. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  3. "El Colegio Juan XXIII : Cochabamba--" (in Spanish). Centro de Teología Popular. 1988.
  4. "ALBOAN Aid Center" (PDF).
  5. "Alfonso Pedrajas". eju.tv. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
  6. "Colegio Juan XXIII Cochabamba/Bolivien und Salzburger Schulen im Nord-Süd-Dialog- Austrian Development Agency". www.entwicklung.at. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
  7. "El evangelio es la encarnación de los derechos humanos--": una respuesta a los ataques del MAS : la Iglesia Católica y su lucha por la recuperación de la democracia (in Spanish). Plural editores. 2011-01-01. ISBN 9789995413750.
  8. "Simon Education Foundation". Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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