The 2006 student protests in Chile were a series of ongoing student protests carried out by high sch
The 2006 student protests in Chile were a series of ongoing student protests carried out by high school students across Chile from late April to early June 2006. The protests, demanding the teenagers’ rights to a quality education, peaked on May 30 when 790,000 students adhered to strikes and marches throughout the country, becoming Chile’s largest student demonstration of the past three decades.On June 1, the Chilean president addressed the nation by television, announcing several new measures for education that met most of the high school student’s demands. On June 7 the president announced a 73-member presidential advisory committee – promised by Bachelet on her speech to discuss the students’ long-term demands – which included six seats reserved for high school students.[x][x] -- source link