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establecimientos libres

English translation: private educational institutions with authorization to graduate.

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Spanish term or phrase:establecimientos libres
English translation:private educational institutions with authorization to graduate.
Entered by: Domingo Trassens

16:28 Jun 15, 2012
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
Spanish term or phrase: establecimientos libres
A text comparing two late 19th-century surveys on the state of education in France and Argentina respective. In a chart outlining the content of the French survey:

Estadísticas de la enseñanza secundaria
Variación del número de alumnos en la enseñanza pública durante el período 1879-1898, distinguiendo las cifras de los diversos liceos y collèges, de la enseñanza clásica y de la enseñanza especial o moderna, de internos y externos
Variación para el mismo período del número de alumnos de establecimientos libres; escuelas preparatorias para el bachillerato, pétits séminaires
Posibles causas de esta variaciones


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Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 13:30
private educational institutions with authorization to graduate. PLEASE SEE BELOW..
Explanation:


Hello Wendy,

During the 50s (1950s) in Argentina, the majority of the educational institutions run by the government (federal government and some governments of the provinces) despite the Argentine constitution is based in the American constitution about the division of functions of a federal republic.

In that times, a very small group of the schools were in the hands of Catholic institutions (normally, Jesuitas, Salesianos and other Catholic monks and sisters).

In the end of the 50s and the beginning of the 60s, a lot of groups of educators and civil institutions wanted to open other educational institutions and they presented different proposals to goverment with the intention to run private schools without religious influences and with full authority to graduate students.

This issue generated a lot of unrests of students who wanted or not wanted private education. In Argentina, the public schools and universities are running bu the government. (normally by the National Education Ministry).

The period I mentioned it was a time of serious debates and figthing (yes, public fighting in the streets of Buenos Aires, Cordoba and other cities).

In short, some politicians supported the idea to give authorizations to private institutions to open schools, colleges and universities.

President Arturo Frondizi with the support of his brother Silvio Frondizi was one of the presidents defended strongly the idea of private education ran by different religious and non-religious institutions.

The Frondizi brothers always had a lot of communication and exchange of ideas with educators or thinkers, in particular from France.

From that moment till the 90s, Argentina changed a lot its education system and the expression “establecimientos libres” became as a synonym of “private education with full authority to submit certifications and diploma”, in other words: “private education with the freedom to educate and graduate professionals”.

In summary, we can translate “establecimientos libres” like “private educational institutions” or “private educational institutions with the freedom educate and submit official titles to the graduates.” (Before the “titles” and “diplomas” of the private institutions were only a piece of paper”.

I hope this analysis helps you in your work


Regards

Domingo

NOTE: Excuse me, if this explanation has some typing mistakes but I am not in my desk. I opened to give more information about the educational system in Argentina till 1996, when I left the country. I was professor of the University of Buenos Aires, the University National of Mar del Plata and UADE, and lived all the process.

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-06-15 17:59:08 GMT)
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The University of Buenos Aires is a national university. Its name doesn’t include the term “National” but it is the biggest university of the country. Till 1996, it was ruled by a special regime also different to the other national universities.
The University National de Mar del Plata is a national normal university but in its origins it was the Universidad Provincial de Mar del Plata. In that times, despite the Mar del Plata is part of the Provincia de Buenos Aires, the titles of this Universidad Provincial were only valid in the territory of the Provincia de Buenos Aires, but not of the Buenos Aires because Buenos Aires as capital of the country is not part of the Provincia de Buenos Aries.
UADE: Universidad Argentina de la Empresa is one of the most important private universities without religious affiliation. It was founded with the support of the Cámara Argentina de Comercio and important private economic groups.
In summary the history of the “establecimientos libres” was very intense from 1950s till 2000s because a lot of private institutions were blocked for years to have a complete authorization to graduate professionals. In the beginning of this process were different categories of private and “provincial” universities, colleges, high schools, primary schools and kindergarten.
During the last decades, some of the universities and colleges followed the American model of the universities. In the past, the links of the Argentine educators was very strong with the French and other European countries. But when I studied in the university I used French books and after the opening of the “free education”, a lot of mathematical books came from Russia translated to Spanish language.
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4 +2private educational institutions with authorization to graduate. PLEASE SEE BELOW..
Domingo Trassens
4 +1non-official schools / institutions
Rafael Molina Pulgar


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non-official schools / institutions


Explanation:
EDUCATION
www.cbs.gov.il/archive/shnaton52/.../st_eng08.d... - Traducir esta página
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... all official schools and those non-official schools supervised by the Ministry of Education, government schools and schools run by UNRWA in East Jerusalem.
(Page 31 of 40) - Networks and Composite States: Rethinking ...
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While non-official schools are not guaranteed state funding, because they represent such a large percentage of the student population, and consequently their ...
Page:Statesman's Year-Book 1913.djvu/953 - Wikisource
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26 Feb 2012 – In 1911 there were 574 official schools for Europeans with 917 teachers and 54048 pupils ; and 402 non-official schools, Avith 1201 masters ...

