Student desertion in Venezuela: The brain drain is on.

Student desertion: alarming situation at the University of Los Andes in Mérida
Posted on February 5, 2018by Jade Delgado in Carrusel 2

translated from Spanish



There are fewer and fewer students who attend the university campuses in Mérida, the reasons, the political, economic and social situation that Venezuela suffers, a scenario that drives some young people to give up the dream of becoming professionals, to work or emigrate from the country in search of a better destination, said Daniel Salcedo, student leader of the University of Los Andes (ULA).

The representative of the Liberation Movement 23, said that they received little encouraging information, despite that, of 80% of enrollments for the next academic period of the Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences (Facijup), not all population will continue in the classrooms, "This is a political system that has led us to abandon classrooms and even our homes," he said.

He also commented that in each home in the country a family member left to find economic stability, which is not counted in Mérida . "A room in the city is between 500,000 and 700,000 bolivars, a figure that does not cover the student scholarship of 80,000 bolivars, that's enough for a breakfast," said Salcedo.

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http://www.caraotadigital.net/regionales/desercion-estudiantil-situacion-alarmante-en-la-universidad-de-los-andes-de-merida/

The real world exchange rate is 225,000 BsF : $1... but Maduro insists the NEW exchange rate (in his mind?) is about 24,000 BsF : $1... which people everywhere else in the world call a fantasy.

The monthly minimum wage in Venezuela is LESS THAN $1 per month.