In Chile, there is a decentralised and mixed education system. From the total of educational establishments, 53% are public (municipal governments); 40% are private subsidised by the government (there are schools where families contribute fi nancially and others where education is free); and 6.6% are private paid by the families (see Table 1).1
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Martinic, S., Anaya, M. (2007). The Catholic School in the Context of Inequality: the Case of Chile. In: Grace, G., O’Keefe, J. (eds) International Handbook of Catholic Education. International Handbooks of Religion and Education, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5776-2_11
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