Rafael Molina Pulgar
Mexico
Local time: 10:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 20

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agree  Richard Hill
45 mins
  -> Gracias, rich.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
private educational institutions with authorization to graduate. PLEASE SEE BELOW..


Explanation:


Hello Wendy,

During the 50s (1950s) in Argentina, the majority of the educational institutions run by the government (federal government and some governments of the provinces) despite the Argentine constitution is based in the American constitution about the division of functions of a federal republic.

In that times, a very small group of the schools were in the hands of Catholic institutions (normally, Jesuitas, Salesianos and other Catholic monks and sisters).

In the end of the 50s and the beginning of the 60s, a lot of groups of educators and civil institutions wanted to open other educational institutions and they presented different proposals to goverment with the intention to run private schools without religious influences and with full authority to graduate students.

This issue generated a lot of unrests of students who wanted or not wanted private education. In Argentina, the public schools and universities are running bu the government. (normally by the National Education Ministry).

The period I mentioned it was a time of serious debates and figthing (yes, public fighting in the streets of Buenos Aires, Cordoba and other cities).

In short, some politicians supported the idea to give authorizations to private institutions to open schools, colleges and universities.

President Arturo Frondizi with the support of his brother Silvio Frondizi was one of the presidents defended strongly the idea of private education ran by different religious and non-religious institutions.

The Frondizi brothers always had a lot of communication and exchange of ideas with educators or thinkers, in particular from France.

From that moment till the 90s, Argentina changed a lot its education system and the expression “establecimientos libres” became as a synonym of “private education with full authority to submit certifications and diploma”, in other words: “private education with the freedom to educate and graduate professionals”.

In summary, we can translate “establecimientos libres” like “private educational institutions” or “private educational institutions with the freedom educate and submit official titles to the graduates.” (Before the “titles” and “diplomas” of the private institutions were only a piece of paper”.

I hope this analysis helps you in your work


Regards

Domingo

NOTE: Excuse me, if this explanation has some typing mistakes but I am not in my desk. I opened to give more information about the educational system in Argentina till 1996, when I left the country. I was professor of the University of Buenos Aires, the University National of Mar del Plata and UADE, and lived all the process.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hr (2012-06-15 17:59:08 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The University of Buenos Aires is a national university. Its name doesn’t include the term “National” but it is the biggest university of the country. Till 1996, it was ruled by a special regime also different to the other national universities.
The University National de Mar del Plata is a national normal university but in its origins it was the Universidad Provincial de Mar del Plata. In that times, despite the Mar del Plata is part of the Provincia de Buenos Aires, the titles of this Universidad Provincial were only valid in the territory of the Provincia de Buenos Aires, but not of the Buenos Aires because Buenos Aires as capital of the country is not part of the Provincia de Buenos Aries.
UADE: Universidad Argentina de la Empresa is one of the most important private universities without religious affiliation. It was founded with the support of the Cámara Argentina de Comercio and important private economic groups.
In summary the history of the “establecimientos libres” was very intense from 1950s till 2000s because a lot of private institutions were blocked for years to have a complete authorization to graduate professionals. In the beginning of this process were different categories of private and “provincial” universities, colleges, high schools, primary schools and kindergarten.
During the last decades, some of the universities and colleges followed the American model of the universities. In the past, the links of the Argentine educators was very strong with the French and other European countries. But when I studied in the university I used French books and after the opening of the “free education”, a lot of mathematical books came from Russia translated to Spanish language.


Domingo Trassens
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agree  philgoddard: "With authorization to graduate" isn't very good English though. You could say "accredited", or you could just leave it out.
22 mins
  -> Thanks for your comment, I know that "graduate" is not the best expression in English for this case, but in the moment I was writing I didn't think in English I thought in my own experience during the process. Excuse me! I appreciate your observation.
agree  Charles Davis: This is very interesting, Domingo. In nineteenth-century France, to which this refers, "écoles libres" were simply private schools, usually religious.
4 hrs
  -> Charles, Thank you for your comment.
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