Instituto
Henry George ...
Managua, Nicaragua
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IHG
Develops Didactic Material
11th
CE Economics Course Graduates
Anticorruption,Privatization
of Water, Death by Hunger...
IHG
Develops Didactic Materials to Accelerate Education Campaign
Managua, September 16, 2002 -- The IHG is
developing a new generation of teaching material including visual
aids for its popular Comprender La Economía course
offered to the Nicaraguan public. The purpose is to make the
course material more understandable and meaningful, as well as
simpler to teach. So far 20 new visuals have been produced for
use in the study guide and as macro visuals. The CE study guide
has been completely re-edited to replace excess verbage with the
new materials. Both the macro visuals and the new study guide
were used in the 11th CE course with great success. By the end of
the year, another 10 to 15 visuals will be incorporated into the
CE course. There is also a new teacher's guide which is a big
step forward for enabling new teachers to participate in
facilitating the CE course. With these new tools, the IHG hopes
to be able to spin off additional CE courses for other parts of
the country where demands has been expressed (León and Atlantica
Coast), and to design a hard hitting 4 or 8 hour workshop which
can go anywhere in the country on short notice.
IHG Director next to some of the new
visuals used in the 11th CE course in August 2002.
11th
CE Economics Course Graduates
Managua, September 16, 2002 --
The Instituto Henry George's 11th intensive
"Comprender la Economía" Political Economy class of 81
students certified 46 graduates on September
4th. Of the 18 "Superior" level
graduates of the August course, 6 arrived to the
follow-up volunteer teacher training course participation
meeting. The 12th CE course is scheduled for September 30th. Click here for complete "Comprender
La Economía" Course Statistics 2000-2002.
August 2002 CE
Course Graduates.
Anticorruption,
Privatization of Water, Death by Hunger...
Managua, September 16, 2002 -- The Nicaraguan
Government is undergoing a "War on Corrruption" in
which they have zeroed in on the former President (now President
of the National Legislative Assembly) and his close associates as
the national scapegoats for the poverty of the country. Of course
they ARE guilty of robbing millions of dollars of public funds,
but that is just a drop in the bucket and only an after-effect of
the macroeconomic system which allows for 1000 times more of
publically created values to be legally channelled to private
coffers. The World Bank and IMF policies of privatization of
comunal sovereign rights to water and other natural resources,
supported by a take-no-prisoners tax amplification plan, is on
the Government's agenda as it's main "development
strategy". Meanwhile, death counts of Nicaraguan children in
the north of the country dying due to starvation are reported
daily in the Nicaraguan newspapers. The IHG's tireless work has
opened doorways to consideration of the Georgist remedy by
increasing numbers of Nicaraguan politicians and economists, as
well as by consumer and public interest groups. As time
progresses and the country slips deeper into recession and
misery, the IHG expects that its increasingly better presented
message will be more readily accepted for consideration by
serious national leaders looking for a viable alternative to
national bankruptcy, institutionalized slavery, and social
degeneration.
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