New student leaders proclaim 2015 ‘Year of Higher Education’

The new FeCh board. Photo by Amanda Ruttlant / The Santiago Times.

Amid the passage of an embattled education reform bill, a powerful student organization presented its new student board on Wednesday morning, pronouncing 2015 a year of action.

The Universidad de Chile Student Federation (FeCh) — a chief component of the country’s university student umbrella organization, the Chilean Student Confederation (Confech) — has been on the forefront of nationwide demands for sweeping education reform.

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