The National Administration of Public Education () is the government agency responsible for the planning, management and administration of the public educational system in all its stages and also for teacher training in Uruguay.
The ANEP has its headquarters in the Agraciada Building, located on Libertador Avenue in front of Plaza Fabini in the central business district of Montevideo. Designed by architects Miguel Ángel Canale and Beltrán Arbeleche, and built in the 1950s, it served as the headquarters of the Uruguayan airline PLUNA.INVENTARIO PATRIMONIAL DEL CENTRO DE MONTEVIDEO Y ÁREAS DE PROXIMIDAD - Intendencia de Montevideo
History The ANEP was created on March 28, 1985, by President Julio María Sanguinetti with the promulgation of Law No. 15,739 –known as the Education Law–. It has the legal status of an autonomous entity, which grants autonomy from the Executive Branch to the organization of the public educational system. However, it is about technical and administrative autonomy, although not financial.
Current organization The ANEP is administered by the , a body of five members of which three are appointed by the President of the Republic acting in the Council of Ministers, and the other two are elected by the body's teaching staff. In addition, the administration has seven sectoral directorates and three secretariats.
The directorates that administer the different stages of the educational system depend on the Central Directive Cousil, designing the curriculum, supervising the development of classes, projecting salary budgets and supervising the authorized private institutes.
Presidents The chairman of the Central Directive Council is the one who serves as president of the National Public Administration. NameTerm of officeAppointed byTook officeLeft office1Juan Pivel Devoto198519902J. A. Gabito Zóboli199019953Germán Rama199520004Javier Bonilla200020055Luis Yarzábal200520106José Seoane201020127Wilson Netto201220208Robert Silva202020239Virginia Cáceres2023Incumbent
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