Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa: Teacher of teachers (+birthday)

As part of this work, he published several books, including Teachers of America, The State and Education in Latin America and The Teaching State, works that are mandatory for those who wish to teach and for the promoters of a nation's educational policy As part of this work, he published several books, including Teachers of America, The State and Education in Latin America and The Teaching State, works that are mandatory for those who wish to teach and for the promoters of a nation's educational policy
As part of this work, he published several books, including Teachers of America, The State and Education in Latin America and The Teaching State, works that are mandatory for those who wish to teach and for the promoters of a nation's educational policy
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Published at: 14/03/2025 10:45 AM

On March 14, 1902, in the state of Nueva Esparta, Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa was born, a Venezuelan teacher and political leader who dedicated his life to the struggle for the construction of a “teaching state” that would guarantee access to free and quality education for all Venezuelans, under the Robinsonian teaching methods of “learning by doing”.

This “Master of Teachers” was an active part of Venezuelan political life, where he founded parties such as Democratic Action (AD), from which he left after the ideological break suffered by this political curtain, which led to the eradication of the ideal of social justice, and founded the People's Electoral Movement (MEP), a political organization that currently maintains strong support for the Bolivarian Revolution.

“Every responsible State with real authority assumes as its function the general orientation of education. This orientation expresses their political doctrine and, consequently, shapes the conscience of citizens”.

With these words, Prieto Figueroa highlighted the importance of the State as the director of a nation's educational policy, a doctrine that he consistently managed to be taken into account, with the enactment of the Education Laws of 1948 and 1980, of which he co-authored.

As part of this work, he published several books, including Teachers of America, The State and Education in Latin America and The Teaching State, works that are mandatory for those who wish to teach and for the promoters of a nation's educational policy.

On April 23, 1993, he died in the city of Caracas. The Venezuelan people honor the memory and legacy of this promoter of social and educational justice, who today continues to illuminate the struggles of the people to consolidate that teaching State, as Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa pointed out.



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