Chile student protesters occupy high schools (protesting private sector takeover of schools)

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2. this has been happening for some time, at all levels of education including the universities.

'chilean winter'

The 2011–2012 Chilean protests, Chilean Winter (in particular reference to the massive protests of August 2011) or Chilean Education Conflict (as labelled in Chilean media) are a series of ongoing student-led protests across Chile, demanding a new framework for education in Chile, including more direct state participation in secondary education and an end to the existence of profit in higher education. Currently in Chile, only 45% of high school students study in traditional public schools and most universities are also private. No new public universities have been built since the end of the Pinochet era, even though the number of university students have swelled.

Beyond the specific demands regarding education, there is a feeling that the protests reflect a "deep discontent" among some parts of society with Chile's high level of inequality.[2] Protests have included massive non-violent marches, but also a considerable amount of violence on the part of a side of protestors as well as riot police.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%932012_Chilean_student_protests