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Education Rate. WENR, wenr.wes.org/2013/05/      education-in-venezuela-reform-expansion-and-an-uncertain-future. Accessed      31 Oct. 2017. 

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Education Rate. WENR, wenr.wes.org/2013/05/      education-in-venezuela-reform-expansion-and-an-uncertain-future. Accessed      31 Oct. 2017. 

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Education is compulsory (though not enforced) for nine years. Many children attend private or public preschools. All education, including university level, is free in public institutions. Exclusive private Catholic schools, which only the wealthy can afford, offer religious instruction in addition to core academic subjects. The government has taken great strides in improving the literacy rate largely by instituting adult education programs.

The school year begins in October and runs through July, with exam periods in February and July. School days start at 7 a.m. and end at 1 p.m. Students in public schools tend to have homework two to three nights a week, while students at private schools are expected to complete assignments daily. Cheating is fairly widespread among all social classes and is often considered acceptable.

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Venezuela (2017). CultureGrams Online Edition. ProQuest. Retrieved from      https://online.culturegrams.com/world/world_country.php?cid=172&cn=Venezuela

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Venezuela (2017). CultureGrams Online Edition. ProQuest. Retrieved from      https://online.culturegrams.com/world/world_country.php?cid=172&cn=Venezuela

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Decreasing oil prices since 2014 have caused great economic hardship. Therefore, the government stresses economic diversification. However, non-oil exports have slowed as a result of President Chávez's nationalization of many firms in the financial and agriculture sectors, among others.

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Reporters are often intimidated by the government, which since 2004 has effectively controlled the content broadcast on radio and television. Protests are generally allowed, both public ones and the more traditional form, which involves banging on pots and pans from inside houses. However, recent changes to laws do allow for stricter prosecution of demonstrators. Activists also face violence, harassment, and the threat of sanctions under a 2010 law that prohibits political organizations from receiving funding from foreign sources that criticize the Venezuelan government.

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Secondary school tracks are available in the sciences, humanities, and technical fields. After secondary school, students may choose from a variety of three-year vocational schools; many students choose this route, as it enables them to enter the workforce quickly. A minority take an aptitude test to enter a university.

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The adult literacy rate 96%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Venezuela is a republic with a president who serves a six-year term and may be reelected an unlimited number of times. The president is both head of state and head of government.

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Venezuela is a member of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), and oil is the cornerstone of the economy. It accounts for virtually all export earnings and nearly half of all government revenues. It also is used to pay off the loans that are increasingly granted the country by China. Oil revenues have allowed the country to develop a modern infrastructure. However, oil has also made Venezuela subject to global market changes; when oil prices drop, the entire economy suffers.

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-It is located at the top of south Africa.
The Andes Mountains dominate the west, where the highest peak, Pico Bolívar, rises 16,427 feet (5,007 meters) above sea level. The central zone includes the northern coast and Venezuela's largest cities. To the east of the Orinoco River is Los Llanos (“the plains”), a region occupying one-third of the country; jungles and high plateaus are common to the west. Angel Falls, the highest waterfall in the world, at 3,212 feet (979 meters), is in southeastern Venezuela. In the far south is a reserve for the country's Yanomami tribes. Covering 32,000 square miles (almost 83,000 square kilometers), the area is off-limits to farmers, miners, and all non-Yanomami settlers.

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It is about the same size as Nigeria, or slightly larger than the U.S. states of Texas and Oklahoma combined. The country is divided roughly into four geographic zones: west, central, east, and south. The Andes Mountains dominate the west, where the highest peak, Pico Bolívar, rises 16,427 feet (5,007 meters) above sea level.

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Almost everyone in Venezuela speaks Spanish, the country’s official language.

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Baseball is Venezuela’s national game and most popular sport. Every city and town in the country has at least one baseball field where young and old can compete.

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Venezuelan food has strong ties to its European ancestry (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and French) as well as to its African and Native American roots. Common foods in Venezuela include pasta, rice, beans, plantains (similar to bananas), white cheese, chicken, potatoes, and fish.

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There are two seasons in most of Venezuela: wet and dry. The rainy season is from May to November. Temperatures average 70–85°F (21–29°C), but the mountains can experience cool temperatures, and some Andean peaks are snowcapped year-round. Earthquakes are not infrequent.

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Venezuela is rich in culture.Most Venezuelans take great pride in their country and the heroes of the independence movement.