Maduro marks Venezuelan student day, praises youth role in education
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President Nicolás Maduro joined Venezuelan students on Student Day, celebrating their role in building a revolutionary education system and affirming the importance of student power for the nation's future.
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Masduro welcoming student march in Venezuela on November 21, 2025. (Presidential press office)
President Nicolás Maduro celebrated Venezuelan Student Day by welcoming a commemorative student march, praising the youth for their vital role in shaping the country’s revolutionary education system.
The Venezuelan leader described the national gathering of students as “the demonstration of strength and power of students and youth” and described the event as “splendid and grand.” The march marked Venezuelan Student Day, a date commemorating the historical significance of youth activism in the country.
Focus on student power and revolutionary education
Addressing delegates and leaders from the Constituent Congress of University Students and the Constituent Congress of Secondary School Students, Maduro highlighted the strength of the student movement as “the guarantee of peace today and in the future.”
He affirmed: “It is the guarantee of a people who, through their own efforts, build their own education and their homeland," adding, “Let us expect nothing but from ourselves.”
The president emphasised the importance of student participation in national development, stating: “In our country, student power is vital: schools and universities are the breeding ground for character, creativity, and the strength of ideas.”
Calls to action for youth: Study, fight, and create
Maduro urged Venezuelan youth to align their academic efforts with the country's needs. “Study and fight,” he said, encouraging students to become the best in their fields to enhance the quality of education. He stressed the importance of defending the homeland through productivity, innovation, and critical thinking.
“You must learn to defend the land by producing and creating,” he said. “Cultivate a spirit of rebellion against wrongdoing, and cultivate criticism and self-criticism, for only in this way will we achieve intellectual independence.”
Recalling his own roots in the student movement, Maduro said, “I have been, I am, and I will be the President of Venezuelan students. My essence is that of an ordinary man who comes from the student movement in my parish.”
As part of the legacy of the Bolivarian Revolution, the president noted that over 40 universities have been established in recent years. He positioned this expansion as a cornerstone of empowering Venezuelan youth and consolidating a revolutionary education system that supports sovereignty and national progress.
